Monitoring & Evaluation Officer at Centre for Health Solutions - Kenya (CHS)

Ref: 03/041/M&E/2018

CHS is currently sourcing for high calibre, self-motivated and dynamic individuals to fill two openings for the position of Monitoring and Evaluation Officer: 

Overall Job Function

The Monitoring and Evaluation Officer will be responsible for coordinating all M&E field-related activities and providing constant feedback to the technical and program teams and health care workers in health facilities.

Responsibilities 

• Act as a link between CHS and stakeholders on all health data related issues
• Provide technical support partner institutions both Primary and Secondary Schools in collection, collation, analysis and reporting of health information to relevant stakeholders using national reporting systems
• Contribute in the review and/or development of monitoring and evaluation tools and systems that are responsive to data needs
• Organise and/or participate in M&E related capacity building activities targeting project staff; health facility staff; and other stakeholders
• 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
• Provide expertise in developing and/or review of indicators for monitoring and evaluation of program performance
• Ensure timely and proper implementation of the Ministry of Health’s (MoH) monitoring and evaluation guidelines including roll out of new tools in all CHS-supported health facilities
• Strengthen data utilisation for decision making at facility and county level
• Participate in research studies that may be undertaken by CHS or any of her collaborating partners
• Provide technical lead in quarterly data feedback to county health management teams and health facilities
• Participate in joint quarterly support supervision of Schools clubs, peer educators and CHS
• Provide advice to MoH through participation in relevant technical working groups
• Document best M&E practices and disseminate the same to relevant stakeholders
• Provide lead in timely collection, cleaning and reporting of quarterly and other routine data to donors and other stakeholders
• Respond to ad hoc requests for collection and analysis of data when need arises
• Participate in regional and national stakeholder’s forums or conferences on health and give presentations during these meetings.

Qualifications

• A bachelor’s degree in public health, bio-statistics, 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.