Position: Monitoring and Evaluation Manager
Location: Nairobi, with frequent travel to Merlin field sites
Department: Programmes
Reports to: Kenya Country Health Director with input from Somalia Country Health Director
Staff directly supervised: Health
Information OfficerLocation: Nairobi, with frequent travel to Merlin field sites
Department: Programmes
Reports to: Kenya Country Health Director with input from Somalia Country Health Director
Technically supervise: Field based M&E Officers and HISO’s
Relationships internally: All programme and support staff
Relationships externally: MoMS/MoPHS personnel, other governmental UN agencies counterparts.
Background
Merlin is a UK humanitarian agency which responds worldwide with vital healthcare and medical relief for vulnerable people caught up in natural disasters, conflict, and health systems collapse.
Merlin has been working in Kenya since 1998 and in Somalia since 2005. Currently, Merlin in Kenya is operational in two regions of the country - the Western Highlands and Northern Kenya.
In Somalia, Merlin operates in the three semi-autonomous regions of Somalia (Somaliland, Puntland, and South Central).
Overall Objective of the Position
The Monitoring and Evaluation Manager will be responsible for overseeing the planning and implementation of monitoring and evaluation activities for Merlin Kenya and Somalia programmes. He/she will on routine basis track project performance against baseline and targets analyzing relationships among performance.
He/she will be expected to communicate performance results to team members and ensuring targets are met. Periodically the M&E manager will be expected to conduct evaluations individually or in conjunction with project consultants.
The M&E manager will provide technical oversight to field based Monitoring and Evaluation teams and will be directly answerable to country health Directors for both Kenya and Somalia programmes.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Design and preparation of M&E plans of
project proposals and participation in development of strategies and
logframes for new projects
- Develop of M&E frameworks, systems and
tools as well as work plans
- Assessment of Merlin Kenya and Somalia
programmes against established goals, targets and indicators as stated in
project proposals and logframes
- Present achievements against targets and
baselines during quarterly review meetings
- Review technical and donor reports to
ensure completeness and accuracy
- Network with partners, MOH, UN agencies and
other stakeholders on M&E matters
- Represent Merlin at external forums as
required.
- Build capacity of and train partners in
M&E through formal and informal adult learning methods
- Documentation of M&E best practices and
lessons learned for purposes of accountability and replication
- Prepare and disseminate periodic reports on
projects, incorporating service statistics and survey data as available
- Prepare briefings, papers, and slide shows
for presentation to donors, MOPH and other stakeholders on the project
activities and lessons learned in collaboration with project teams
- Provide support to the collection and
analysis of M&E data from field interventions and work with field
teams to improve quality of analysis coming from field reports
- Take lead in ensuring implementation of
humanitarian accountability standards
- Supervise Nairobi-based HIS Officer
- Provide technical support on M&E and
data collection to all field teams and specifically to field-based HIS
officers
Qualifications and
Experience
- Degree in public health, biostatistics,
epidemiology, or health information systems from a recognized academic
institution, with a strong preference for a master’s degree. Relevant
training in M&E will be an added advantage.
- A minimum of five years of direct
experience in managing and executing monitoring and evaluation of donor-funded
health and nutrition programmes in developing countries.
- Experience in qualitative and quantitative
M&E methodologies for health and nutrition, HIV/TB, malaria and RH
interventions including participatory and quasi-experimental evaluation
designs that incorporate rigorous statistical methods
- Experience coordinating with
developing-country governments, ministries, UN agencies, INGO’s and/or
local NGOs for design and implementation of evaluations, including
addressing capacity weaknesses as needed.
- Demonstrated familiarity with and
understanding of impact evaluation and participatory monitoring and
evaluation techniques; and developing and monitoring both output and
outcome indicators.
- Able to effectively use statistical
analysis software, including EpiInfo, Stata, and SPSS.
- Able to undertake field visits on regular
basis.
- Oral and written fluency in English.
- Good communication skills and interpersonal
relationships.
- Committed and experienced in working in
multi-cultural settings.
All applications should be sent to:
HR Department,
Merlin, Nairobi Office,
P.O Box 3350 – 00200,
Nairobi, Kenya
OR Email to: recruitment@merlin-kenya.org
Application deadline is 5:00pm on Friday, 2nd March 2012.
Please note that only short listed candidates will be contacted.
