LHSS East Africa - MEL Consultant at Abt Associates

The consultant will:

• Provide support to Local Health System Sustainability (LHSS) project monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL) activities including the management of AMELP plans, data collection tools, activity reports, and deliverables.
• Gather activity performance monitoring data from health facilities at participating Cross-border sites, based on the indicators in AMELP 
• Work with the MEL team to help sysnthesisze the collected data and share lessons learned from field implementation of the activity.
• Assist with logistics of MEL-related and other activity team meetings and workshops.
• Support documentations for learning products listed in the AMELP 

Deliverables

Project Management Deliverables

• Weekly virtual meetings with the LHSS EA team
•  Monthly progress reports and a final activity report reflecting on the technical accomplishments and outcomes achieved
•  Participate in project assessment activities including digital readines assessments at cross border facilities 

Technical deliverables

• Monthly quantitative data from CB-sites
• Draft learning products: two technical briefs 

Qualifications:

• Ideal candidates will have academic or work experience in Public Health, International Development, Communications or Statistics, or another related field
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
• Some experience working with statistical packages- SPSS, STATA, R etc. is desirable
• Able to use measurement tools to monitor immediate and long-term results and analyze data
• Able to prepare succinct and focused reports on program results 
• Able to integrate lessons and promising practices gained from a variety of sources
• Has excellent organizational and communication skills - both oral and written
• Collaborative team player with excellent interpersonal and organizational skills
• Ability to engage remotely (virtual meetings) with learning activity staff both in East Africa and USA)
• Excellent language proficiency in both Kiswahili and English required