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Background

HealthRight Kenya (HRK) is a Health and Human Rights Non-Governmental Organization, incorporated in 2005, with the head office in Nairobi, Kenya. The organization has been working with local government and communities in Kenya’s remote and impoverished regions to strengthen the response to critical issues in four priority program areas; HIV/AIDS, Mental Health, SGBV and RMCAH, as well as in high-burden communicable diseases like malaria and tuberculosis. As a key implementing partner and lead on several U.S. government-supported programs, HealthRight Kenya achieves and sustains marked improvements in healthcare access and outcomes for nearly 4 million Kenyans across 10 counties: Nairobi, Bungoma, Trans Nzoia, Elgeyo Marakwet, West Pokot, Kilifi, Narok, and Semi-Arid Lands counties.

At HealthRight Kenya, we are passionate about making a lasting impact in these crucial areas, striving for tangible and sustainable change. We are currently seeking an exceptional individual to join our team in the pivotal role of Project Monitoring and Evaluation Assistant. If you’re passionate about advancing health equity, embracing innovation, and shaping the future of impactful programs, we invite you to apply and be a part of our mission to transform healthcare accessibility and outcomes across Kenya.

Position Summary

The Project Monitoring and Evaluation Assistant holds the responsibility of designing and implementing the organization’s MERL systems and Knowledge and Learning processes. This role entails close collaboration with programmatic staff, consulting regularly with the Project Manager, and establishing strong partnerships with internal and external stakeholders. The Project Monitoring and Evaluation Assistant will assume overall oversight of projects to ensure quality, effective coordination, and will be accountable for data, research, and information management for HRK. Reporting directly to the Associate Project Manager, the Project Monitoring and Evaluation Assistant plays a pivotal role in maintaining high standards of program evaluation and learning initiatives.

Tasks And Responsibilities:

Management

  • Designing Monitoring and Evaluation Frameworks: Developing methodologies and frameworks to monitor progress and assess program effectiveness using indicators, data collection methods, and evaluation criteria.
  • Data Collection, Analysis, and Reporting: Overseeing data collection, conducting analysis, and creating reports/presentations to communicate insights to stakeholders for informed decision-making.
  • Learning, Adaptation, and Quality Assurance:Facilitating organizational learning by identifying lessons from evaluations, adapting strategies, ensuring quality standards, and suggesting improvements based on evaluation results.
  • Collaboration, Coordination, and Strategic Planning: Working closely with teams, aligning efforts with project goals, contributing evidence-based insights to strategic planning, and guiding future strategies and resource allocation.
  • Support for Business Development: Contributing to business development processes as a priority by leveraging insights from monitoring and evaluation activities.

M and E Technical

  • Review and Enhancement of Monitoring Systems: Assessing existing monitoring systems to identify areas for improvement, optimizing dashboards, factsheets, and the overall monitoring and evaluation plan for HealthRight Kenya, Enhancing, refining, and expanding monitoring systems for better efficiency and effectiveness.
  • Designing and Overseeing Evaluation Activities: Developing data collection tools for partners involved in various programs, creating frameworks for data storage, collection, analysis, and reporting on Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and Overseeing evaluation activities for HRK’s programs such as training, outreach, and equipment provision.
  • Development of Protocols and Procedures: Creating schedules, Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), and protocols for streamlined and efficient data collection processes.
  • Quality Assurance and Supervision: Ensuring the quality assurance of M&E efforts and data management procedures within HealthRight Kenya.
  • Supporting Proposal Writing: Assisting in proposal writing by crafting logic frameworks, Theories of Change, project indicators, and evaluation plans to strengthen grant and project proposals.
  • Routine and Special Data Collection Projects: Overseeing routine and specialized data collection projects aligned with organizational goals.
  • Analyzing Data for Programmatic Improvements: Developing evaluative indicators and conducting data analysis to provide insights for program improvement, focusing on outcomes and operational efficiencies.
  • Standardizing Definitions and Metrics: Standardizing definitions and metrics across HealthRight Kenya for consistent and accurate data interpretation and reporting.
  • Capacity Building: Conducting capacity building sessions on Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) methodologies and practices for HealthRight Kenya and its partners.

