Helen Ncube
Senior Monitoring And Evaluation Specialist
Boksburg
Summary
A dynamic and results-driven Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) specialist with over 15 years of experience in designing, implementing, and managing M&E systems in the health and development sectors. Proven expertise in data analysis, team leadership, donor relations, and capacity building. Experienced with major international donors including USAID, CDC, and Anglo American.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
9
9
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Senior Monitoring and Evaluation Manager
Right to Care South Africa: Duties
07.2013 - 03.2025
- Design and Implementation: Overseeing the design and implementation of various donor funded programs Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) systems (Health Sector). Donors include The United States Agency for International Development ( USAID), Anglo American and Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
- KPIs and Tools: Development of key performance indicators (KPIs), targets, MEL tools, and define MEL responsibilities across programs and related activities.
- Programme Reporting: Coordination, directing, and review data analysis of programme reports in collaboration with the programme teams. Support to internal Knowledge Management Systems and the donor funded reporting systems.
- Communication and Dissemination of Evidence-Based Products: Create tailored communication products such as infographics to share MEL insights with diverse audiences, including donors and program teams.
- Team Management: Managing and support of MEL staff, including recruitment and onboarding.
- Providing M&E management and technical assistance
- Data Management: Promote data usage for continuous quality improvement through feedback, training and capacity building activities. Closely monitor program data quality by means of routine and periodic data quality assessments
- Stakeholder Management: Collaborating and coordinating, with Programme Team and other internal /external stakeholders, on monitoring and evaluation needs and expectations
- Capacity Building: Managing, capacitating and developing M&E and program staff members
- Applied Learning and Adaptation: Support program teams in routine data reviews and interpretation for learning and adaptation; package and disseminate timely findings. Monitor that lessons learned are integrated into program implementation to continuously improve quality of interventions and outcomes.
- Program Evaluation: Support to program evaluations and impact assessments
Provincial Monitoring and Evaluation Coordinator
Clinton Health Access Initiative: Duties
11.2010 - 07.2013
- Company Overview: International NGO
- Liaise between CHAI, Department of Health (DoH) and NGOs to implement various monitoring systems and reporting at Provincial level ( Free State and Gauteng Provinces)
- Contribution to National DoH on M&E policy and guidelines development through various working groups
- Coordination of resource mobilization from various stakeholders to ensure programme M&E implementation
- Leading a team of district data personnel to ensure departmental objectives are attained including capacity building to team
- Provide regular reports to National DOH and Provincial DoH staff on programme implementation progress
- Conduct trainings on program tracking and operational plan development with programme leaders
- Offer NDOH strategic input on the data management and programme policy development
- Compile Provincial HIV/AIDS Programme Reports monthly and quarterly as well as consolidation of Annual Reports
- Analyze and feedback reports among different stakeholders at provincial and national level
- Draft technical documents and background papers as identified in stakeholder forums
- Liaise between CHAI and stakeholders to implement the routine collection of programme data and dissemination to relevant stakeholders
- Compile, validate, and reported data at various levels data as well as follow up on missing or incomplete data
- Collaborate with extra-governmental partners and service providers to compile comprehensive operational plans
- Offer training support for Government and other staffs and technical troubleshooting as needed
- Provide updated figures for regular progress reports through dashboard development as requested in a timely fashion
- Participate in project reviews and data quality audits on a regular basis
- Liaise with facilities, district and sub-district information officers and Provincial HAST team to provide day-to-day support in collecting, compiling, validating and reporting data
- Inform DOH and various Provincial supporting NGO staff on National expectations for M&E processes and data collection
Monitoring and Evaluation Officer
World Vision International: Duties
10.2006 - 12.2009
- Company Overview: NGO
- Develop and roll-out systems for project identification, initiation, planning, monitoring and evaluation to ensure that all aid projects attain set standards (School Feeding, Agriculture Development, Water and Sanitation projects)
- Provide technical support and ensure adherence to set performance and impact standards
- Conduct the testing and measurement of indicators
- Carry out assessments and project baseline surveys for all districts in the National Office
- Coordinate the evaluation of projects in Relief areas of operation
- Review best practices and facilitate sharing of learnings across all Districts in the national office
- Support resource mobilisation efforts at districts and national level through proposal development, concept papers and review of programme and project designs documents for fund-raising
- Review program plans and reports to ensure compliance to set standard and quality
- Develop monitoring and evaluation systems/ tools for different interventions
- Train and capacity build other members of staff in the technical area of monitoring and evaluation of various aid programs
- Developed comprehensive monitoring tools to track project progress and outcomes.
- Enhanced data quality by implementing rigorous monitoring and evaluation processes.
Education
Master of Business Administration Degree (MBA) -
University of Zimbabwe
04.2001 - 01.2010
Post Graduate Diploma - Monitoring and Evaluation
Stellenbosch University
Bachelor of Science (BSc) Honors Degree - Agriculture
University of Zimbabwe
General Certificate of Education; Advanced Level - undefined
University of Cambridge; St James Girls High School
General Certificate of Education; Ordinary Level (Matric Equivalent) - undefined
University of Cambridge; St James Girls High School
Skills And Competence
- A strong portfolio of M&E and Strategic Information (SI) experience in the health field in South Africa, and the district health system.
- Experience working with USAID reporting systems and communicating with USAID SI Teams.
- Good knowledge and experience of current DOH district health information systems.
- Data management and analysis experience.
- Experience in creating data visualizations and supporting the use of data in improving practice.
- Experience in conducting training and providing technical support.
- Excellent interpersonal, presentation, facilitation, mentoring and training skills and experience.
- Ability to work across diverse cultures.
- Stakeholder management and Time management.
Personal Information
Gender: Female
Short Courses
- Urban Baseline Qualitative Methods, 2004
- Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation, 2009
- Data Quality Management, 2011
- Tier.Net Training, 2011
- Introduction to DHIS (Health Information System) Level 1, 2011
- Health Information Systems, 2012
- Evidenced Based Health Management (EBHM), 2015
- Assertive Communication Skills, 2015
- Finance for Non-Financial Managers, 2015
- Access for Beginners, 2016
- Critical Thinking, 2016
- Data Interpretation and Data Use for HIV and TB Programmes, 2016
- USAID Rules and Regulations, 2016
- Comprehensive Statistics Course Using STATA, 2019
- Data Analysis (UCT), 2022
Timeline
Senior Monitoring and Evaluation Manager
Right to Care South Africa: Duties
07.2013 - 03.2025
Provincial Monitoring and Evaluation Coordinator
Clinton Health Access Initiative: Duties
11.2010 - 07.2013
Monitoring and Evaluation Officer
World Vision International: Duties
10.2006 - 12.2009
Master of Business Administration Degree (MBA) -
University of Zimbabwe
04.2001 - 01.2010
Post Graduate Diploma - Monitoring and Evaluation
Stellenbosch University
Bachelor of Science (BSc) Honors Degree - Agriculture
University of Zimbabwe
General Certificate of Education; Advanced Level - undefined
University of Cambridge; St James Girls High School
General Certificate of Education; Ordinary Level (Matric Equivalent) - undefined
University of Cambridge; St James Girls High School
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