Monitoring & Evaluation Officer

Reference: MEO/LVCT/04/2023
Job purpose
The Monitoring & Evaluation Officer will provide overall technical support, advice and oversight on program-level monitoring and evaluation. S/he will help in development and implementation of a consistent M&E strategy and framework across all program activities focused on capturing outcomes, impact and learning. The MEO will train staff and, where necessary, external partners on key M&E concepts, tools and processes. The position will be contracted initially for one year inclusive of three months’ probation period and renewable thereafter, depending on availability of funding.
Responsibilities

Provide overall support, advice and oversight on the program level M&E activities. 
Support the implementation of M&E frameworks and M&E plans. 
Support the programs team and partners to ensure proper documentation of service delivery data into appropriate registers and tools at site level. 
Support and advise colleagues on activity-level M&E efforts, ensuring quality and consistency.
Offer technical assistance in the development, selection, and application of M&E processes and  tools.
Attend forums where updates from donors on M&E requirements are provided. 
Provide guidance on data collection and collation in line with the project evaluation questions for specific projects. 
Ensure quality of data summaries by supporting in cleaning and conducting monthly data quality assessments/verification at the assigned health facilities.
Ensure that data summaries sent within and externally are reproducible.
Archive all data summaries and data products in the Document Management Center. 
Support a joint routine data quality assessment at site level. 
Participate in capacity building of LVCT program–level staff and partners on new procedures regarding data management. 
Provide supportive supervision and mentorship for the health facilities, program and data staff. 
Ensure data ownership by programs through involving site-in-charges in data verification processes. 
Support the documentation of organizational, donor and county narrative M&E reports. 
Support performance tracking against targets for all project indicators and monitor processes and actions to achieve targets where applicable. 
Participate and support the LVCT Health team and partners in writing for dissemination to local, national, regional and international forums and conferences for growth and publicity of LVCT Health work. 
Respond to data requests for reporting to program, SI, donors and other external partners. 
Any other duties as may be assigned.

Qualifications

University Degree in Health or Mathematics related fields. 
Professional certification in M&E is required. Masters in M&E will be an added advantage.
Minimum of five (5) years professional work experience in professional M&E for health service  delivery.
Professional experience in research with qualitative and/or quantitative methodologies.
Prior work experience working in NGOs implementing USAID-funded HIV prevention projects is preferred. 
Knowledge of and experience with monitoring and evaluating impact-oriented projects.
Proficiency in MS Office; advanced level in Excel and PowerPoint.
Rigorous time management and activity organization.
Able to maintain information confidentiality and work with a wide variety of people.
Excellent written and verbal communication

Interested and qualified candidates are invited to submit their applications and CV along with a cover letter expressing interest and indicating Salary history and expectations to recruitment@lvcthealth.org . The position applied for and reference number should be clearly indicated on the subject line and cover letter. Female candidates are encouraged to apply. The closing date is April 25, 2023.

Apply via :

recruitment@lvcthealth.org