Your Background and Skills

• BA in Statistics, IT, Research Methods or equivalent from a recognized institution
• Working knowledge of the basics of MEL, Research Methods and/or Statistics
• Reasonable experience (12 to 24 months) of quantitative and qualitative data analysis in support of donor-funded development programs (USAID Experience will be an advantage)
• Reasonable experience of using MS Office Applications and other data management and analytics platforms (E.g., STATA, SPSS, R, SQL, NVIVO, DEDOOSE etc.) will be an advantage
• Fluency in spoken and written English, working knowledge of either Spanish or French will be an added advantage.
• Must demonstrate valid proof of unrestricted authorization to work in Kenya.

Your Daily Tasks

• Support the development of MEL data collection tools for use by the Youth Excel team and implementing partners.
• Support the testing and translation of MEL data collection tools where necessary.
• Support the digital deployment of the MEL data collection tools where appropriate.
• Work as part of a team to facilitate and support MEL operations including baseline, annual, and endline surveys, and regular monitoring data collection
• Review data being entered in the institutional database regularly to locate and fix problems with data entry or integrity
• Generate data summaries from the database at regular intervals, ensuring reports/information are available for program implementation, learning activities and periodic reporting when required.
• Support regular check-ins to ensure all elements of the YE MEL system are being utilized effectively by all partners, assessing, and identifying gaps and areas that require clarifications and improvements
• Ensure partners always have the most recent version of all MEL tools and documents.
• Support program and institutional level research initiatives.
• Support the collation, cleaning, and management of program data.
• Produce analytical summaries as requested to fulfil reporting requirements.
• Produce summary reports for use in learning activities.
• Support implementing partners to review and use their data.
• Ensure compliance with internal and external data security procedures and policies.