Evaluation Coordinator at Christian Health Association of Kenya (CHAK)

Job Summary

• The job holder is responsible for supporting the CHAK team in all aspects of the HIV-NCD Integration project work related to provide the evaluation team coordination and administrative needs and enable staff the team and partners to deliver robust and ethical research, evaluation and evidence generation for testing and evaluation of HIV-NCD integration model feasibility, systemic requirements, cost implications, challenges, acceptability for both patients and health care workers, and proposed solutions for successful implementation and scale -up.

Duties and responsibilities

• Coordinates with Principal Investigator to help ensure that clinical evaluation and related activities are performed in accordance with IRB regulations, policies and procedures.
• Assists the PI in development of materials and tools necessary to appropriately train individuals involved in the conduct of the study around issues related to (but not limited to) protocol requirements, schedule of visits, execution of research plan. Maintains documentation of training.
• Collaborates with the evaluation team, and institution to respond to any audit findings and implement approved recommendations.
• Collaborates with the PI to prepare a categorized budget and justification. Confirms accuracy and completeness of budgeted costs.
• Completes study documentation and maintains study files in accordance with sponsor requirements and organisational policies and procedures including, but not limited to, consent forms, source documentation, narrative notes if applicable, case report forms, and investigational material accountability forms.
• Maintain up to date understanding of current best practices in public health and program evaluation including content development for training, identification of relevant topics for publications, and training on evaluation-related topics.
• Design and implement tools for data collection, including surveys, questionnaires, and evaluation instruments for the project.
• Assessing and reporting program implementation progress in the field on a regular basis against each program's own monitoring framework.
• Coordinate recruitment, training, and orientation of enumerators in alignment with the project mission. Conduct comprehensive training sessions covering survey instruments, procedures, and other relevant considerations.
• Ensure appropriate internal communication and feedback systems are in place and functioning to allow M&E findings inform program planning and implementation.
• Organizing and facilitating field trips for evaluation team members to all program sites.
• Coordinate evaluations of project impact, including baseline studies and end-of-project assessments.

Academic qualifications and experience

• Bachelor’s degree in in Social Sciences, Health economics, Public health, monitoring and evaluation, or a related field.
• Three (3) years of recent related experience in health services evaluation.

Desired skills, knowledge, and abilities

• Demonstrable skills in project management, research, planning and design, data collection, analysis, report preparation, and graphic presentation of results.
• Strong technical skills in monitoring and evaluation framework design and implementation.
• Superior attention to detail, solution-focused and eager to take initiative.
• Ability to articulate complex ideas, summarize problems, and identify key lessons, clearly and effectively.
• Ability to coordinate field surveys, focus groups, and program evaluations.
• Ability to multitask and balance multiple work assignments.
• Strong writing skills are required due to the position's involvement in grant writing and evaluation report writing.
• Excellent interpersonal skills. In this position, you will be required to work efficiently with teams in a variety of different locations and contexts.