Knowledge Management

  • Data Collection and Storage Systems: Establishing efficient systems for collecting, organizing, and storing data using appropriate tools and platforms for easy retrieval and analysis.
  • Documentation, Standardization and Evaluation: Developing comprehensive documentation practices and ensuring consistency in methodologies, processes, and findings across projects and evaluations. Regularly assessing knowledge management practices for continuous improvement.
  • Knowledge Sharing and Collaboration: Implementing protocols and platforms for effective sharing of insights, reports, and best practices within the organization and with stakeholders. Encouraging a collaborative learning culture among team members to foster continuous improvement.
  • Capacity Building and Integration of Technology: Conducting training sessions on data analysis tools, evaluation methodologies, and best practices. Leveraging technology for knowledge management, using data analysis tools, project management software, or collaboration platforms to enhance efficiency.
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration and Innovation: Facilitating collaboration among different departments or teams to integrate insights from monitoring and evaluation activities into decision-making processes. Encouraging a culture of innovation to adapt new methodologies or technologies for improved outcomes.
  • Organizational Knowledge Management Processes: Planning, establishing, and facilitating various knowledge management processes such as special studies, after-action reviews, partner meetings, surveys, and online engagements to document lessons learned.
  • Research Partnerships and Knowledge Maintenance: Cultivating and managing research partnerships with consultants or research organizations to deliver research deliverables. Maintaining knowledge resources and internal knowledge management systems, staying updated with relevant research and literature in public health and development sectors, and assisting in reviewing performance against strategic plans.

Planning

  • Develop and implement HealthRight Kenya’s internal project Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) processes, collaborating closely with internal stakeholders and country teams during project start-up and closure phases.
  • Strengthen and evaluate MEL capacity within HealthRight Kenya, facilitating the adoption of pertinent MEL tools and methodologies. This aims to instill accountability to both beneficiaries and donors while enhancing the overall quality and practice of MEL.
  • Take the lead in devising and testing systems and procedures that can effectively respond to the needs of adaptive programming, ensuring flexibility and responsiveness within project implementation.
  • Facilitate the integration of successful approaches derived from evaluations into routine MEL practices, promoting a culture of continuous improvement and knowledge transfer.
  • Collaborate with MEL teams to strategize and execute internal quality standards assessments, specifically evaluating country teams’ project cycle management (PCM) practices.
  • Regularly review and refine internal quality standards assessment tools for PCM and thematic areas, ensuring their relevance and effectiveness in evaluating project performance.
  • Support the MEL team in maintaining alignment between systems and data processes with program MEL requirements, consistently striving for enhancements and advancements in these processes.

Qualification and Experience

  • At least 5 years’ experience of designing Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning systems.
  • A minimum of degree-level qualification preferably in Monitoring & Evaluation, Public Health, Project Management or any relevant degree from a recognized institution, Master degree will be an added advantage.
  • Demonstrated conceptual and analytical skills.
  • Written and verbal communication skills such as reporting and presentation.
  • Excellent time management skills, with an ability to deliver high-quality outputs on time.

Applications to be sent to Human Resource Manager, P. O. Box 1019-00502 Karen, Nairobi or email to: [email protected] with the subject line ‘Project Monitoring and Evaluation Assistant’.

The application should be received on or before 15th December 2024.

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

Due to the large number of applications, we apologize in advance and will only respond to those profiles deemed suitable for the role.

HealthRight Kenya is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All applicants will be considered based on merit without regard to race, sex, color, national origin, religion, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

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HealthRight International founder Jonathan Mann died on Wednesday, September 2, 1998, in the crash of an airplane bound from New York to Geneva, where he was to attend a World Health Organization conference.  He was 51.  His wife, Mary Lou Clements-Mann, whom he married in 1996, also perished.  Clements-Mann was a world-renowned expert on vaccines and founded the Center for Immunization Research at Johns Hopkins University.  Early in her career, she worked in the worldwide effort to eradicate smallpox and conducted more than 100 clinical trials on vaccines from influenza to hepatitis.  She  also worked on the recently approved immunization for rotavirus, which causes often fatal diarrhea in children in poor countries.  Recently she was working on several HIV vaccines, as well as the first trial of one for hepatitis C.

