NGO Jobs in Kenya – Jhpiego

Jhpiego,

an affiliate of the Johns Hopkins University, is an international NGO committed

to improving the health of women and their families. 

Jhpiego

– Kenya works in close collaboration with both the Ministry of Health at

National level and with County Governments in the areas of HIV/AIDS, Malaria,

TB, Maternal, Newborn and Child Health, Reproductive Health, Family Planning

and Non-Communicable Diseases.
 

We are

seeking experienced individuals with excellent leadership and technical skills,

who are team players, dedicated, hardworking, innovative, highly motivated and

able to work in a high pressure environment requiring multi-tasking abilities. 

These

positions are for an anticipated project.
 

Senior

Monitoring Evaluation and Research Advisor 

Reporting

to the Project Director- Bridge to Scale project, the Senior Monitoring

Evaluation and Research (MER) Advisor will be responsible for all MER

activities in the project including: development of the M&E framework,

health management information systems (HMIS), monitoring of project implementation,

reporting of the key project indicators, promoting and spearheading all

research activities of the project. 

S/he

will lead MER capacity building for the project partners, technical reporting,

data quality assurance, and building the capacity for the implementation of an

effective project HMIS system.

S/he will contribute to the effective scale up of oral Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis

(PrEP) in the project scope areas.

• Provide
  
  technical oversight and guidance in all aspects of the project MER.


• Contribute
  
  to strategic planning, implementation and monitoring of the MER
  
  activities.


• Contribute
  
  in the preparation and implementation of the project’s work plans and
  
  reports.


• Compile
  
  and analyse project performance data for decision making.


• Coordinate
  
  with project staff to create, test, and refine relevant HIMS for effective
  
  collection, storage and use of project data.


• Develop
  
  and maintain a system for archiving M&E guidelines, tools, data files,
  
  analysis files, reports and presentations for activities undertaken.

• A
  
  Master’s degree in M&E, Computer Science, Statistics, Epidemiology, or
  
  a public health-related field.


• 8
  
  years of work experience working in public health projects involving
  
  following large cohorts of people including demographic surveillance
  
  systems.


• Demonstrated
  
  experience managing diverse functions such as data managers, and research
  
  managers.


• Demonstrated
  
  experience in developing and managing a complex HMIS system which specific
  
  focus on longitudinal data collection systems.


• Must
  
  have demonstrated experience in a complex research environment, developing
  
  research protocols, IRB submissions and protocol implementation.


• Demonstrated
  
  experience in scientific writing and supporting the project teams to
  
  develop and write scientific papers.



• Proficiency
  
  in the use of SAS, Stata, SPSS and MS Office.

Reporting

to the Senior MER Advisor, the Data Manager will be responsible for the project

data management for the Bridge to Scale project.
 

• Develop,
  
  deploy, and maintain the health management information system for the
  
  Bridge to scale project.


• Develop
  
  System documentation and SOPs, maintain systematic data storage, filing
  
  and a report tracking system.


• Capacity
  
  build the project staff on the Bridge to Scale HMIS system.


• Support
  
  the project cluster MER managers to trouble shoot the Bridge to Scale
  
  HMIS.


• Develop
  
  project reporting summary tools and provide electronic summary system for
  
  routine reporting.


• Provide
  
  technical support in database management to meet data requirements for the
  
  project.


• Assist
  
  to gather technical updates for project planning, monitoring, evaluation
  
  and operations research.


• Develop
  
  and maintain a system for archiving project’s M&E guidelines, tools,
  
  data files, analysis files, reports and presentations.


• Assist
  
  in the preparation of monthly, quarterly and/or annual reports.

• A
  
  Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems or related
  
  field.


• 5
  
  years of work experience in data management and analysis of
  
  health/research projects and/or HMIS work in Kenya.


• Must
  
  have 3 years’ experience in developing and managing complex health
  
  information systems.


• Extensive
  
  knowledge in SQL and versed in SQL concepts such as triggers, indexes, and
  
  stored procedures.


• Demonstrated
  
  working experience in programing; Visual Studio, C#.NET, ASP.NET, ASP.NET
  
  MVC, ASP.NET AJAX, MS SQL Server and development of web based applications
  
  in ASP.Net, PHP and JavaScript.


• Demonstrated
  
  experience developing M-health solutions.


• Excellent
  
  analytical, oral and report- writing skills.


• Proficiency
  
  in the use of SAS, Stata, SPSS and MS Office.

Interested

applicants should send application & CV with 3 referees to the following

email address: HR.Kenya@jhpiego.org by 8th July 2016. 

Indicate

how your education and experience qualifies you for the position. 

Please

quote the respective reference code in the email heading.

Only those selected for interview will be contacted.

Jhpiego is an equal opportunity employer. 

Persons

with disabilities and other minority groups are encouraged to apply