Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Officer at Jhpiego

Reporting to the Senior MEL Officer, the MEL Officer based at the sub-county will work closely with MOH to strengthen documentation, data use for decision making at sub-county, facility and community levels. They will contribute to M&E capacity building of Ministry of Health (MOH) staff on data management; provide feedback to MOH on data quality, completeness and use, coordinate data quality audits (DQAs) and data review meetings with MOH and participate in all other M&E activities, conduct participatory M&E methodologies and participate in the project learning agenda.

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Responsibilities

• Provide continuous technical and mentorship support to health care workers on data management processes, data analysis skills and interpretation of indicators to meet Afya Halisi and MOH program requirements
• Continuously strengthen capacity of project and health care workers at county, sub-county and community levels on use of DHIS2 and other community systems to ensure timely, complete and accurate reporting of data into DHIS2 and other community systems
• Support in carrying out joint routine data quality assessments and continuous quality improvement activities for FP/RMNCAH, nutrition and WASH programs
• Perform routine data cleaning and ensure the validity, accuracy, consistency and completeness of FP/RMNCAH, nutrition and WASH data at all levels county, sub-county and community levels before reporting
• Strengthen use of data for decision making by supporting MOH to conduct FP/RMNCAH, nutrition and WASH data review meetings at various levels, including county, sub-county, health facility and community levels
• Support in qualitative and quantitative data collection processes for project led special initiatives, surveys and studies
• On a periodic basis, support MOH in archiving relevant M&E guidelines, tools, data files, analysis, files and reports

Required Qualifications

• Degree in Statistics, Health Records, Public Health, Social Sciences with 2 years’ experience or a diploma in Statistics, Health Records, Public Health, Social Sciences with 5 years’ experience
• Professional training in M&E/DHIS and 3+ years' relevant work experience
• Working experience with MOH systems and personnel and in USAID-funded projects is an added advantage
• Must have hands on experience in statistical analysis packages - STATA; SPSS, Epi info. Excellent quantitative and qualitative methodologies
• Ability to conceptualize and understand project needs
• Familiarity with national and global health indicators
• Demonstrated experience in developing M-health Solutions
• Computer literacy, particularly in the use of MS Office