TUPANGE is a five year project being implemented by Jhpiego and
its partners.
TUPANGE works in five urban centers in Kenya to increase
and sustain contraceptive use among marginalized urban populations by improving
the quality and accessibility of family planning services, particularly by
strengthening linkages between communities and clinics, improving the quality of
integrated maternal and reproductive health services and expanding the role of
the private sector in the provision of family planning services, including
public-private partnerships.Monitoring Evaluation & Research Advisor
The Monitoring Evaluation & Research (MER) Advisor for Tupange will lead the development, implementation and management of all MER activities for the project.
S/he will work closely with program staff to maintain accurate
and up-to-date monitoring frameworks, ensure up-to-date and accurate
information in all relevant office database systems and develop research
protocols.
S/he will lead program teams in the preparation for data
collection, editing, analysis and reporting of assessments, routine reports and
evaluation studies as required.
S/he will assist the program staff in preparing program reports,
presentations and publications.
Responsibilities
- Coordinate
with the program staff to create, test, and refine relevant MER frameworks
for effective collection, storage and use of service provision data
- Work
with program officers in producing, maintaining and sharing up-to-date PMP
tables
- Ensure
that the Tupange staff are utilizing the Jhpiego project data bases
(currently JEMS, TSM and JRISE)
- Produce
quarterly reports analyzing the achievements and outputs of the project
- Assist
in gathering, summarizing and disseminating relevant technical updates on
program planning, monitoring, evaluation and operations research within
the project
- Facilitate
on-the-job MER training for staff and stakeholders, especially in the area
of use of data for decision making
- Develop
and maintain a system for archiving MER guidelines, tools, data files,
analysis files, reports and presentations for major activity undertaken
- Produce
abstracts and publications from Tupange data
- Lead
the MER responsibilities in the preparation of all project reports
Qualifications
- A
Masters’ degree in MER, statistics, reproductive health or related field
- Five
years of work experience in leading monitoring and evaluation of health
projects and/or HMIS work in Kenya
- Experience
working with MOH systems and personnel and in donor-funded projects an
asset
- Excellent
analytical, oral and report- writing skills
- Computer
literacy, particularly in the use of MS Word, PowerPoint, MS Access and
SPSS
Interested applicants should send a CV with three referees and
detailed cover letter by email to HR-Kenya@jhpiego.net by 9th November 2012
indicating how their education and experience qualifies them for the
position.
A competitive remuneration package will be offered according to
qualifications and experience.
Only those selected for interview will be contracted
Jhpiego is an equal opportunity employer