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M&E Officer
M&E Officer
4 Position
Nairobi, Mombasa, Kilifi
Pathfinder works in remote locations, under the most difficult
conditions, serving the most vulnerable people. We collaborate with
Governments, NGOs, Community and Faith-based organizations to make
contraception available and provide the quality care needed to ensure safe
childbirth and healthy families.
Working in countries with high prevalence of HIV and AIDS, we
provide a continuum of HIV and AIDS prevention and treatment services and are
expanding the integration of these services into reproductive health and family
planning programs.
PI has supported reproductive health and family planning services and training in Kenya since 1969.
PI has supported reproductive health and family planning services and training in Kenya since 1969.
The organization’s mandate is to bring these services to the
most vulnerable people in society with special attention to women and children
who are least likely to have access to quality care.
Pathfinder is currently a lead partner in the USAID/Kenya AIDS
Population and Health Integrated Assistance–Plus (APHIAplus-Nairobi-Coast
project - a flagship health services delivery program funded by USAID and
implemented through a partnership between Pathfinder International, Child Fund
International, Cooperative League of the USA, Population Services
International, and the Network of AIDS Researchers of Eastern and Southern
Africa that work within the Government health system and within existing
national strategies and builds on work carried out by both COPHIA and APHIA II
programs (1999– 2010).
We are seeking to recruit Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) officers for the APHIAplus Nairobi-Coast program.
We are seeking to recruit Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) officers for the APHIAplus Nairobi-Coast program.
The successful candidates will be based at the Mombasa, Nairobi
and Kilifi project offices with frequent field travelling.
Job Summary:
Job Summary:
The M&E Officer is a member of a cluster team that directly
supports strengthening of service delivery and addressing social determinants
of health in several districts.
The M&E Officer is also part of the larger project M&E
team that is responsible for the development and implementation of the
APHIAplus Nairobi-Coast M&E plan and for tracking project performance and
for reporting.
Reporting to the Data Manager the M&E Officer identifies M&E needs, maintains data collection systems and ensures that all necessary information, from both routine reporting as well as from ad hoc data collection and special studies is processed and used by those who produce the data and by those who support the activities.
Reporting to the Data Manager the M&E Officer identifies M&E needs, maintains data collection systems and ensures that all necessary information, from both routine reporting as well as from ad hoc data collection and special studies is processed and used by those who produce the data and by those who support the activities.
The M&E Officer is fully accountable and responsible for
ensuring quality in the collection, cleaning and entry of routine community and
health facility data into the project databases
The M&E Officer strengthens the capacity of partners (public, private or NGO/CBO) to implement effective monitoring, evaluation, reporting and learning systems.
Key responsibilities
The M&E Officer strengthens the capacity of partners (public, private or NGO/CBO) to implement effective monitoring, evaluation, reporting and learning systems.
Key responsibilities
- Provide
M&E support to GoK structures at the levels 1-4, to other implementing
partners and project staff
- Support
the roll-out of the DHIS2 and CBHIS, with special emphasis on availability
of tools and on maintaining tracking record of tools and data flow,
- Participate
in capacity assessments, in identification of training needs and in
development of capacity building plans
- Implement
a wide range of capacity building approaches (orientation, technical
support, on-the-job training or mentorship) to staff in facilities
(private or public sector) or in teams of implementing partners.
- Ensure
that capacity building addresses: reporting requirements, reporting tools,
data management processes, management of MOH registers and reports,
definitions, analysis and interpretation and use of data, all depending on
specific needs.
- Provide
quality support to the use of data for decision making, at management, at
facility level or at NGO/ CBO level
- Conduct
or coordinate data collection and reporting of project activities (i.e.
OVC, MARPs, HTC, RH/FP, PMTCT, ART, Community Units and BCC) and ensure
completeness and timeliness of data
- Enter
data into appropriate databases, accurately and within deadlines, perform
data cleaning and data quality checks and work with other project staff to
ensure data integrity
- Conduct
regular data quality checks and routine data quality audits through
on-site data verifications and report on them
- Work
closely with service delivery teams to conduct Rapid Service Quality
Assessments and Quality Improvement.
- Participate
in surveys (household, socio-economic, demographic) or in small size
surveys (LQAS,CSI)
- Track
performance indicators and ensure adherence to M&E frameworks
- Collate
training reports for the project
- Provide
support to the routine running and improvement of the program, GOK AWP and
to partners.
Job Requirements
- Bachelor’s
Degree in Social Sciences (Demography, Population Studies, Sociology,
Applied Statistics, Epidemiology, Health Systems Management, Health
informatics);
- Diploma
in Health Records and Information Science is an added advantage;
- Relevant
experience in public health or in public health programs (reproductive
health, family planning, HIV/AIDS, poverty, gender, youth);
- Minimum
3 years’ experience in managing large data bases;
- Experience
in conducting field work, data collection, and statistical analysis;
- Technical
and analytical capabilities and proven capacity building experience;
- Experience
in implementation and dissemination of M&E frameworks;
- Facilitation,
communication and coordination skills;
- Familiarity
with USAID rules and regulations strongly preferred;
- Demonstrated
ability to work in a multicultural environment;
- Excellent
spoken and written English required. Fluency in Swahili required;
- Ability
to work independently, to pro-actively identify and address data issues
and to meet strict deadlines
- Experience
with computer-based statistical packages and databases (ACCESS, STATA,
SPSS, Epi-Data, Epi-Info)
How to apply
Candidates who are interested and meet the above requirements
should;
- Send
a cover letter illustrating their suitability for the position
- Send
a detailed CV with contact details of at least three referees preferably
supervisors
- Send
their application to kenyajobs@pathfinder.org.
Female applicants are encouraged to apply.
Please note, due to urgency to fulfill the positions, applications
will be reviewed as they come in.
Closing date for receiving applications is 21st December, 2012.
Closing date for receiving applications is 21st December, 2012.
