MIS and Documentation Officer- FIVDB- MNCH project-

Job Description

Title: MIS and Documentation Officer- FIVDB- MNCH project-

Company Name: Friends in Village Development Bangladesh (FIVDB)

Vacancy: 4

Age: At least 28 years

Job Location: Bagerhat, Kishoreganj, Noakhali, Sirajganj

Salary: Tk. 70000 - 80000 (Monthly)

Experience: --

Published: 2026-06-25

Application Deadline: 2026-07-01

Education:

• Bachelor/Honors

• Age At least 28 years

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Statistics, Public Health (with a strong epidemiology/biostatistics track), Economics, Social Sciences, Development Studies, or a highly related field.

• Minimum of 3–5 years of active professional experience in monitoring, evaluation, accountability, and learning (MEAL) roles within public health, maternal-child health (MNCH), or nutrition projects managed by NGOs/INGOs.

• Proven and practical working experience with national digital health architectures in Bangladesh, specifically DHIS2, OpenSRP, and eMIS platforms is preferable.

• Comprehensive understanding of logical frameworks, data collection tools, and means of verification protocols.

• Solid skills in data analysis software (e.g., SPSS, Stata, Excel) and mobile-based data collection technologies (e.g., KoboToolbox etc.)

• Strong written and verbal communication skills in both English and Bangla, with a demonstrated ability to draft clear progress and analytical tracking reports.

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and mobile-based data collection tools.

• Complete willingness to travel extensively across remote sub-districts and unions within the target locations to audit data points and verify facility metrics.

Job Context:

The project "Implementation of the MNCH activities in selected districts (Bagerhat, Noakhali, Kishoreganj and Sirajganj) of Bangladesh and relevant national level support (MNCH project)" is funded by UNICEF and implemented through a consortium between Concern Worldwide and Friends in Village Development Bangladesh (FIVDB). Operating within Bangladesh’s Primary Health Care (PHC) framework, the project addresses critical gaps in maternal, neonatal, and child health (MNCH) outcomes. It focuses on reducing preventable maternal and newborn mortality across underserved and climate-vulnerable pockets of the 4 target districts. The duration of the project is up to June, 2027, and the job is contractual for the project period. FIVDB serves as the national executing partner, closely collaborating with the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), the Directorate General of Family Planning (DGFP), local government counterparts, and the consortium lead to ensure sustainable scale-up and institutional systems strengthening.

Job Summary:

The MEAL Officer will take direct responsibility for designing, coordinating, and executing the monitoring, evaluation, accountability, and learning framework of the project across the assigned targeted areas. Reporting to project leadership, the s/he will oversee data collection quality, validate reporting performance indicators, and lead capacity development efforts for health managers and field staff regarding health data analysis and interpretation. The MEAL Officer will ensure that progress data from frontline digital tracking platforms are verified, analyzed, and synthesized into actionable insights to meet target benchmarks. S/he will also play a key role in managing the endline evaluation, building local localization measurement metrics, and operating a functional community feedback mechanism.

Key Responsibilities:

Monitoring and Data Quality Assurance:

• Develop, manage, and operationalize the project MEAL framework, ensuring full alignment with the indicator targets specified in the UNICEF consortium results framework.

• Actively monitor and validate data recording, reporting, and validation systems across facility and community platforms utilizing DHIS2, OpenSRP, and eMIS.

• Conduct routine data quality audits and verification visits at the sub-district level to ensure that facility-level inputs achieve completeness and within the timeframe.

• Track project performance including the percentage of early pregnancy tracking, 4+ ANC visits, and PNC coverage within 48 hours.

• Formulate, maintain, and update action-tracking tools to follow up on clinical mentorship progress, Quality Improvement and Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDCA) cycle updates.

Evaluations, Surveys, and Learning:

• Support the planning, coordination, and execution of the project’s Endline Evaluation in collaboration with consortium partners and external evaluators within the project duration.

• Oversee data collection, baseline validation workflows, and the establishment of means of verification (MoV) tools in coordination with the 4 targeted districts.

• Document lessons learned, compile success stories, and assist in drafting the integrated PHC model brief designed to inform national scale-up and sustainability decisions.

• Support evidence-generation tracking to capture how data-informed corrective actions address identified service delivery challenges.

Capacity Building and Support for Digital Platforms:

• Provide on-site technical monitoring to verify that project-supported medical equipment (such as radiant warmers, phototherapy units, and tablet devices) are installed, oriented, and systematically recorded in data logs.

• Facilitate data-driven review sessions to build the capacity of sub-district health teams to use routine MNCH and MPDSR data during monthly performance reviews.

Reporting, Coordination, and Compliance:

• Track and compile comprehensive monthly, quarterly, and milestone monitoring reports against target indicators for submission to FIVDB management, Concern Worldwide, and UNICEF.

• Coordinate joint monitoring visits alongside District and Upazila Health and Family Planning departments, using and adapting standardized supervision checklists.

• Monitor project indicator targets relating to capacity milestones, such as tracking the number of personnel oriented on UNICEF HACT (Harmonized Approach to Cash Transfers) financial compliance and safeguarding guidelines.

Other responsibilities:

• Ensure FIVDB's strict zero-tolerance policy against fraud, financial misconduct, child exploitation, and Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA) across all field operations.

• Collaborate with HR/Admin, Finance, Procurement, and other teams for effective project implementation.

• Undertake additional tasks assigned by FIVDB authorities.

As per the project policy of FIVDB and the budgeted provision of this project.