{"id":47609,"date":"2019-06-26T11:18:34","date_gmt":"2019-06-26T09:18:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/joblistsouthafrica.com\/?p=47609"},"modified":"2019-06-26T11:34:55","modified_gmt":"2019-06-26T09:34:55","slug":"mothers2mothers-m2m-recent-available-employment-opportunity-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joblistsouthafrica.com\/mothers2mothers-m2m-recent-available-employment-opportunity-2.html","title":{"rendered":"mothers2mothers (m2m)\u00a0Recent Available Employment Opportunity"},"content":{"rendered":"

mothers2mothers (m2m)\u00a0is an Africa-based NGO that unlocks the potential of women to eliminate paediatric AIDS and create healthy families across\u00a0eight sub-Saharan\u00a0countries. m2m trains, employs, and helps empower HIV-positive women to work as community healthcare workers in understaffed health centres and underserved communities. Through a peer-to-peer approach, these \u2018Mentor Mothers\u2019 deliver a range of health services, advice, and support to women and their families.<\/p>\n

Started in Cape Town, South Africa in 2001 with an initial focus on preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV, m2m has innovated and built on its\u00a0strengths and now provides\u00a0family-centred support for a range of related health and social issues spanning pregnancy, birth, childhood, and adolescence. It\u00a0also partners with governments and other NGOs on the adoption of its programme to spread the Mentor Mother Model and its benefits. m2m has a track record of scaling its services and proven impact.<\/p>\n

In 2017, m2m and its partners enrolled 2.3 million new clients. m2m\u00a0has virtually eliminated mother-to-child transmission of HIV among the enrolled clients it serves directly for the last four years, with an average transmission rate of just 1.6%, while 97% of children in its ECD programmes meet all of their development milestones at 12 months. For more, visit\u00a0www.m2m.org<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Job Title: <\/strong>Data Scientist <\/strong>
\nJob Location: Cape Town<\/strong><\/p>\n

Over the last two years, starting with structural changes in client management tools and the introduction of mHealth, m2m overhauled its entire routine M&E system that drives programme performance management. In order to drive optimal access to, and utilisation of m2m digital data among a broad range of internal stakeholders, m2m is looking to employ a full time Data Scientist. The purpose of this position is to support m2m\u2019s Research and Strategic Information function, situated within the Department of Programmes and Technical Support, through managing data and facilitating data access across multiple data sources and platforms; and through supporting data analytics and modelling as well as reporting, for improved programme management and optimal client outcomes.
\nThis position reports to the Research and Strategic Information Manager and is based at m2m Head Office in Cape Town. National \/ international travel may be required up to 10% of the time.<\/p>\n

Key Performance Areas<\/strong><\/p>\n