Monitoring & Evaluation Officer at Health Strat Kenya

Position Summary:

Reporting to the Senior M&E Officer, the M&E Officer will carry out strategic information responsibilities related to the program, including all monitoring, evaluation, analytics, and reporting of performance and results. S/he will support efforts to strengthen monitoring and evaluation, and support NASCOP through Strategic Information Research and Implementation science (SIRI) team and CDC to monitor, document and analyze the performance of HIV/TB services and activities.

Duties and Responsibilities

1. Generate and provide inputs, information and statistics for quarterly, semi-annual, annual and other project reports.
2. Support data analysis on KHIS and/or 3PM, DREAMS Database and DATIM HIV program data and preparation of relevant reports for various stakeholder dissemination
3. Support the Capacity Building Advisor and e-Learning coordinator in the development of e-learning materials, job aids, tool kits and standard operating procedures for HIV M&E courses.
4. Support development of standardized training content for HIV M&E related courses including training materials, curriculum, and documentation of training activities.
5. Provide technical assistance and mentorship to SIRI, County Health Management Teams, CDC funded Implementing partners and build their capacity on data demand and information use for decision making.
6. In collaboration with NASCOP and other SI stakeholders, participate in field visits for data verification, support supervision and data quality assessments/improvement
7. Support the SI Advisor and Evaluation Advisor to maintain the overall framework for project M&E.
8. Provide support in the preparation of the NASCOP SIRI work plans and Strategic Plan
9. Participate in the annual MOH-PEPFAR data/indicator alignment activity.

Required Qualifications

1. Master’s degree in social sciences, medicine, Public Health or related field will be an added advantage.
2. Bachelor’s degree in Biostatistics/Statistics/Health Records and Information/ Public Health Informatics/ Computer Science or equivalent.
3. Training on DHIS-2 and/or other relevant open source software used for HIV/TB data management.
4. Training on M&E and Data Analytics.
5. Minimum of 3 years’ work experience in implementing M&E systems, ensuring data quality, and managing data intensive, performance-based programs funded by PEPFAR.
6. Experience providing M&E support for HIV/TB.
7. Demonstrable experience with DHIS-2, DREAMS M&E, DATIM, 3PM and other HIV/TB data management and reporting platforms.
8. Proven experience in developing and coordinating data collection, processing and analysis systems.
9. Demonstrated experience in developing statistical analysis plans while adhering to statistical principles
10. Demonstrated ability on manipulation, analysis and visualization of quality data for decision making using software packages such as STATA, R, Power BI, GIS etc. and writing the related technical analytical reports to support decision making.
11. Demonstrated ability on designing and maintaining data collection tools in mobile platforms e.g. ODK Collect and KOBO Collect
12. Strong interpersonal communication and facilitation skills.
13. Willingness to undertake regular field visits and interact with different stakeholders
14. Computer skills: Hands on competency in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Access