Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate data collection and reporting of the County program activities (these include program areas like; HTS, ART, TB, VL, PMTCT, EID, KP and VMMC) to ensure completeness and timeliness
• Provide technical assistance and orient facility staff on reporting requirements, indicator definitions and use of data capture and aggregation tools
• Participate in identifying training needs and capacity building for county health teams, project staff and partners
• Ensure that appropriate, data collection tools are available in all supported health facilities and implementing partners and maintain clear, updated tracking record of tools
• Collaborate with and build capacity of county and sub-county HRIO to support the standardized implementation of M&E functions including EMR, RDQA, DDIU, CQI and CLA across supported health facilities
• Collaborate with M&E associates and CHMT in conducting structured mentorship and OJT to facility staff to reinforce their knowledge and skills on all MEL functions.
• Ensure that data is available for entry into KHIS, project and PEPFAR databases on time and according to a data calendar within deadlines
• Lead in supporting implementation and trouble-shooting of EMR in Health facilities and KP Dices
• Perform data cleaning and field-level error reconciliations (Data Quality checks); jointly with the county and program technical team to ensure that the data in the various reporting platforms such PRISM, KHIS and DATIM is of integrity.
• Lead the County routine data quality audits through on-site data verifications (OSDVs)
• Support MOH in information system for purposes of collection, analysis, and synthesis of monitoring data in respective sites
• Be the link between County Health Record Information Officer and Nuru Ya Mtoto County Team
• Foster strong partnerships with other PEPFAR implementing mechanisms to facilitate bidirectional access to data for integrated services such as PMTCT/OVC

Requirements

Required Skills and attributes.

• Excellent computer skills
• Excellent data management and analysis skills
• Ability to work independently with minimum supervision.
• Ability to work and deliver under intense pressure.
• Ability to work in a complex project implementation environment with multiple tasks, short deadlines and intense pressure to perform.
• Professional presentation skills.
• Ability to collaboratively work with other project team members.
• Ability to work independently and to proactively identify and address data issues.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills and ability to multitask.

Required training and work experience

• Minimum, a degree in Health Records, public health, biostatistics, epidemiology, computer science, social science or related field with training in M&E
• Minimum of 5 years relevant professional experience in M&E in HIV/AIDS programs, especially Care and Treatment
• Experience in supporting the implementation of EMR in Health facilities and KP Dice
• Relevant experience in information technology, M&E, and data management and quality improvement systems.
• Experience in documenting program work and best practices through scientific writing
• Good working knowledge of DATIM and other PEPFAR data reporting systems
• Familiar with various HIS platforms to include KHIS, DATIM, CPMIS, KenyaEMR
• Proficiency in statistical analysis software including MS Excel, STATA, SAS
• Proficiency in data visualization software such as GIS, Tableau, and PowerBI
• Proficiency in mobile data collection tools such as ODK, CSPro, Kobo