Vacancy title:
Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist

Jobs at:
PATH

Deadline of this Job:
08 June 2018 at 5:00 p.m

Duty Station:
Nairobi, Kenya

Job details:
PATH is an international organization that drives transformative innovation to save lives and improve health especially among women and children. We accelerate innovation across five platforms—vaccines drugs, diagnostics, devices and system and service innovations—that harness our entrepreneurial insight, scientific and public health expertise and passion for health equity. By mobilizing partners around the world, we take innovation to scale working alongside countries primarily in Africa and Asia to tackle their greatest health needs. Together we deliver measurable results that disrupt the cycle of poor health.

HIV Service Delivery Support Activity [HSDSA] Cluster is a USAID funded project covering Homabay, Kisumu. Migori, Kisii and Nyamira counties. The purpose of this project is to provide key clinical support to the Government of Kenya national HIV response with the overall goal of increasing access and coverage for HIV prevention. care and treatment services towards achieving the "90-90-90" targets.

PATH is seeking a qualified candidate to fill the position of Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist based in Kisumu:

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Lead the design and implementation of the project monitoring and evaluation framework as well as the project information system.
• Develop and manage the Project‘s Performance Monitoring Plan [PMP] in collaboration with project staff and partners.
• Lead analysis of project data to assess progress and areas of improvement.
• Develop and maintain systems to collect and analyze information on inputs, outputs, outcomes and impact of the program.
• Guide reporting processes amongst technical staff and consolidate program reports. Lead responses to USAID and PEPFAR for regular and ad hoc reporting requirements.
• Support technical staff in M&E functions and manage M&E project staff.
• Promote learning and knowledge sharing of best practices and lessons learnt both internally and externally.
• Ensure quality, consistency and adherence to standards and best practices for M&E across the project, including data quality and use.

Minimum academic and professional qualifications required.

• Master's degree in relevant discipline, such as public health, mathematics, business, statistics, or international relations.
• Minimum seven years‘ experience designing and implementing monitoring and evaluating activities for complex programs in developing countries.
• A firm command of the M&E issues with respect to improvements in quality integrated service and support programs.
• Demonstrated experience in setting up and managing M&E systems that track performance as per the objectives of the project service integration, performance against each funding stream.
• Demonstrated analytical skills to measure the outcomes of the project's activities and support project supervision.
• Strong writing and organizational skills for monitoring and reporting on program and program outcomes and impacts.
• Professional level of oral and written fluency in English language.

Job application procedure
Interested applicants are invited to visit the careers section of the PATH website www.path.org  for full job description, key responsibilities, minimum professional requirements and application criteria. The application window closes on 08 June 2018 at 5:00 p.m. Only shortlisted candidates shall be contacted.