The African Institute for Health and Development (AIHD) is a non‐profit, non‐governmental organization (NGO) established in June 2004 in Nairobi, Kenya by a group of accomplished African researchers and academicians.

Job summary:

The African Institute for Health and Development is seeking to recruit an intern to support the Monitoring and Evaluation Department. The M&E intern will assist in the designing and implementing of M&E activities of projects and programmes. S/he will help in preparing quarterly and annual reports on projects and programmes progress to ensure that there is clear monitoring of the activities on a regular basis, uploading project data/information on the corporate databases and assist in collection and analysis of different data in relation to the project activities.

Responsibilities

•  Participate in developing and implementing programme results based on the M&E plan to generate regular information related to the progress of the program implementation.
•  Participate in designing data collection tools, templates, and assist in regular data collection or generation process.
•  Assist in tracking the project’s output and outcome level results on the periodic basis in close coordination with the project’s implementing team.
•  Review and compile monitoring reports, project progress reports, evaluation reports, photographs, case studies video documentaries, PowerPoint presentations.
•  Support the M&E in providing technical support to staff members for all M&E related activities including training of staff members on M&E concepts, skills, and tools.
•  Support programme and project officers to ensure that lessons learned from the evaluations are documented properly in the corporate databases.
•  Assist in reviewing field-level assessment reports, baseline studies, and evaluation reports.
•  Consolidate Programme/Project quarterly progress reports and submit them to the supervisor.
•  Participate in data collection and analysis to determine progress achieved.

Qualifications

•  Must be a holder of a Bachelor’s degree in statistics, demographics, social sciences, economics, monitoring and evaluation or related field.
•  Knowledge of the major evaluation methodologies (e.g., qualitative, quantitative, mixed method, and impact surveys) and data collection and analysis methodologies.
•  Knowledge of statistical packages and/ or data analysis software (e.g SPSS and ODK) and advanced computer skills (word-processing, spread sheets, and databases)
•  Knowledge of writing reports, and designing tools for data collection, analysis, and production of reports.
•  Ability to manage databases and multiple tasks against tight deadlines.
•  High attention to detail and strong organizational skills, planning and time-management skills.
•  Requires excellent communication skills, both written and oral.