Monitoring and Evaluation Officer (6 Months) at Centre for Health Solutions - Kenya (CHS)

Overall Job Function

Responsible for coordinating all M&E field-related activities and provide constant feedback to both the technical and program teams including health care workers in health facilities

Key Responsibilities

1. Act as a link between CHS and CHMTs on all health data related issues.
2. Provide technical support to CHS-supported health facilities in collection, collation, analysis and reporting of health information to relevant stakeholders using national reporting systems.
3. Contribute in the review and/or development of monitoring and evaluation tools and systems that are responsive to data needs.
4. Organise and/or participate in M&E related capacity building activities targeting CHS staff; health facility staff; and other stakeholders.
5. Work closely with other CHS staff and stakeholders to strengthen systems for monitoring patient outcomes; monitoring quality of care; tracing patients who default; data quality assurance; and data collection, collation, analysis and dissemination.
6. Provide expertise in developing and/or review of indicators for monitoring and evaluation of project performance.
7. Ensure timely and proper implementation of the Ministry of Health’s monitoring and evaluation guidelines including roll out of new tools across all CHS-supported facilities.
8. Strengthen data utilisation for decision making at facility and county level.
9. Participate in research studies that may be undertaken by CHS or any of her collaborating partners.
10. Provide technical lead in quarterly data feedback to county health management teams and health facilities.
11. Participate in joint quarterly support supervision of health facilities by CHMTs and CHS.
12. Provide advice to MOH through participation in relevant technical working groups.
13. Document best M&E practices and disseminate the same to relevant stakeholders.
14. Provide lead in timely collection, cleaning and reporting of quarterly and other routine data to donors and other stakeholders.
15. Respond to ad hoc requests for collection and analysis of data when need arises.
16. Participate in regional and national stakeholder forums or conferences on health and give presentations during these meetings.

Person Specification

• A Bachelor’s degree in public health, biostatistics, statistics, monitoring and evaluation, social sciences or an equivalent academic qualification from a recognised institution
• At least three years experience in monitoring and evaluation of HIV/AIDS care and treatment, PMTCT, TB/HIV and HTC programs in Kenya.