Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning/Gender, Equality, Youth and Social Inclusion (MEL/GEYSI) Specialist at DAI Kenya - Development Alternatives, Inc.

Key Duties & Responsibilities

• Support and ensure the quality and completion of MEL/collaborating, learning, and adapting (CLA) efforts for the Activity.
• Support MEL/CLA plans, tools, and processes to track progress and impact and ensure the inputs of the Supply Chain Management, Pharmaceutical Management and Cross cutting teams.
• Ensure that gender, youth, social inclusion, and disability considerations are integrated into plans, delivery of technical assistance, and learning and adaptation of tools and approac hes.
• Build capacity of project staff and partners in MEL concepts and practices and GEYSI considerations.
• Identify opportunities for learning and adaptation based on MEL data.

Other duties include:

• Guide robust comprehensive monitoring, data collection and management and reporting for the USAID KIPS activity.
• Support and build capacity of supply chain technical staff on MEL, CLA, GEYSI and other related areas.
• Support all MEL activities, data and reports at stakeholder/partner engagements, coordination forums and at USAID’s request.
• Contribute to strategic learning and communication initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in monitoring and evaluation, statistics or related field required. Advanced degree preferred.
• At least 8 years of MEL experience for health supply chain or pharmaceutical management projects in developing countries, particularly for USAID-funded programs.
• Experience in mainstreaming gender, youth, social inclusion, and disability into donor-funded programming in Kenya.
• Excellent strategic thinking, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Effective stakeholder engagement, coordination, and relationship management skills.Strong project management capabilities.
• Fluency in written and spoken English required.