Monitoring & Evaluation Associate - Global Fund TB Project

OVERVIEW OF THE GLOBAL FUND TUBERCULOSIS PROJECT

Amref has been the Non-State Principal Recipient (PR) of the Global Fund Tuberculosis Grant since the year 2011. The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM) through the 2024 -2027 Grant cycle seven (GC7) is supporting the country to implement high-impact initiatives that will maximize investments to make an even greater contribution towards the vision of a world free of tuberculosis. This funding will be supporting, among others, community-based tuberculosis prevention and control interventions across all counties in Kenya through sub granting of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), implementation of public private mix (PPM), Resilient and Sustainable Systems for Health (RSSH) which include support of interventions cutting across; community health, laboratory, oxygen, among others i.

JOB PURPOSE

The purpose of this position is strengthening quality of implementation of the project activities by contributing to (i) strengthen Monitoring, Evaluation and Research activities in the project (ii) Coordination of project activities.

PRINCIPLE RESPONSIBILITIES:

M&E System Strengthening

• Support in Strengthening Existing M&E systems in the project and Amref    Kenya Country Office.
• Support in development and implementation of M&E plans and performance frameworks, work plans and budgets for the project.
• Support in tracking of project activities to ensure conformance to project objectives, work plans, budget and expected results.

Reporting and Documentation

• Support data capture and reporting using monitoring tools to track project indicators as per the performance framework. This include updating Grant Management Information System, quarterly dashboards and Global Fund progress updates (PU) and Progress update and disbursement request (PUDR).
• Support in the technical review of Sub Recipients reports.
• Maintain databases back up and filing systems for projects data.
• Participate in preparing monthly, quarterly and annual programmatic performance reports.
• Support project implementation team to document, disseminate lessons learnt, and best practices.

Quality Assurance for M&E, Technical Assistance and Capacity Building

• Work with the team to ensure quality management of project related data through execution of regular data quality audits and onsite data verification exercises.
• Capacity building of Sub Recipients (SRs) on Monitoring and Evaluation in line with grant provision, organizational systems strengthening and performance-based funding.
• Ensure compliance to internal policies, statutory requirements and donor requirements.

Project coordination

• Participate in preparation of SRs work plans.
• Support in Providing technical support in the development and writing of new concepts and proposals for fundraising.
• Participate in design, planning and implementation of project activities for the entire country.
• Comprehensively represent the project at consultative meetings with government (mainly clinicians at National and county levels and other key stakeholders including Technical Working Groups, progress review meetings nationally and internationally.

Technical Support

• Provide technical support to ensure quality programmatic implementation of the project activities.
• Develop capacity of CSOs to implement, monitor and report on grants awarded through provision of technical advice and mentorship.
• Provide technical support in the development and writing of new concepts and proposals for fundraising.

Operations Research and continuous quality improvement

• Participate in operation research within the project and in other continuous quality improvement initiatives within the project; Support in sharing project success through development of abstracts and manuscripts and publications in peer reviewed journals

Organization and Programme growth

• Ensure program integration and growth by participating in meetings and  conferences.
• Participate in business development for programme and organization.