Position: Field Officer - Health Information System (HIS)
Department: M&E
Responsible to: Monitoring and Evaluation Officer
Staff directly supervised: Casual data clerks (from time to time)
Relationships internally: All programme and support staff
Relationships externally: MoMS/MoPHS personnel, other governmental and non governmental counterparts, community members
Overall Objective of the Position
The Field Officer - HIS is based in Kisii and will have responsibility for collection, collation, compilation, analysis, maintaining and dissemination of data on malaria, HIV/AIDS and TB and other project related areas.
S/he will assist the Project Officer- M&E in establishing and strengthening a comprehensive monitoring and evaluation system to measure programme progress and impact and establish effective lesson learning and beneficiary accountability mechanisms in the project area.
Specific Responsibilities:
Department: M&E
Responsible to: Monitoring and Evaluation Officer
Staff directly supervised: Casual data clerks (from time to time)
Relationships internally: All programme and support staff
Relationships externally: MoMS/MoPHS personnel, other governmental and non governmental counterparts, community members
Overall Objective of the Position
The Field Officer - HIS is based in Kisii and will have responsibility for collection, collation, compilation, analysis, maintaining and dissemination of data on malaria, HIV/AIDS and TB and other project related areas.
S/he will assist the Project Officer- M&E in establishing and strengthening a comprehensive monitoring and evaluation system to measure programme progress and impact and establish effective lesson learning and beneficiary accountability mechanisms in the project area.
Specific Responsibilities:
· Ensure data collection and entry of relevant data related to Merlin projects in a timely manner, and feedback is given to the source of the data such as DHMTs health facilities and communities in collaboration with other departments
· Analysis of collected data, make necessary visual presentation and give feedback to each service delivery point
· Ensure the database in Merlin M&E department and MoH are functional and in use
· Assist MoH staff in collecting, collating and disseminating HIV/AIDS and TB and other relevant data on time.
· Assist conduction of survey, evaluation and research activities
· Ensure MoH data tools (registers, forms etc) are correctly utilized, kept and updated within Merlin project areas including health facilities and communities
· Assist the Project Officer-M&E with the preparation and presentation of data for internal and donor reports in a timely manner
· Ensure availability of relevant data collection tools within the Merlin supported health facilities sites.
· Foster ownership of data collection tools and related data by health facilities.
· Regularly collect and at all times maintain in a user-friendly form all projects data in a Merlin database.
· Assist PO-M&E in identifying training needs on data for records officers and other MOH personnel on data collection, entry, analysis and report writing.
· Ensure data is segregated by gender and flag any gender disparities so as to enhance gender sensitive programming.
Job and Person Specification
· Diploma in medical records or any other related course
· At least three years working in the similar positions
· Analytical and research skills
· Competence in computer skills (Word processing and spreadsheet
· Experience in data collection, entry, management and reporting
Highly Desirable
· Previous experience working for an NGO
Applications should be sent to the address below on or before 11/05/2011
Merlin Kenya / Somalia Programme.
P.O. Box 3350 – 00200,
Nairobi
Or via e- mail to: recruitment@merlin-eastafrica.org
Merlin Kenya / Somalia Programme.
P.O. Box 3350 – 00200,
Nairobi
Or via e- mail to: recruitment@merlin-eastafrica.org