Technical Associate – Monitoring & Evaluation at Jhpiego

What You’ll Do

You’ll be part of our Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) team — the engine that powers smarter programming. You’ll turn data  into  stories, dashboards into action plans, and help teams across Kenya learn and adapt in real time.

You’ll work alongside technical and programmatic teams to ensure high-quality data is collected, analyzed, and used — all while exploring new tools, smarter processes, and innovative approaches to M&E.

Responsibilities

Your day-to-day might look like:

• Building tools that help track how many children received vaccines — and why some didn’t.
• Creating slick dashboards that make complex data understandable and actionable.
• Supporting health care workers make sense of results they are generating at the counties.
• Helping program teams make faster, smarter decisions based on real-time insights.
• Drafting learning briefs, graphics, or one-pagers that tell a compelling story with data.
• Attending county review meetings and hearing what frontline health workers really need.
• Test new tools, explore digital platforms, and find better ways to connect the dots.

Required Qualifications

Who You Are

• You’ve got a bachelor’s degree in M&E, public health, statistics, health informatics, demography or a related field.
• You’re early in your career (minimum 3 years) but already itching to make impact.
• You’re a learner and self-starter, eager to try new tools and approaches, but open to learn different ways of doing things.
• You’re familiar with data systems, e.g., DHIS2, DATIM
• You’re familiar with digital data collection tools (e.g., ODK, Kobo, SurveyCTO, etc.) and data analysis (e.g., R, STATA, SPSS).
• You’re not afraid of data — but you also love what it can do when shared clearly.
• You’re a data storyteller — you’re not just about numbers, but what they mean.
• You have excellent writing and visualization skills — you can make data make sense (e.g., using Power BI, Tableau).
• You believe health data should serve real people, not just reports.
• You’re organized but flexible, analytical but creative, and detail-oriented but people-aware and able to see the bigger picture. a collaborator, with strong interpersonal skills across cultures and roles.
• A Kenyan national who brings lived experience and local insight to the work and is committed to advancing innovation in local health systems.
• Bonus points if you can drive both manual and automatic vehicles and hold a valid Kenyan driving license.