Amref Health Africa in Kenya is the country programme office of Amref Health Africa, Africa’s largest International Health NGO. The Monitoring Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Advisor provides strategic leadership on monitoring, evaluation, and learning for the programme across Kenya, focused on creating dignified employment for young people and particularly young women through the professionalization of community-based health work. The role exists to ensure that evidence informs decisions, learning drives adaptation, and results are credible to donors, governments, and partners. The MEL Advisor translates programme strategy into clear results frameworks, robust data systems, and meaningful learning processes that support delivery, scale, and systems change for the programme.
Key Responsibilities
Strategic MEL Leadership
- Lead the design, monitoring and roll-out of county-wide MEL frameworks aligned to outcomes for youth employment, gender equity, and health systems strengthening.
- Safeguard consistency, comparability, and credibility of results across projects and time.
Evidence, Learning and Decision Support
- Ensure evidence is available and accessible to inform programme-level decisions, including scale, adaptation, and resource allocation.
- Facilitate structured learning processes that enable teams to reflect on performance and improve delivery.
- Maintain a balance between accountability, learning and impact, ensuring cohesion.
Accountability, Reporting and External Credibility
- Oversee programme-level results reporting to donors and partners, ensuring accuracy, integrity, and insight.
- Ensure MEL systems and data are audit- and evaluation-ready throughout the programme lifecycle.
- Protect the credibility of programme results through sound methodology and ethical data practices.
MEL Systems and Capability Building
- Strengthen programme country-level MEL capacity to ensure consistent application of standards.
- Build judgment and confidence in programme MEL staff, reducing reliance on individual leaders for direction.
- Ensure learning flows across the country programme, not only vertically through management lines.
Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Work collaboratively with Programme, Finance, Grants, and Communications functions to ensure alignment between delivery, evidence, and narrative.
Stakeholder Engagement and Influence
- Engage donors, government counterparts, and partners to align learning priorities and manage expectations.
- Facilitate cross-country and cross-partner learning communities to promote knowledge exchange.
- Promote co-creation of learning with implementing partners and communities.
Key Performance Indicators
- Results and Indicator design aligned to youth employment and health systems.
- Establishment and management of data collection systems (quantitative and qualitative).
- Implementation of Data Quality Assurance (DQA) processes.
- Design and facilitation of structured learning processes and adaptive management.
- Management of evaluation timelines, budgets, and reporting integrity.
- Effective knowledge management and evidence use.
- MEL capacity building through training and coaching.
- Application of ethical and responsible data practices in accordance with privacy acts.
Requirements
Education and Professional Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Statistics, Biostatistics, International Development, Public Health, Social Sciences, or a related field.
- Master’s degree is an added advantage.
- Professional Diplomas in the MEL field, including but not limited to MEL DPro.
Experience
- Minimum of seven (7) years of relevant experience, with at least three (3) years of senior leadership experience in MEL within the development sector.
- Demonstrable research experience (operational, implementation, and peer-reviewed research).
- Experience in data management (qualitative and quantitative analysis) and report writing.
- Experience designing MEL systems, dashboards, and reporting tools.
- Proven experience engaging senior government, donor, and private-sector stakeholders.
- Experience in M&E of health systems, workforce development, or youth employment.
- Exposure to gender-responsive or inclusive employment models.
- Demonstrable project management skills, including budgeting and planning.
Core Competencies
- Strategic planning and innovative leadership.
- Driving for results and creating an inclusive environment.
- Delegation, empowerment, and proactive learning.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should apply online via the Amref Kenya recruitment portal on jobs.smartrecruiters.com. Access the application page directly here: Apply Now.
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