National Council for Population and
Development
Monitoring and Evaluation
Officer
1 Post
Reproductive and Maternal Health
Services Unit
Ministry of Health, Nairobi, Kenya
Purpose
2. Link FP
achievements to other relevant reproductive health indicators such as maternal
mortality rate, neonatal mortality rate
Background:
Family planning in Kenya has increased progressively since the early 1980s with
the contraceptive prevalence rate (CPR) reaching 46% in 2008. This has been
coupled with a decline in the total fertility rate from 8.1 births per woman in
1978 to 4.6 births per woman in 2008.
However,
there is still an unmet need for Family Planning of 25% and a decline in use of
the long acting and permanent methods with challenges such as poor and inequity
in access of FP methods including social cultural barriers.
During the
July 2012 London summit on Family Planning, Kenya pledged to protect women’s
rights to family planning by securing additional financial resources and
implementing strategies to reach the poorest and hardest-to-reach segments of
the population, thereby enabling more women and girls to use contraceptives by
2020.
The
Ministry of Health in partnership with stakeholders is therefore working
towards achievement of the national family planning program and Family Planning
2020(FP2020) goals.
This will
require routine monitoring and evaluation of the family planning program
indicators and how they impact on the other key reproductive health indicators
in the country.
Requirements
The officer will,
- Report to the Head of Reproductive and Maternal Health Services Unit (RMHSU) at the Ministry of Health.
- Stationed at the Division of Family Health.
- Work with the Family Planning and M&E teams at the unit
Scope of Work: Identify and create data collection
systems that produce relevant family planning data, as well as performing data
quality checks and analysis that encourages the use of data for strategic
decision-making.
1.
Identify, improve, and recommend linkages between the public and private sector
to facilitate the collection, processing and use of relevant Family Planning
data to support improvements in program functioning and results.
2. Assist
in strengthening the use of data to identify monitoring system weaknesses,
support early recognition of program progress, and for informed decision making
3.
Facilitate the introduction and use of innovative tools and approaches for data
analysis and data dissemination in the country context.
4.
Participate in organizing of annual consensus building workshops with
government and partners that result in the issuance of annual family planning
estimates for key indicators.
5. Perform
data analysis and prepare materials incorporating all available Family Planning
data into concise databases, spreadsheets and documents.
6.
Co-ordinate with all partners working in the area of Family Planning monitoring
and participate in FP2020 Country Working Group Meetings as its Secretariat on
behalf of the MOH.
7. Serve as
Country liaison with Track20 global staff and the FP2020 global PM&A
Working Group
8.
Participate in FP and M&E technical working group meetings.
9.
Participate in other reproductive health programs as that linkages with family
planning program is pivotal
Qualifications and Experience:
For appointment to this grade, a
candidate must have
- Holder of Masters degree in Public Health or Demography with additional training in Monitoring and Evaluation;
- At least 5 years’ experience in a similar field
- Terms of Employment: The successful candidates will be appointed on contract terms for 2 years renewable subject to availability of funds.
Method of Application
Applicants
who meet the above qualifications should send their applications including
copies of academic and professional certificates, testimonials, a copy of
identity card, detailed CV indicating work experience, three (3) names of
references and daytime telephone numbers to:
The
Director General
National
Council for Population and Development
P. O. Box
48994-00100
Nairobi
Or our
online job portal through e-recruitment system accessible through URL: www.ncpd-ke.org/jobs/ so as to reach
the Council on or before 18th July, 2014
Only
shortlisted candidates will be contacted.