The
Academic Model Providing Access to Health Care (AMPATHPlus) is a program under
the auspices of Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH) and Moi University
whose aim is to provide sustainable efforts in access to health care.
AMPATHPlus
supports the Ministry of Health in eight (8) Counties of Western Kenya Region,
with a catchments population of an estimated 3.5 million people.
Position: Monitoring & Evaluation Advisor (1 Post)
Job
Description: The M&E Advisor is ultimately
responsible for the design and implementation of project data management and
reporting system.
Responsibilities
include monitoring program activities, planning and implementing studies,
development of tools, establishing feedback mechanisms to project staff and
partners, technical assistance to program staff, partners and county and sub
county persons responsible for data management.
A
primary responsibility will be to ensure that all those involved in the
AMPATHPlus Program understand the role and importance of data and methods for
using it to improve program effectiveness.
Duties
and Responsibilities
Reporting
to the Chief of Party AMPATHPlus, the candidate will:
·
Develop and update project M&E
Plan and PMP, including identifying appropriate indicators and design of data
collection system for the project to collect and report on data to measure
performance and achievement of project objectives;
·
Provide technical assistance to local
implementing partners’ to develop systems for the continual collection,
analysis, and presentation of data, and build the capacity of these partners to
interpret and report on their progress and achievements;
·
Conduct regular quality checks of
project data ensuring that data reported by Project corresponds with MoH data.
Qualifications:
The
ideal candidate should have:
·
Minimum of a Master’s Degree in Public
Health, Demography, Population Studies, Sociology, Applied Statistics,
Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Health Systems Management, Monitoring and
Evaluation or Health informatics related.
·
Minimum of six (6) years of
progressively responsible experience successfully designing, implementing and
overseeing monitoring and evaluation tasks for health and/or development
projects at the county levels.
·
PHD in Quantitative Social Sciences
or proof of near completion will be an added advantage.
·
Ability to work independently, under
pressure and to adhere to set deadlines
·
Competency in MS Word, Excel, and
PowerPoint, and a statistical software package (SPSS, EPI-INFO, STATA, SAS or
similar). Experience with programming software a plus.
·
Experience with USG and Ministry of
Health projects and reporting requirements.
·
Meet requirements of Chapter 6 of the
Constitution of Kenya and will be required to have a clearance certificate from
KRA and a Certificate of Good Conduct.
Terms
of Employment: The successful candidate will be
employed on 2-year renewable contract terms with a competitive salary and
allowances.
Candidates
who meet these requirements and are interested should submit their
applications, copies of certificates, testimonials and detailed Curriculum
Vitae giving details of their current remuneration on or before 9th December,
2016 to the address below:
The Chief of Party
AMPATHPlus Program
P.O. Box 4606– 30100
Eloret
AMPATHPlus Program
P.O. Box 4606– 30100
Eloret
Applications
can also be received at ceo@ampath.or.ke
Only
shortlisted candidates shall be contacted.
AMPATHPlus
is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages applications from qualified
individual regardless of race, religion, national origin, sexual orientation or
disability.