Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Specialist – Pathways to Malaria Pre-Elimination Project

Department: Strategy + BD

Employment Type: Contract Ended (Fixed-Term)

Minimum Experience: Experienced

We’re looking for a Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) Specialist with strong analytical, data management, and program evaluation skills who will lead the design, implementation, and management of monitoring and evaluation systems, ensuring evidence-based decision-making for malaria interventions in our Pathways to Malaria Pre-Elimination Project as a secondee to the Lagos State Ministry of Health.

About Maisha Meds

Maisha Meds is an organization dedicated to improving health care in Africa through best-in-class technology.
Founded in 2017, Maisha Meds has created the largest digital network of private pharmacies and clinics across Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and Nigeria through our mobile software. Our platform not only helps these providers improve business by making sales, managing inventory, and tracking patients. It also reimburses them for providing high-quality care for malaria, family planning, and HIV prevention at discounted costs. 

Maisha Meds logs millions of patient visits annually and has provided hundreds of thousands of reimbursements. We harness data from our network of pharmacies and clinics to reveal health and market trends, allowing us to design better solutions that work for the people we serve. We have worked with leading academic institutions such as UC Berkeley, Emory University, and KEMRI to evaluate the effectiveness of our programs. Research shows that our system can significantly increase the uptake of long-acting contraceptives and appropriate malaria case management.

Our work is funded by a range of partners, including scale-up funding from Innovation Ventures and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. This will help Maisha Meds greatly expand its mobile software to 7,500 total pharmacies and clinics by late 2026, delivering subsidized care to nearly a million new patients in the process.

About the role:

The M&E Specialist will lead efforts to track, analyze, and refine malaria control strategies through comprehensive data collection, performance monitoring, and impact assessment. 

The successful candidate will ensure data-driven decision-making, continuous program improvement, and the generation of high-quality evidence to guide policy and intervention strategies.

All work will be seconded to the Lagos State, Ministry of Health.

This role is based in Lagos, Nigeria, and is eligible to Nigerian country nationals only.

The successful candidate will report to the Senior Director of Scale Programs, Maisha Meds, and work closely with other project teams to ensure project sustainability.

This is a fixed-term contract that starts in March 2025 and ends on Dec 31, 2025. Compensation commensurate with experience.

Responsibilities:

• Develop M&E Strategies and define Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for malaria interventions.
• Conduct Data Collection and Analysis using quantitative and qualitative methodologies.
• Prepare performance reports to communicate project progress and impact to stakeholders.
• Engage with Stakeholders to share findings and improve collaboration between public and private healthcare providers.
• Facilitate Learning Sessions to ensure continuous improvement of malaria control strategies.
• Ensure Data Integrity through proper documentation, validation, and analysis processes.

Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in Public Health, Epidemiology, Biostatistics, or a related field.
• 4 – 6 years of experience in monitoring and evaluation, particularly in health programs.
• Proven experience in health program evaluation, policy advisory, and reporting.
• Proficiency in data analysis tools (SPSS, Stata, R, Power BI, or R) and M&E methodologies and frameworks.
• Familiarity with health management information systems (HMIS) and data visualization toolss.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills to interpret complex data.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills for report writing and stakeholder presentations.
• Detail-oriented with a commitment to data accuracy and quality assurance.
• Proactive and adaptable, with the ability to manage multiple tasks.

Mindset:

1. A team player who loves working collaboratively.
2. A sense of optimism, flexibility, and adaptability to any situation.
3. An ability to thrive in ambiguous situations due to your resilience and tenacity.
4. A growth mindset and a deep enthusiasm for learning, feedback, and continuous improvement.
5. A blend of passion, humility, patience, and a good sense of humor.
6. A tendency to roll up your sleeves to move projects forward.

Why You Should Join Us

• On a roll: We are doubling year-over-year with new funding partnerships that are boosting expansion in multiple countries.
• Great team: We are founded, managed, and backed by successful veterans of Stanford School of Medicine, Google, mPharma, M-Kopa, BCG, and Safe Boda. We have technologists, doctors, and economists working side by side to solve difficult problems.
• Great funders: We’re supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Innovation Ventures, CIFF, WHO FIND, and Pfizer to pay for healthcare on behalf of patients, with others to be announced soon.
• Huge market: We are disrupting a massive, growing $50+ billion market for healthcare payments for low-income patients, focusing on paying for health outcomes to ensure patients get the best quality care.
• Great customers: We create financial incentives that ensure our healthcare providers deliver excellent care.

Impact: We have cultivated a fun and exciting start-up culture that empowers its talented staff to make a huge impact.