Experience

Data Innovators

• South Africa
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director, Co-founder

  • Mar 2021 - Present

  Data Innovators aims to help organisations push data boundaries for positive futures.Jerusha leads the Digital Data Solutions practice and is supporting company start-up and business development. Her role transitioned from Data Innovator (1.0) to Data Innovators (2.0) which is a new company that launched on 01 June 2021, borne from the partnership between Data Innovator PTY Ltd and New Leaders Foundation.

• Owner, Founder, Managing Director

  • Aug 2015 - Mar 2021

  Data Innovator is a creative strategic information consultancy which provides services in strategic planning, monitoring & evaluation, and communication. At Data Innovator we are passionate about innovative use of data. Our business focus is on helping organisations in Africa improve the way they use and communicate strategic information.As the Founder & Director I work with a team of lead consultants with over 10 years of experience in the development sector, throughout Africa, and across donor contexts. Our lead consultants are well networked and work closely with experts across the globe to provide the highest quality services to our clients.



Data Heroes

• Czechia
• Data Infrastructure and Analytics

• Founder

  • Oct 2019 - Present

  Data Heroes is an NPC with the aim to help professionals and teams build their data skills. Theses are the future skills which will catapult the way teams manage projects and make better evidence-informed decisions. Data Heroes provides online learning and resource opportunities to build these skills through a flexible learning model. Data Heroes are based on the personas of everyday office team who work with data to improve how they manage their projects. They represent the complementary skills areas that make a good data team. They convey online data lessons by sharing their challenges and step by step solutions. This initiative is brought to you by Data Innovator.



Independent Consultant

• United States
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 1 - 100 Employee

• M&E Consultant

  • Aug 2015 - Dec 2020

  I provide short and long term M&E consulting service to development organizations. My services range from data analysis & visualization, report writing, communications, and other M&E technical needs. I have provided Evaluation consulting service to DG Murray Trust. Currently I provide M&E advisory services to the Systems for Improved Access to Pharmaceutical Services, Leadership, Management & Governance projects (MSH), and Foundation for Professional Development in South Africa, and Africaid in Zimbabwe.



Management Sciences for Health

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Technical Advisor: Monitoring and Knowledge Management

  • May 2014 - Aug 2015

  Leadership & Management:Provide direction to M&E and Knowledge Management unit and functions aligned with project results framework, USAID and PEPFAR country priorities. I have lead the development and implementation of M&E and Knowledge Management specific work plan; including manage and build technical capacity of M&E staff and consultants. In my role I have recruited and managed multiple staff, including 11 M&E technical staff, 4 consultants, and 1 intern across 6 countries. M&E Technical:I have lead operations research activities to generate new information for programming in capacity building, HIV&AIDS and TB. I have also lead and managed multiple reporting needs, including the RHAP quarterly report (11 PMPs), 5 quarterly PEPFAR reports, 5 quarterly DATIM reports to USAID Missions, 1 monthly PSS report to HQ, 1 annual Total Reach Indicator report to HQ, and regular TRAINET reports to USAID. My role required transitioning the project through two PEPFAR indicator changes, and the introduction to DATIM. I have written and published M&E related abstracts, short stories and case studies, articles, and technical reports

• Monitoring & Evaluation Advisor

  • Oct 2012 - Apr 2014

  Provide M&E support to partner organizations within SADC region. Support includes M&E activities specific to project areas: HIV prevention, and Leadership and Management Capacity Building. Types of support includes training, coaching and advice on results frameworks, data quality assurance, data analysis and presentation, management information systems, report writing, and data communications.



loveLife

• South Africa
• Non-profit Organizations
• 300 - 400 Employee

• National Monitoring Manager

  • Aug 2010 - Nov 2012

  Manage systems to monitor organisation programme performance, develop reports and tools related to performance for donor requirements and internal management, as well as identify innovative means to improve monitoring of performance. Manage systems to monitor organisation programme performance, develop reports and tools related to performance for donor requirements and internal management, as well as identify innovative means to improve monitoring of performance.



Reproductive Health Research Unit (now named WHRI)

• Operations Researcher

  • Feb 2010 - Jul 2010

  Identify research projects in Inner City Johannesburg clinics and with M&E team, facilitate and coordinate the research process, including writing proposals and obtaining ethics committee approval, conduct and manage on-site research activities (qualitative and quantitative data collection) and research field workers, and analysis – related to HIV/AIDS management programs Identify research projects in Inner City Johannesburg clinics and with M&E team, facilitate and coordinate the research process, including writing proposals and obtaining ethics committee approval, conduct and manage on-site research activities (qualitative and quantitative data collection) and research field workers, and analysis – related to HIV/AIDS management programs



TB/HIV Care Association

• M&E Coordinator

  • Jan 2008 - Jan 2010

  Monitoring and evaluating TB and HIV client support and progress to management and the donor, PEPFAR. Additionally, developing and implementing quality assessment tools, and qualitative and quantitative based operations research. Monitoring and evaluating TB and HIV client support and progress to management and the donor, PEPFAR. Additionally, developing and implementing quality assessment tools, and qualitative and quantitative based operations research.



Foundation of professional development, based at TB/HIV Care Association

• PEPFAR fellowship: Community evaluation

  • Jun 2008 - Dec 2008

  6 month internship placement within a HIV/AIDS management related NGO. Assisting with the monitoring and evaluation of the TB and HIV treatment adherence support programs in the West Coast. Develop project management, monitoring and evaluation plans for the foundation related to my internship placement. Evaluating a referral system implemented in one of the sites. 6 month internship placement within a HIV/AIDS management related NGO. Assisting with the monitoring and evaluation of the TB and HIV treatment adherence support programs in the West Coast. Develop project management, monitoring and evaluation plans for the foundation related to my internship placement. Evaluating a referral system implemented in one of the sites.