Senior MEAL Technology Officer at International Rescue Committee
International Rescue Committee
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JOB PURPOSE Reporting to the METAL Coordinator, technically supported by the Regional MEAL Technology Coordinator and working closely with the TeachWell MEAL Advisor, the Senior MEAL Technology Officer leads MEAL technology delivery for the entire IRC Kenya country programme, including the TeachWell project. The allocation of the position's time and responsibilities between country programme support and TeachWell will be agreed through work planning and elaborated in routine reporting. Within the METAL framework, the Senior MEAL Technology Officer provides technical leadership for the country programme's digital and technology work, leading the design, delivery, integration and continuous improvement of its data systems and holding accountability for their quality, timeliness, interoperability and readiness for handover to government and partners. Technical authority, systems standards and decision-making on the country programme's digital data architecture rest with the METAL Coordinator; the Senior MEAL Technology Officer designs ,implements, maintains and advances these systems and is accountable for the quality and timeliness of the technology deliverables. The position carries out database management; expert-level design and administration of electronic data collection in CommCare; configuration of project indicators using Power Apps; management and development of the Project Indicator Dashboard (PID), TeachWell dashboard, Strategy dashboard and other Power BI products; development of a CommCare-based logframe tracking platform; administration of the Electronic Medical Records (EMR) system across IRC-supported health facilities; systems integration and interoperability between IRC, partner and government systems; including alignment of the EMR to Taifa Care, adoption of licensed AI for data quality, reporting and analysis under agreed governance data quality and protection; and user training and support. Working closely with the METAL Coordinator, the role builds the capacity of users of various applications within the programmes to cascade technology integration from reporting to data sources KEY RESPONSIBILITIES Country programme MEAL technology support Serve as the country programme's focal point for MEAL technology delivery across all projects and sectors, including the TeachWell project, working under the guidance and direction of the METAL Coordinator. Support the TeachWell MEAL Advisor in overseeing IRC and partner MEAL technology requirements and in designing and managing the technology components project MEAL framework and results tracking across components, leveraging qualitative and quantitative methods; co-design indicators, measurement tools and monitoring responsibilities. Conduct regular MEAL technology needs assessments across the IRC Kenya programme and propose a costed digital systems roadmap and standards, and apply and maintain the agreed standards across projects. Implement and maintain the database architecture set, ensuring system integrity, security, version control, documentation and business continuity across the portfolio. Design and implement transition plans for programmes migrating to new data collection tools, and manage migration/transformation of existing project and country-level data into standard data structures. Collaborate with programmes, IT and Supply Chain to plan procurement, configuration and lifecycle management of devices and licenses for data management. Deployment of technologies for data collection, management, analysis and visualization Design, build, test, deploy and adapt CommCare applications across the country programme (including TeachWell data collection tools), applying advanced case management (case hierarchies, parent - child and extension cases, case sharing, longitudinal client tracking), complex form logic (multi-language forms, validation, calculated questions, repeat groups, lookup tables), workspace administration (users, permissions, location hierarchies, versioning and releases), data services (Data Export Tool, CommCare APIs, live connections to Excel and Power BI), and performance optimization for field users on low-bandwidth connections. Configure and deploy surveys and programme assessments in commcare and mobile applications through elaborate testing, user training and roll-out Build and maintain the TeachWell teacher professional development case management system with teacher profiles, electronic attendance registers and classroom observation modules per training module, ongoing teacher support, communities of practices, digital learning and and harmonize it with partner school databases to link teacher and learner data. Recommend and document improvements to CommCare use across the programme: reusable templates, standardized case structures, workflow automation and adoption of new platform features Develop, document and roll out a CommCare-based digital logframe / results-framework tracking platform, modelling indicators, targets, baselines, and disaggregation, linking routine data collection to the corresponding indicators. Develop and maintain Power BI dashboards across all sectors and projects for technical and non-technical audiences, including the PID, TeachWell dashboard and Strategy dashboard Administer the Power BI service (workspaces, refresh, gateways, row-level security); document all dashboards so no product depends on a single individual or external consultant; and contribute analysis to routine reporting cycles. Create system architecture that mirrors TeachWell partner capture systems for ease of seamless data sharing. Develop spatial/GIS visualization of programme coverage and results across counties and camps. EMR functional administration and support (in collaboration with the IT Manager) The Senior MEAL Technology Officer is the programme's focal point for the functional administration, data quality and reporting
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