County Monitoring, Evaluation And Learning (MEL) Officer at Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology

Reporting to the MEL Advisor the County M&E Officer is responsible for guiding the overall County M&E strategy and implementation of related activities within Boresha Jamii project and undertakes timely preparation and submission of County reports. 

Job description

•  Capacity building of Boresha Jamii HRIOs, program Officers and MOH health facility and Subcounty staff on M&E related issues.
•  Ensure relevant MoH/donor data collection and reporting tools are in place and are being used correctly by staff, to collect accurate data for project monitoring and performance. 
•  Ensure health care workers understand GOK/USAID reporting requirements including data tools, indicator definitions and reporting through continuous job training/mentorship, continuously identify data tools requirements.
•  Planning and conducting data review meetings, DQAs and Support supervision in the County. 
•  Coordinating data collection in the County and ensuring that both routine and adhoc data is submitted to the Data Management team on time. 
•  Providing technical direction and assistance to the Subcounty M&E Officers and program HRIOs working in the County. 
•  Promoting data for decision making in the county. 
•  Disseminate program results at County/Sub-county progress review meetings and other stakeholder forums. 
• Supporting the ministry of health reporting systems at the County level.
• Review, analyze, and validate program data to ensure consistency, integrity and accuracy based on project specific guidelines.
•  Support County MoH in data analysis on DHIS and /or DATIM HIV program data and preparation of relevant reports
•  Support in DATIM data entry and validation from time to time. 
•  Verification of reports and data provided by HRIOs and Subcounty M&E Officers. 
•  Provide technical updates on reporting and dissemination of national guidelines to districts and implementing partners. 

Minimum requirements 

• Bachelor’s Degree in Health Records and Information, Public health, Biostatistics, or any other related field. 
• 3 to 5 years of Monitoring and Evaluation experience. 
• Working knowledge of PEPFAR programs.
• Demonstrated experience on use of KHIS, DATIM, CPIMS, EID/VL network and JPHES. 
• Experience in capacity building on HIV, FP/RMNCAH, OVC and dreams M&E tools.
• Must possess excellent and demonstrable working knowledge and skills in Ms Office – Excel, Word and PowerPoint. Practical knowledge of database systems will be an added advantage. 
• Ability to design M&E tools, surveys, surveillance systems, and evaluations. 
• Demonstrated ability to train and build capacity of others. 
• Ability to multi-task; good writing and presentation skills; communication skills and teamwork.
• A Clear understanding of MER PEPFAR indicators. 
•  Ability to work deliver within short timelines.