MEL Assistant job at American Institutes for Research

Vacancy title:
MEL Assistant

[ Type: FULL TIME , Industry: Education, and Training , Category: Data Science / Research ]

Jobs at:

American Institutes for Research

Deadline of this Job:
03 February 2023  

Duty Station:
Within Kenya , Nairobi , East Africa

Summary
Date Posted: Thursday, January 19, 2023 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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JOB DETAILS:
Responsibilities
The responsibilities for the position include:
• Under the guidance of the MEL Specialist, support in the collection, aggregation, synthesis, analysis, and interpretation of data
• Review research, surveys, and or evaluation reports to improve quality of analysis
• Support data quality assurance for data collected from the field
• Identify challenges experienced during data collection and analysis, and provide corrective measures
• Review and maintain project MEL databases
• Setting up meetings/calls by sending out invitations, following up with participants, and working with the administrative staff to book lines and rooms
• Support preparation of MEL sections in quarterly reports
• Assist in supervising field teams
• Potential to travel to any part of the country to support data collection
• Perform other duties as assigned by the MEL Specialist.

Qualifications
Education, Knowledge, and Experience:
• A bachelor’s degree in monitoring and evaluations, statistics, informatics, mathematics, or another quantitative field
• A minimum two years’ experience in M&E, learning, project administration or related activities for donor-funded programs, with preference for USAID project experience
• Demonstrated experience and understanding of the Kenya health system and health information systems such as KHIS/DHIS
• Experience developing data management and collection instruments/tools; carrying out quantitative data analysis; data quality assessments; etc. preferred but not required

Skills
• Ability to follow through on multiple tasks in a fast-paced, deadline-oriented environment
• Strong attention to detail and time management skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively within the context of a larger team
• Demonstrated ability to effectively use statistical software such as R or STATA

Work Hours: 8


Experience in Months: 24

Level of Education:
Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure
• Interested and qualified? Go to American Institutes for Research on jobs-airdc.icims.com to apply

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03 February 2023
Job Info
Job Category: Administrative jobs in Kenya
Job Type: Full-time
Deadline of this Job: 03 February 2023
Duty Station: Nairobi
Posted: 19-01-2023
No of Jobs: 1
Start Publishing: 19-01-2023
Stop Publishing (Put date of 2030): 19-01-2066
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