Monitoring Evaluation & Research (MER) Advisor for Tupange

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