MEAL Intern

Save the Children Kenya is a non-governmental organization founded in 1950, dedicated to child welfare and development programs. They operate across Kenya, focusing on improving the lives of children through various initiatives.

Under the general guidance and direction of the MEAL Assistant and close working with MEARL Coordinator; the MEARL Intern will work as part of the Nandi Carbon project team support MEARL assistant in program quality assurance, support monitoring reporting and verification of data reported from the tree nurseries, seedlings planted and support in verification of reported numbers for survival monitoring. She will also support the MERL assistant in accountability sessions, documentation and learning. S/he will be involved in day-to-day implementation of the M & E system of the project including data collection, collation, entry, analysis and use for decision-making. In addition, the MEAL intern will support M&E systems at project level by ensuring that data in (PRIME) is up to date, and other field-based data processes to produce reliable/quality data and support platforms for data use platforms for decision-making for the project.

1. Work with the MEAL Assistant and program team in all processes of ensuring efficient project data Management including collecting, organizing, and verifying accuracy of data (QAQC) before it is captured into database.
2. Work with the MEAL Assistant and program team to troubleshoot and maintain the sustained effective operation of the MRV (CommCare) system.
3. Support data reporting and entry and provide summaries and regular trend monitoring as requested by program teams in Commcare data system and in any other tool.
4. Support in maintenance and sharing updated database of all program data on regular basis and help retrieve information to inform project reporting.
5. Participate and support in facilitating Community feedback sessions and beneficiary Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) and semi-structured interviews and follow up on feedback with the relevant departments
6. Support in collecting and documenting human interest stories and case studies as benchmarks for best practices.
7. Support in undertaking data quality audit, spot checks and on-job trainings on proper data/information keeping for the various supported health facilities and community units.
8. Support Beneficiary Accountability across all programmes in keeping with the Accountability Framework, ensure prompt follow-up on feedback received
9. Support the process of testing and adopting relevant technologies for improving the efficiency of the program’s MEAL function.
10. Support in planning and organizing for surveys/evaluations, operational research and supervising data collection
11. Any other task as advised by the supervisor

1. An undergraduate degree in Statistics, Demography, Population Studies, Development Studies from a recognised university.
2. Ability to conduct comprehensive literature reviews and secondary data reviews.
3. Excellent organising, facilitating, presentation and communication skills.
4. Ability to work effectively to elicit information from a variety of stakeholders and to adapt this into concise materials to support and promote the work of Save the Children’s programmes
5. Excellent written and spoken English.
6. The capacity and willingness to work well on their own initiative and respond to challenges.
7. Ability to work with multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural teams.
8. Willingness to sign and abide by the Save the Children Child Safeguarding Policy.
9. Excellent and proven communicator able to communicate to a wide range of audiences.
10. Competent IT skills.