Jhpiego Regional Monitoring Evaluation and Research Advisor Jobs in Kenya

Jhpiego Regional Monitoring Evaluation and Research Advisor Jobs in Kenya

Overview

The Regional Monitoring Evaluation and Research (MER) Advisor will be responsible for program planning, monitoring, and evaluation in the project, strategies development, data management, reporting and feedback to the counties on data quality and best practice in documentation. He/she will lead in the development of project tools and data collection activities.

The MER Advisor will support the learning agenda including IRB processes in the project. The MER Advisor is responsible for archiving of project documents.

Responsibilities

Provide regional technical support to Nigeria and Zambia to ensure successful monitoring, evaluation and research support, drawing on lessons learned from Smiles for Mother’s Project and AMPLI-PPHI

Contribute to the general M&E support for project wide efforts

Mentor Kenya AMPLI-PPHI staff appropriately to support continued excellence in project implementation

Provide leadership and direction on MER activities to ensure technical and financial integrity to achieve program goal and corresponding objectives and targets

Develop and oversee the implementation of the monitoring and evaluation plan to capture project performance and results, including routine service delivery data reporting as well as supplemental data collection efforts for all supported projects

Compile and analyze of project performance data for use and decision-making

Collaborate with / serve as principle investigator for implementation research activities, including protocol and tool development, managing local ethical reviews, data management and analysis and management of consultants and/or research firm

Foster a culture of data-use for decision-making both internally for the supported project teams and with project stakeholders

Ensure quality of data through data verification procedures, including routine data quality audits and precise standard operating procedures

Ensure compliance with Jhpiego data quality standards, donor’s operational policies and regulations, and international and national research ethical standards

Work with project and financial staff to prepare work plans and project budgets and track progress of project activities and budgets ensuring that resources for implementation of MER activities are available

Coordinate all MER capacity-building activities with project staff, implementing partners and facility staff

Supervise and mentor Data Analyst

Develop and maintain strong working relationships with government and private sector partners, PPH/MNH implementing partners, and other key stakeholders to maximize resources and avoid duplication of effort

Represent Jhpiego and the project’s progress, achievements and lessons learned to donors, key stakeholders through meetings, conferences, and presentations

Work closely with Jhpiego home office staff to ensure effective, timely and

coordinated implementation of MER activities

Contribute results reporting to donors by providing written documentation on M&E activities and indicator results for progress and annual reports

Ensure relevant data are entered quarterly into JADE, Jhpiego’ s organization-wide performance management system

Contribute to the development and implementation of tools, strategies, mechanisms and processes to improve project’s ability to collect, interpret and aggregate data to demonstrate impact and enhance program accountability.

Train/mentor Health Care Providers and CHVs on data documentation, guidelines and reporting.

Lead in Human Cantered design strategies to better understand and streamline the service delivery mechanism

Support the development, documentation and dissemination of project lessons learned, best practices, and experience.

Ensure timely submission of project reports and other deliverables as specified in the result tracker, and Log frame

Develop and maintain up‐to‐date data tables with key performance indicators

Develop and maintain a system for archiving project guidelines, tools, data files, analysis files, reports, abstract, success stories and presentations

IRB submissions to local and international bodies, protocol implementation and preparing IRB progress reports, Process ethical applications, renewals and IRB close outs.

Perform other programmatic, technical and other duties assigned

Required Qualifications

A bachelor’s degree in the statistics, health or related field - an advanced degree will be an added advantage

Strong background in M&E + research. Experience supporting M&E on at least 2 PPH projects

Eight years of work experience in leading monitoring, evaluation and learning of health projects and/or HMIS work in Kenya

Extensive experience in monitoring, evaluation and research, and health information management systems

Excellent analytical, oral and report- writing skills

Computer literacy, particularly in the use of MS Word, PowerPoint. MS Excel, SPSS and STATA

Must have hands-on experience in use of data visualization tools

Ability to conceptualize and understand project needs

Familiarity with national and global health indicators

How to Apply

For more information and job application details, see; Jhpiego Regional Monitoring Evaluation and Research Advisor Jobs in Kenya

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