Dr. Mann founded HealthRight in 1990 as he felt there was void amongst the health and human rights organizations in the United States and he desired to create a unique organization whose mission was to create sustainable programs that promote and protect health and human rights in the United States and abroad.

A world-renowned researcher and champion of human rights, Mann flourished on the faculty of Havard’s School of Public Health as professor in epidemiology and international health. In 1993, he was appointed the first François-Xavier Bagnoud professor of health and human rights and founding director of the François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights. In 1998, Mann left HSPH to assume the deanship of the school of public health of the Allegheny University of Health Sciences in Philadelphia.

Mann received his undergraduate education at Harvard College, graduating in 1969, before earning his MD at Washington University School of Medicine in 1974. Following medical school, he worked as an epidemiologist in New Mexico for the US Public Health Service and the New Mexico Health Services Division.

Following a return to HSPH to earn his MPH degree in 1980, Mann began to apply his intellect and skills to forming international strategies for reducing and preventing the spread of AIDS. He founded and directed Project SIDA, an AIDS research project based in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (then Zaire), that incorporated epidemiologic, clinical, and laboratory components in a collaborative effort of Zairian, US (Centers for Disease Control), and Belgian AIDS researchers.

How great a loss was the death of AIDS researcher Jonathan Mann, killed in the crash of Swissair Flight 111? “I’m convinced that if someone other than Jonathan had been the first director of Global Programme on AIDS, the whole response to the epidemic would have been different,” says Peter Piot, one of the earliest HIV researchers and now director of the United Nations AIDS program. “For example,” he continues, “we may have gotten into a repressive approach, perhaps using quarantine. Because let’s not forget that in the early days there were many calls for that.”

Indeed, notes Newsday reporter Laurie Garrett in her definitive book The Coming Plague, by 1987, 81 countries had passed laws against people with HIV or risk groups, usually homosexuals and prostitutes. In Germany, a federal judge declared it might be necessary to tattoo and quarantine people with the virus. Cuba was already quarantining AIDS patients. Some Muslim states were jailing “promiscuous” people, and Chinese officials denied the existence of homosexuals, drug users, or prostitutes in the People’s Republic. In the U.S., President Reagan’s Secretary of Education, William Bennett, fought Surgeon General C. Everett Koop’s plans for frank education about HIV prevention, favoring instead compulsory testing of all hospital patients, marriage license applicants, and immigrants. Quarantine loomed as a very real threat.

Amid this gathering storm, Jonathan Mann led public health authorities to perhaps their finest hour. Impeccably dressed in bow ties, yet with the gritty experience of running the first major African HIV research program (which, among many accomplishments, showed that HIV could be spread through heterosexual sex but not through mosquito bites), Mann managed to convene more than 100 national ministers of health together in London. There, as Garrett writes, almost 150 nations signed on to a condom-based, compassionate strategy to slow the spread of AIDS. A few months later, he convinced the World Health Organization to make human rights the core of its anti-HIV strategy. These coups played a crucial role in preventing the wholesale repression of people with the virus.

Mann orchestrated this historic consensus from his new position as director of the World Health Organization’s Global Programme on AIDS. At first, recalls Daniel Tarantola, who joined the fledgling endeavor at the beginning, “the program was himself, a secretary, and one typewriter.” Two years later, Mann had rocketed the budget to almost $100 million. His m.o.: hard work, personal modesty, and an eloquence that was at once fiery and logical. “Back at a time when only a few people were screaming” for a humane and effective response, says Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, “Jonathan was an unbelievably articulate and passionate voice.” Mathilde Krim, founder of the American Foundation for AIDS Research, adds that Mann persuaded people with “the force of the argument, the morality of behaving a certain way, and the practical usefulness of being ethical and respectful of others. He convinced people.”

Mann’s message: AIDS is a global crisis, in which no person or nation is an island. More important, human rights and public health go hand in hand: “In each society, those people who before HIV/AIDS arrived were marginalized, stigmatized, and discriminated against become those at highest risk of HIV infection…. The French have a simple term which says it all: HIV is now becoming a problem mainly for les exclus, the ‘excluded ones’ living at the margin of society.”

