The purpose of this position is strengthening quality of implementation of the project activities by contributing to
project coordination
strengthening of the existing Monitoring, Evaluation and Research Systems.
Main Responsibilities
Project coordination
• Co-ordinate and participate in design, planning and implementation of project activities for the entire country.
• Participate in preparation of annual work plans and progress monthly, quarterly and annual reports relating to the project reports as per donor requirements.
• Provide technical input in the review of reports and participate in field assessments
• Comprehensively represent the project at consultative meetings with government (mainly clinicians at National and county level)and other key stakeholders including Technical Working Groups, progress review meetings nationally and internationally.
Technical Support
• Provide technical support to ensure quality programmatic implementation of the project activities
• Develop capacity of CSOs to implement, monitor and report on grants awarded through provision of technical advice and mentorship.
• Provide technical support in the development and writing of new concepts and proposals for fundraising
M&E System Strengthening
• Support in Strengthening Existing M&E systems in the project and Amref Kenya Country Office
• Spearhead development of M&E plans and performance frameworks, work plans and budgets for the project.
• Monitor implementation of project activities to ensure conformance to project objectives, work plans, budget and expected results.
Reporting and Documentation
• Taking lead in data capture and reporting using monitoring tools to track project indicators as per the performance framework. This include updating Grant Management Information System, quarterly dashboards
and Global Fund progress updates (PU) and Progress update and disbursement request (PUDR)
• Providing technical input in the review of SRs reports and participate in field assessments including onsite data verification (OSDV)
• Develop and maintain databases back up and filing systems for projects data
• Participate in preparing monthly, quarterly and annual programmatic performance reports.
• Support project implementation team to document, disseminate lessons learnt, and best practices.
• Ensure compliance to internal and donor reporting requirement Quality Assurance for
M&E,
Technical Assistance and Capacity Building
• Ensure quality management of Tuberculosis related data through execution of regular data quality audits and onsite data verification
exercises.
• Capacity building of Sub Recipients (SRs) on Monitoring and Evaluation in line with grant provision, organizational systems strengthening and performance-based funding
• Ensure compliance to internal policies, statutory requirements and donor requirements
Operations Research and continuous quality improvement
• Participate in operation research within the project and in other continuous quality improvement initiatives within the project and the organization
Organization and programme growth
• Ensure program integration and growth by participating in meetings and conferences
• Participate in business development for programme and organization
Minimum Qualifications and Experience
• University degree preferably in Nursing, clinical medicine, epidemiology or related disciplines.
• Master’s degree in M&E and public health or equivalent is an added advantage.
• At least 5 years relevant working experience
• Must be conversant with the Ministry of Health M&E tools and system, TB and HIV tools and systems
• Experience working with TB and HIV programs
• Experience working with The Global Fund programs is an added advantage.
• Experience in developing and coordinating data collection, processing and analysis.
• Experience and working knowledge with data analysis, analytics and visualization applications
• Ability to interact skillfully and diplomatically with numerous counterparts, including donors, Ministry of Health officials, local partners and other NGOs.
• Coordination and supervisory skills
• Excellent English verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work with a great deal of independence
