Director of Monitoring, Evaluation

3 months ago


Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya Savannah Informatics Full time

Savannah Informatics Limited (Savannah), is a clinician-led health informatics company delivering innovative and interoperable healthcare solutions to improve access to affordable quality healthcare.


About the Role:


The Director-MEL will be accountable for designing, executing, and maintaining systems to track, report, assess, and monitor progress toward the Digital Health Ecosystem project's outputs/performance targets, objectives, and goals.

You will have primary responsibility for ensuring high-quality and accurate data compilation, verification, validation, and reporting on project outputs that are responsive to US Government reporting and learning requirements.

You will coordinate with the Deputy Chief of Party and project staff to ensure high-quality service delivery, reporting to the Chief of Party and may have additional matrixed reporting lines and will also supervise the project's MEL staff.


Key Responsibilities:

Strategic Work Plan Development and Execution:
Lead the drafting of MEL-related sections of project work plans and reports.

Oversee implementation of MEL-related activities according to approved work plans and budget constraints, ensuring adherence to deadlines and financial parameters.


Design and Management of MEL System:
Lead the creation, execution, and refinement of the project's Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) system.
Develop and put into action data collection processes to meet both project-specific and donor-mandated indicators.
Establish and track project targets, ensuring the timely and accurate collection of data.

Data Reporting Oversight:
Generate all necessary project data reports, including submissions for quarterly/annual reports.

Compile and submit monthly reports to donors and project stakeholders, facilitating the sharing of interim and final data for various reports and project updates.

Drive data analysis to inform discussions on project performance monitoring.

Performance Monitoring and Analysis:
Frequently and accurately monitor progress against key project indicators and objectives of the project.
Conduct thorough analysis and present findings to project leadership, identifying areas for improvement, risk areas or potential challenges.

Facilitation of Learning Initiatives:
Collaborate with project leadership and technical staff to craft a comprehensive project learning agenda.
Develop and deploy tools and materials to gather data and insights that address learning objectives.

Assist in analyzing data to draw meaningful conclusions and share findings through various mediums such as briefs, presentations, and publications.

Collaboration & Capacity Building

Provide technical guidance and capacity building to project sub-awardees, ensuring consistent and effective use of data collection and reporting protocols.

Lead regular data quality audits of sub-awardee data and offer support for participation in donor or government audits.
Act as the project's representative in MEL/data-related forums and meetings, fostering alignment with government reporting standards.
Maintain strong collaborative ties with other technical team members to address data-related requirements effectively.
Assist the project in fulfilling miscellaneous internal and external data requests on time.

Qualifications:
Graduate degree (Master's or higher) in public health evaluation, public health, epidemiology, statistics, demography, or related field.

Minimum of 8 years of experience in MEL of USAID-funded programs of similar scope and size, with at least 4 years in a senior/coordination role.

Demonstrated experience in developing and maintaining data collection systems in Kenya at health facility and community levels, including providing technical assistance to community and facility-based health providers on data compilation and reporting.

Proven ability to develop and implement quality assurance and project performance monitoring systems, with demonstrated experience applying analytical skills to use data to identify and inform shifts in project implementation for improved quality and impact.

Proven experience leveraging new technologies and software to strengthen MEL.

Excellent proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel; PowerPoint, Microsoft Word, Outlook) required; experience with DHIS2, Tableau, and/or other database or data visualization software strongly preferred.

Experience working in Kenya is preferred.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with full proficiency in English.

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