Mann, who moved to Harvard after leaving WHO, gave a shattering talk at the world AIDS conference in 1996 in Vancouver. That was when protease inhibitors arrived, creating a sense of euphoria in the First World, where the expensive drugs were able to prolong life. But Mann warned that this breakthrough threatened the very solidarity among AIDS advocates that had allowed them to hold back repressive policies. In AIDS, he said, “we all started in the same place: with the same lack of treatment and with the same hopes… The industrialized world, shorn of its technologic armor, was forced into developing prevention and care strategies, to listen and learn from the universally available wealth of human experience and wisdom.” He called for individual efforts, including for people with HIV in wealthy countries to “give the equivalent cost of a week of treatment” to give patients in developing countries basic treatment “or relief of pain.”

His international experiences with AIDS policy brought to his attention the link between human rights and health. He was particularly interested in the effects of health policies on human rights, the health effects of human rights violations, and the inextricable connection between promoting and protecting health and rights.

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Background

HealthRight Kenya (HRK) is a Health and Human Rights Non-Governmental Organization, incorporated in 2005, with the head office in Nairobi, Kenya. The organization has been working with local government and communities in Kenya’s remote and impoverished regions to strengthen the response to critical issues in four priority program areas; HIV/AIDS, Mental Health, SGBV and RMCAH, as well as in high-burden communicable diseases like malaria and tuberculosis. As a key implementing partner and lead on several U.S. government-supported programs, HealthRight Kenya achieves and sustains marked improvements in healthcare access and outcomes for nearly 4 million Kenyans across 10 counties: Nairobi, Bungoma, Trans Nzoia, Elgeyo Marakwet, West Pokot, Kilifi, Narok, and Semi-Arid Lands counties.

At HealthRight Kenya, we are passionate about making a lasting impact in these crucial areas, striving for tangible and sustainable change. We are currently seeking an exceptional individual to join our team in the pivotal role of Project Monitoring and Evaluation Assistant. If you're passionate about advancing health equity, embracing innovation, and shaping the future of impactful programs, we invite you to apply and be a part of our mission to transform healthcare accessibility and outcomes across Kenya.

Position Summary

The Project Monitoring and Evaluation Assistant holds the responsibility of designing and implementing the organization's MERL systems and Knowledge and Learning processes. This role entails close collaboration with programmatic staff, consulting regularly with the Project Manager, and establishing strong partnerships with internal and external stakeholders. The Project Monitoring and Evaluation Assistant will assume overall oversight of projects to ensure quality, effective coordination, and will be accountable for data, research, and information management for HRK. Reporting directly to the Associate Project Manager, the Project Monitoring and Evaluation Assistant plays a pivotal role in maintaining high standards of program evaluation and learning initiatives.

Tasks And Responsibilities:

Management

  • Designing Monitoring and Evaluation Frameworks: Developing methodologies and frameworks to monitor progress and assess program effectiveness using indicators, data collection methods, and evaluation criteria.
  • Data Collection, Analysis, and Reporting: Overseeing data collection, conducting analysis, and creating reports/presentations to communicate insights to stakeholders for informed decision-making.
  • Learning, Adaptation, and Quality Assurance:Facilitating organizational learning by identifying lessons from evaluations, adapting strategies, ensuring quality standards, and suggesting improvements based on evaluation results.
  • Collaboration, Coordination, and Strategic Planning: Working closely with teams, aligning efforts with project goals, contributing evidence-based insights to strategic planning, and guiding future strategies and resource allocation.
  • Support for Business Development: Contributing to business development processes as a priority by leveraging insights from monitoring and evaluation activities.

M and E Technical

  • Review and Enhancement of Monitoring Systems: Assessing existing monitoring systems to identify areas for improvement, optimizing dashboards, factsheets, and the overall monitoring and evaluation plan for HealthRight Kenya, Enhancing, refining, and expanding monitoring systems for better efficiency and effectiveness.
  • Designing and Overseeing Evaluation Activities: Developing data collection tools for partners involved in various programs, creating frameworks for data storage, collection, analysis, and reporting on Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and Overseeing evaluation activities for HRK's programs such as training, outreach, and equipment provision.
  • Development of Protocols and Procedures: Creating schedules, Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), and protocols for streamlined and efficient data collection processes.
  • Quality Assurance and Supervision: Ensuring the quality assurance of M&E efforts and data management procedures within HealthRight Kenya.
  • Supporting Proposal Writing: Assisting in proposal writing by crafting logic frameworks, Theories of Change, project indicators, and evaluation plans to strengthen grant and project proposals.
  • Routine and Special Data Collection Projects: Overseeing routine and specialized data collection projects aligned with organizational goals.
  • Analyzing Data for Programmatic Improvements: Developing evaluative indicators and conducting data analysis to provide insights for program improvement, focusing on outcomes and operational efficiencies.
  • Standardizing Definitions and Metrics: Standardizing definitions and metrics across HealthRight Kenya for consistent and accurate data interpretation and reporting.
  • Capacity Building: Conducting capacity building sessions on Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) methodologies and practices for HealthRight Kenya and its partners.

