About Vitamin Angels

Vitamin Angels (VA) is a 501(c)3 non-profit, global public health organization working towards ending malnutrition worldwide by distributing life-changing vitamins and minerals to at-risk mothers and children under five throughout the U.S., and around the world.

Vitamin Angels is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We are a dedicated group of individuals who aim to foster a supportive environment where everyone can contribute, thrive, and grow.

Role or Purpose of Position

The M&E Officer will lead the DRC team in enhancing the quality, effectiveness, and efficiency of M&E and data collection systems. This role will work closely with the DRC team, regional Africa team, and global MEL team to implement VA’s M&E framework, including high-quality data collection, analysis, synthesis and reporting, conduct quality assurance, and support research activities as needed. The M&E Officer is accountable for ensuring the integrity, timeliness, and strategic use of program data in DRC to support program improvement, donor compliance, and informed decision-making.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

The M&E Officer will be responsible for the following:

1. Monitoring & Evaluation. Work closely with the VA DRC team and the VA Global MEL and programs team as the monitoring and evaluation focal point for DRC. This includes the following:

• Implement and maintain M&E Plans and frameworks, tracking all relevant indicators as relates to the different projects.
• Following VA’s sampling methodology, conduct monitoring visits to Program Partners using standardized VA tools.
• Ensure monitoring findings inform adaptive management and strategic direction.
• As part of the Transforming Lives Through Nutrition project, facilitate external monitoring and evaluation visits by ensuring all required documents, datasets, and records are complete, organized, and readily accessible to external evaluators.
• Conduct biannual, or as needed, Data Quality Assessments (DQAs) activities, and provide feedback and training to relevant project and partner staff. This includes DQA related to the Transforming Lives Through Nutrition project.
• Support collection and sharing of success stories, lessons learned, and best practices related to the delivery of program activities, for use in newsletters and other communications.
• Support market surveillance strategies for VA DRC as needed, to help ensure that donated commodities are not diverted, sold, or merchandised in the open market.
• As needed, support research activities.

2. Data Management and Reporting

• Oversee and contribute towards collection of quarterly reports from VA Program Partners, including:
  • Work with VA program partners to collect quarterly reports promptly, according to timelines,
  • Review reports for completeness and accuracy, and provide feedback to resolve discrepancies,
  • Organize and file reports for accountable data management.  
• Conduct data entry for Quarterly Reports and other VA Program Partner data into VA’s database (Salesforce).
• Enter monthly data for the Transforming Lives Through Nutrition project into a project-specific DHIS2 platform.
• Provide support and mentorship to VA program partners on reporting, recordkeeping, and data quality. This includes frequent in-person travel to orient and mentor partners.
• Liaise with Health zones and Provincial Health Division Health Information Officers, to harmonize data collection with government systems as needed.

Qualifications and Experience

1. Education: Master’s degree in epidemiology, public health, development, health economics, or a related field and post-graduate training in M&E OR a Medical doctor with public health and M&E specialty and experience.

2. Experience:

• Minimum five years of hands-on experience in designing and implementing M&E systems for donor-funded projects, preferably in the health and nutrition sectors.
• Experience with implementing performance monitoring frameworks is desirable.
• Strong quantitative analysis skills (e.g. descriptive and inferential statistics) and demonstrated experience in data collection, cleaning, and management using statistical software (e.g. ODK Collect, Stata, SAS, SPSS, R, etc)
• Experience with mapping and/or visualization software (e.g. ArcGIS, Tableau, Power BI) is desirable

1. 3. Contextual knowledge: Familiarity with the DRC Health Information System (DHIS2), the DRC health system is mandatory.
3. 4. Strong written and verbal fluency in English and French.
5. 5. Strong written, oral, and interpersonal communication skills, with excellent organizational abilities.
7. 6. Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively in a multidisciplinary team environment.
9. 7. Ability to work independently and collaboratively.
11. 8. Must be able to travel extensively within provinces.