CHAK Hiring Monitoring & Evaluation Officer

Job advert – Monitoring & Evaluation Officer

Purpose
CHAK is seeking to recruit a dynamic, self-driven Monitoring & Evaluation professional of integrity to the position of M&E Officer. The position reports to the Monitoring & Evaluation Director and is based at CHAK Secretariat in Nairobi. The job holder will be responsible for supporting the strengthening of CHAK HIV&AIDS Project in Cluster 3 in data management, timely reporting and county engagements.

Duties and responsibilities

1. Supervise and coordinate collection of accurate monitoring data and reports from health facilities (monthly, quarterly, semi-annual and annually) on all required indicators
2. Support information technology infrastructure and data management tools in implementing facilities
3. Provide support in the development and application of M&E Tools in the project
4. Facilitate implementation of EMR and HIS products in implementing sites as approved by the Project and MOH and ensure technical support is provided as needed
5. Support technical M&E needs at implementing sites (computers and hardware)
6. Lead in conducting routine and periodic data quality audits for data quality assurance at facility, sub-county and county levels
7. Provide mentorship to facility staff on the appropriate use of HIV-related M&E data collection and reporting tools
8. Support in timely monthly/Quarterly and Adhoc program reporting:
   a. Donor through DATIM and 3PM
   b. MOH/County through KHIS2
   c. NASCOP through submission of data through national data warehouse (NDW)
9. Perform regular Technical Assistance visits to health facilities to support the improvement of the quality of data collected and reported by health facilities
10. Support the project to ensure that donor, partner, and Senior Management data queries are addressed in an accurate and timely manner
11. Support regular M&E capacity building activities in the project
12. Build the data culture at health facilities to improve data demand and data use
13. Increase health facilities demand for quality information, methods, and tools, and facilitation of information use in decision making
14. Support strengthening of the M&E at counties
15. Receive and analyse data from Health facilities and Projects and disseminate reports generated to the project, county and sub-county health teams and other Partners
16. Produce monthly, quarterly and annual M&E reports based on project indicators
17. Facilitate capacity building and mentorship for implementing sites in M&E
18. Support and participate in performance review
19. Support identification and definition of indicators in development of project proposals and work plans
20. Participate in relevant County Health Sector HMIS/M&E Technical Working Group.
21. Any other duties assigned.

Specifications

Academic and professional qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, health informatics, Information Science, or other relevant health-related qualification from an accredited university
• Experience with SQL statistical analysis programs such as SAS, R or STATA
• Programming language PL/SQL, python is a plus
• Skills in the use of web analytics tools (Google Analytics, Web trends, etc.) are highly desirable
• Familiarity with relational databases (schemas, design) and XML is highly desirable

Experience

• At least two years’ demonstrated experience including developing and designing data sets, indicators, data elements and designing custom data entry screens for DHIS2
• Experience in developing health information systems, databases and reports
• An understanding of popular tools currently in the health sector such as ODK, REDcap, KenyaEMR, an advantage
• Understanding of Kenya Health Systems

Skills and attributes

• Knowledge of computer hardware, software, and programming
• Excellent Interpersonal and communication skills

Application procedure
Kindly Go here to send your application by attaching your cover letter, CV and copies of certificates.

NB: Attached documents should not exceed 2MBs to ensure successful submission of your application.

Applications should be addressed to:
The General Secretary
P.O. Box 30690 – 00100,
Nairobi

In case of any challenges using the application link provided, please reach us on 0722203617/0733334419 stating the specific challenges experienced.

The closing date for receiving all applications is November 18, 2024.