Knowledge Management

  • Data Collection and Storage Systems: Establishing efficient systems for collecting, organizing, and storing data using appropriate tools and platforms for easy retrieval and analysis.
  • Documentation, Standardization and Evaluation: Developing comprehensive documentation practices and ensuring consistency in methodologies, processes, and findings across projects and evaluations. Regularly assessing knowledge management practices for continuous improvement.
  • Knowledge Sharing and Collaboration: Implementing protocols and platforms for effective sharing of insights, reports, and best practices within the organization and with stakeholders. Encouraging a collaborative learning culture among team members to foster continuous improvement.
  • Capacity Building and Integration of Technology: Conducting training sessions on data analysis tools, evaluation methodologies, and best practices. Leveraging technology for knowledge management, using data analysis tools, project management software, or collaboration platforms to enhance efficiency.
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration and Innovation: Facilitating collaboration among different departments or teams to integrate insights from monitoring and evaluation activities into decision-making processes. Encouraging a culture of innovation to adapt new methodologies or technologies for improved outcomes.
  • Organizational Knowledge Management Processes: Planning, establishing, and facilitating various knowledge management processes such as special studies, after-action reviews, partner meetings, surveys, and online engagements to document lessons learned.
  • Research Partnerships and Knowledge Maintenance: Cultivating and managing research partnerships with consultants or research organizations to deliver research deliverables. Maintaining knowledge resources and internal knowledge management systems, staying updated with relevant research and literature in public health and development sectors, and assisting in reviewing performance against strategic plans.

Planning

  • Develop and implement HealthRight Kenya's internal project Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) processes, collaborating closely with internal stakeholders and country teams during project start-up and closure phases.
  • Strengthen and evaluate MEL capacity within HealthRight Kenya, facilitating the adoption of pertinent MEL tools and methodologies. This aims to instill accountability to both beneficiaries and donors while enhancing the overall quality and practice of MEL.
  • Take the lead in devising and testing systems and procedures that can effectively respond to the needs of adaptive programming, ensuring flexibility and responsiveness within project implementation.
  • Facilitate the integration of successful approaches derived from evaluations into routine MEL practices, promoting a culture of continuous improvement and knowledge transfer.
  • Collaborate with MEL teams to strategize and execute internal quality standards assessments, specifically evaluating country teams’ project cycle management (PCM) practices.
  • Regularly review and refine internal quality standards assessment tools for PCM and thematic areas, ensuring their relevance and effectiveness in evaluating project performance.
  • Support the MEL team in maintaining alignment between systems and data processes with program MEL requirements, consistently striving for enhancements and advancements in these processes.

Qualification and Experience

  • At least 5 years’ experience of designing Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning systems.
  • A minimum of degree-level qualification preferably in Monitoring & Evaluation, Public Health, Project Management or any relevant degree from a recognized institution, Master degree will be an added advantage.
  • Demonstrated conceptual and analytical skills.
  • Written and verbal communication skills such as reporting and presentation.
  • Excellent time management skills, with an ability to deliver high-quality outputs on time.

Applications to be sent to Human Resource Manager, P. O. Box 1019-00502 Karen, Nairobi or email to: [email protected] with the subject line ‘Project Monitoring and Evaluation Assistant’.

The application should be received on or before 15th December 2024.

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

Due to the large number of applications, we apologize in advance and will only respond to those profiles deemed suitable for the role.

HealthRight Kenya is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All applicants will be considered based on merit without regard to race, sex, color, national origin, religion, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

 2024-12-16

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