FANIKISHA Director for Strategic Information (DSI) Services Job in Kenya

JSI Research and Training Institute, Inc., (JSI), a Boston-based public health management firm dedicated to providing high quality technical and managerial assistance to public health programs, is currently recruiting for a potential Director for Strategic Information (DSI) Services for a program funded by USAID to strengthen the role of civil society to meet the health needs and social well being of Kenyans.

JSI is developing a proposal to submit to USAID to support its FANIKISHA Institutional Strengthening Project. If awarded to JSI this project will be five-year effort, scheduled to begin in August 2011.

The objective will be to strengthen technical competence and organizational capacity of national NGOs and/or networks and to develop and implement models to expand HIV/AIDS service delivery in hard-to-reach areas.

Job summary:

The DSI is a full-time position based in Nairobi The DSI's primary responsibilities are to organize and coordinate data collection and analysis, and interpret, and report on project results to stakeholders at all levels of the FANIKISHA Program and to build the capacity of CS partners to collect, analyze and use M&PE data for program decision making.

SI activities will be designed to enable program managers in the field to identify problems and their causes, to measure results, and to improve overall program performance.

SI and communications activities will assess and report on project outputs and life-of-program effects and results, providing USAID and the Kenya government with a record of progress, effectiveness and lessons learned. The DSI reports to the Chief of Party.

Responsibilities of the Director for Strategic Information include the following:

• Design and implement a comprehensive SI framework for the program; secure approval of and agreement with the framework through meetings with USAID and others;
• Generate and implement annual SI work plans;
• Oversee the development of a project communications plan;
• Oversee the development and maintenance of the Project website;
• Establish and maintain a "user-friendly" monitoring system, monitor the SI indicators, and prepare regular reports for the Chief of Party and senior management team;
• Determine SI responsibilities within the program;
• Train staff to perform their SI tasks;
• Work with program staff and civil society partner organizations to develop appropriate objectives, indicators and tools to measure effects of interventions (baseline to end line);
• Monitor the quality and completeness of Program data for documenting project performance, and find solutions to resolve data problems if and when they arise;
• Work with civil society partners to strengthen existing management information systems in the health and social service sectors;
• Build lasting local capacity in SI management and use, especially at field level, by training partner organizations to design and implement M&E systems to facilitate use of strategic information and M&E data for program improvement;
• Monitor the constructive use of data at the field level by partner organizations with the aim to improve the quality of services provided;
• Document and present program results and lessons learned to USAID and other stakeholders;
• Design and oversee an appropriate approach for monitoring and evaluating interventions for the community, district, and national levels;
• Disseminate and assist project staff to disseminate data on project progress and results; and
• Supervise SI team that is responsible for project's M&E system as well as M&E capacity building with CSOs
• Supervise the preparation of required reports.

Desired Qualifications:

• Advanced degree in statistics, demography, epidemiology or other relevant discipline, including social sciences and public health;
• Seven years experience in international health projects in a technical capacity; preferably including several years with USAID-funded projects;
• Demonstrated applied skills in M&E methods and use of data for service strengthening;
• Familiarity with the principles and current approaches to strategic information systems for health and/or development programs;
• Familiarity in capacity building and adult learning technique;
• Experience in the evaluation of public health programs programs;
• Good working knowledge of major database and analytical programs including MS Access, MS Excel, and STATA or SPSS;
• Experience working with both quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis methodologies;
• Experience building the capacity of organizations (preferably CSO and private sector) to design, implement and manage M&E systems;
• Ability to work in diverse settings with public and NGO sectors;
• Ability to tailor data collection approach to local needs, interests, and capabilities;
• Ability to convey strategic information to non-technical stakeholders and generate interest in the use of data/ results for programmatic improvements;
• Experience working in Kenya;
• Demonstrated capacity to oversee development/implementation of work plans, reports and presentations; and
• Excellent interpersonal, teamwork, supervisory, communications and mentoring skills.

Please email your submissions to: jsi.fanikisha@gmail.com by 13th April, 2011

JSI is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer committed to workplace diversity.

Women and minority candidates are encouraged to apply. M/F/H/V/D

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