Responsibilities
As a M&E
Assistant – you’ll be part of our Monitoring,
Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) team — the engine that powers smarter
programming. You’ll turn data into stories, dashboards into action plans, and
help teams across Kenya learn and adapt in real time.
You’ll
work alongside technical and programmatic teams to ensure high-quality data is
collected, analyzed, and used — all while exploring new tools, smarter
processes, and innovative approaches to M&E. Your responsibilities will
include:
- Building tools that help track how many children
received vaccines — and why some didn’t.
- Creating slick dashboards that make complex data
understandable and actionable.
- Supporting health care workers make sense of
results they are generating at the counties.
- Helping program teams make faster, smarter
decisions based on real-time insights.
- Drafting learning briefs, graphics, or
one-pagers that tell a compelling story with data.
- Attending county review meetings and hearing
what frontline health workers really need.
- Test new tools, explore digital platforms, and
find better ways to connect the dots.
Required Qualifications
If
you’re the right fit:
- You’ve got a bachelor’s degree in M&E,
public health, statistics, health informatics, demography or a related
field.
- You’re early in your career with a minimum of 3
years’ experience but already itching to make impact.
- You’re a learner and self-starter, eager to try
new tools and approaches, but open to learning different ways of doing
things.
- You’re familiar with data systems, e.g., DHIS2,
DATIM.
- You’re familiar with digital data collection
tools (e.g., ODK, Kobo, SurveyCTO, etc.) and data analysis (e.g., R,
STATA, SPSS).
- You’re not afraid of data — but you also love
what it can do when shared clearly.
- You’re a data storyteller — you’re not just
about numbers, but what they mean.
- You have excellent writing and visualization
skills — you can make data make sense (e.g., using Power BI, Tableau).
- You believe health data should serve real
people, not just reports.
- You’re organized but flexible, analytical but
creative, and detail-oriented but people-aware and able to see the bigger
picture. a collaborator, with strong interpersonal skills across cultures
and roles.
- A Kenyan national who brings lived experience
and local insight to the work and is committed to advancing innovation in
local health systems.
How to Apply
