Reports to: MEL Advisor ASCEND Kenya/MoH
Duration: Maximum 60 days from 1st October 2020 to 31st August
2021
Introduction
Accelerating the Sustainable Control and Elimination of NTDs (ASCEND) is a £200 million investment from the UK government’s Department for International Development (DFID), to advance the impact and sustainability of national programmes tackling neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). ASCEND comprises of two lots – one focusing on South Asia, East and Southern Africa (lot 1) and the other on West and Central Africa (lot 2). ASCEND Lot 1’s approach is a close collaboration with National Governments and other implementing partners, to enhance national approaches to NTD control and elimination. ASCEND’s goal is to contribute to the global goal of reducing the burden of targeted NTDs so that they are no longer a public health problem.
In Kenya, ASCEND will focus on three NTDs – Schistosomiasis, Lymphatic
Filariasis and Visceral Leishmaniasis anchored on the following broad areas of
intervention:
- Treatment and
prevention of disability, including mass drug
administration (MDA), diagnosis and treatment, surgeries, morbidity
management.***
- Increasing
the integration of aspects of NTD programmes within
the health systems.***
- Strengthening
national health systems, integrating efforts to
strengthen the relevant building blocks of the health system.***
- Data for
targeting and monitoring, including impact assessment
and alignment of NTDs with national and international MEL systems and
processes.***
- Cross-sectoral
collaboration, in particular within the health and WASH/BCC
sectors. *
DFID has contracted Crown Agents together with its consortium partners to
act as Fund Manager for ASCEND in Kenya. In Kenya, ASCEND supports the Ministry
of Health and specifically, the Kenya NTD programme which is within the
Division of Vector-Borne and Neglected Tropical Diseases (DVB&NTD) and is
responsible for coordinating all the NTD control activities in the Country. In
Kenya, both the PC – NTDs and the IDM (CM)- NTDs are endemic and thus requires
various approaches for coordination and activities to achieve the overall goal
of control and elimination of these diseases.
The Ministry of Health with support from Sight Savers conducted a landscape
analysis for Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) WASH and Behaviour change. The
landscape analysis provided insights into the situation of the WASH in NTD
endemic areas and identified the gaps and challenges that affect the
implementation of WASH and NTD activities. One of the main findings was the
existence of different stand-alone databases/reporting tools in varying formats
for collection of WASH and NTD data, which are not linked and this has resulted
to poor coordination, a barrier in joint planning of the activities and
ineffective decision making. Furthermore, it was not possible to utilise this
stand-alone data to demonstrate the contribution of WASH interventions towards
achieving the targets in the Breaking Transmission Strategy. The Kenya National
Breaking Transmission Strategy (BTS) has three pillars recommended for
achieving the main objective – breaking the transmission. They include; WASH,
BCC and MDAs.
In order to achieve the objective of expanding the NTDs related WASH
interventions, it is imperative that the existing data and datasets are linked,
analysed and utilised for decision making and for advocacy to ensure that
WASH-related interventions are provided in NTD endemic areas, hence the purpose
of this Technical Assistance.
Scope
of Work
The technical assistance (TA) offered by the data collection assistants
will be focused on updating the Country Integrated NTD database with current
and retrospective WASH/NTD data. The Data Entry Assistants will conduct
validation of the data to ensure data quality assurance The TA will be
undertaken every quarter, and the Data Clerks will have some interaction with
the MoH NTD focal persons. The specific roles of the Data Entry Assistants will
include;
- Data entry
of the current and retrospective data from WASH and NTD interventions
using established procedures.
- Verifies
entered data by reviewing, correcting, deleting, or reentering data;
combining data from multiple sources when information is incomplete;
purging files to eliminate duplication of data.
- Communicate
data quality issues effectively with the relevant supervisors routinely.
- Perform
other duties as directed by the supervisor.
Key
Requirements.
Knowledge
(Education & Related Experience):
- Preferable
University degree in statistics, economics, IT or related fields.
- Minimum 1
years of previous job experience relevant to the function or in data
management, statistics, analysis and information technology.
- Knowledge
and experience working with the Kenya Health Management Information System
(KHMIS) is an added advantage.
- Working
experience with NTD programs is an added advantage.
Skills
(Special Training or Competence):
- Proficiency
in English is essential.
- Advanced
MS Excel skills and experience of working with MS Access is required.
Previous experience of working with SPSS, STATA, or R is desirable.
- Strong
writing skills.
- Strong
Analytical skills
How to
Apply
Send a covering letter
and a copy of your CV to “recruitments@ascend.crownagents.com” by 25th September 2020
NOTE: This is a national
only position
For any questions
regarding the scope of the ToR, Please send them to amos.kioko@ascend.crownagents.com.