PATH - HSDSA Project
Job Vacancy: Monitoring and Evaluation Advisor
Tracking Code: 8460
Job Location: Kisumu, Kenya
Company Location: Kenya, Kisumu
Position Type: Full-Time / Regular
PATH
is an international organization that drives transformative innovation
to save lives and improve health, especially among women and children.
We accelerate innovation
across five platforms - vaccines, drugs, diagnostics, devices, and
system and service innovations - that harness our entrepreneurial
insight, scientific and public health expertise, and passion for health
equity.
By mobilizing partners
around the world, we take innovation to scale, working alongside
countries primarily in Africa and Asia to tackle their greatest health
needs.
Together, we deliver measurable results that disrupt the cycle of poor health.
HIV
Service Delivery Support Activity (HSDSA) Cluster 1 is a USAID funded
project covering Homa Bay, Kisumu, Migori, Kisii and Nyamira counties.
The purpose of this
project is to provide key clinical support to the Government of Kenya
national HIV response with the overall goal of increasing access and
coverage for HIV prevention, care and treatment services towards
achieving the “90-90-90” targets.
PATH is seeking to recruit a
Monitoring and Evaluation Advisor to provide technical leadership to the
M&E team of the HSDSA project.
S/he will support
development, management and application of an AMELP (Activity
Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning plan) of the project, offer
technical assistance and help build capacity of the project stakeholders
on health management information systems.
In addition, s/he will participate in identification and measurement of appropriate project performance indicators.
S/he will lead the
M&E team and other project implementation teams to carry out routine
project monitoring in a timely manner and ensure accurate data
collection, analysis, reporting of project activities and outputs and
use of data for decision-making.
With input from the
project team, s/he will identify and oversee design and implementation
of special studies that inform project performance and management.
S/he will ensure
assessments carried out meet quality and technical standards and that
findings are appropriately shared with respective stakeholders.
The position is based in the Kisumu office and reports to the M&E Specialist.
Specific duties and responsibilities:
- Mentorship and capacity building of the MOH staff and project M&E staff in to improve their skills in M&E and HMIS.
- Coordinate the gap analysis, forecasting and distribution of CBHIS/HMIS reporting tools.
- Coordinate the implementation of project Performance Management Plan (PMP) and ensure that all indicators are routinely updated.
- Participate in the
planning, development, maintenance and training of M&E team and sub
grantees on the project databases (and Management Information
Systems-CIMS, tableau etc).
- Provide technical
expertise in application of appropriate project evaluation methodology
and design during implementation of studies and assessments, End-term
review using cost-effective methods such as Lot Quality Assessment
Sampling (LQAS).
- Provide guidance and a
mechanism to ensure quality assurance is maintained at all levels of
programmatic work and particularly at results level by offering
technical support during SIMS, DQA and Quality of Care Assessments.
- Contribute to the development, review and tracking of the project’s performance indicators including training data.
- Contribute to the
development of protocols, instruments (e.g. questionnaires, checklists,
discussion guides and interview forms) for data collection, storage and
analysis as may be needed.
- Ensure that project
performance and accountability data is collected, analyzed and
disseminated on a timely basis during quarterly, semi-annual and annual
reporting of results.
- Oversee special studies that inform project performance and management including documentation.
- Participate in Project and County M&E Technical Working Group meetings.
- Lead efforts aimed at
improving data accuracy by revision of the HSDSA monthly data summary
reporting formats i.e. IPT and all training datasets.
- Coordinate continuous updating and review of the project M&E standard operating procedures.
- Manage and coordinate quarterly, SAPR and APR reporting processes to USG through DATIM.
Required Experience
- At least a Bachelor’s
degree in Biostatistics, Information Systems Management, Monitoring and
Evaluation, Social Sciences. Master's degree in any related field will
be an added advantage.
- At least eight years’
work experience in Health and Management Information Systems (HMIS),
monitoring and evaluation of public health programs.
- Experience in the
design, management, analysis and dissemination of a wide range of
quantitative and qualitative research projects.
- Experience working with a variety of information systems and data files.
- Knowledge of and experience working successfully with large, international, multi-donor health grantees.
- Familiar with GIS as a user interface and reporting format with analytical software.
- Knowledge of PEPFAR/USAID reporting requirements preferred.
- Knowledge of Tableau software is mandatory.
- Ability to initiate,
establish and maintain liaison activities with key multilateral and
bilateral stakeholders including other USG mechanisms such as HIGDA,
Tupime Kaunti and CMLAP II.
- Excellent negotiation and leadership skills.
- Excellent
interpersonal skills, capable of directing and managing change,
inspiring teamwork, and motivating staff and partners to achieve
results.
- Critical analysis and strong report writing skills required.
- Skills in finer analysis, interpretation and management of complex data.
- A good understanding of the workings of the national HMIS and CBHIS systems including the data collection and reporting tools.
- A good understanding of PEPFAR Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting indicators and reporting system (DATIM).
Must have legal authorization to work in Kenya.
PATH is dedicated to diversity and is an equal opportunity employer.
How to Apply
Deadline: Thursday, 19th October, 2017 at 5.00 p.m
