Catholic Relief Senior Project Officer – Monitoring & Evaluation (Isiolo) Jobs in Kenya

Catholic Relief Senior Project Officer – Monitoring & Evaluation (Isiolo) Jobs in Kenya



Job Summary

  • The Senior Project Officer (M&E) herein referred to as the M&E SPO oversees all M&E related activities in the county (Isiolo) and works closely with the Nawiri M&E Manager in developing, testing, and refining data collection tools, systems and processes for program monitoring and evaluation, in line with the required CRS and USAID BHA guidelines.


  • The M&E SPO directly supports Systems Strengthening, Social Behavior Change, Gender Youth and Social Dynamics crosscutting sectors and supervises the county M&E Officers and Nutrition Case Management M&E Officers. The M&E SPO works closely with consortium partner and county government M&E staff to ensure data is collected in a timely and accurate manner and entered to the data management platform, so it reflects on the Nawiri dashboards accurately and in a timely manner.

    Roles and Key Responsibilities

  • Oversees the M&E function in the county where they are based and works closely with the ICT4D team, Caritas, county government M&E department and other partner M&E staff in the county.

  • Participate in the design, management, and strengthening of Nawiri M&E systems, ensuring cross-learning in M&E across consortium teams and CRS led-Nawiri partners.

  • Participate in activity-level monitoring and verification of results in the field, including ensuring that data is timely, complete, accurate, and consistent across dashboards, databases, and reports.

  • Work with the county government teams in the roll-out and implementation of the electronic County Integrated Monitoring and Evaluation System (eCIMES) which provides an integrated structure and process for counties to engage stakeholders, plan, govern, manage, and operate independently and in sync with one another.

  • Conduct routine data quality checks with the M&E manager and internal annual data quality assessments and participate in external data quality assessments led by USAID BHA, including supporting the resolution of data quality issues within stipulated
    timelines.

  • Participate in the implementation of internal surveys, namely but not limited to, participant based annual surveys (PaBS), post distribution monitoring (PDMs) amongst others.

    Qualifications

    Basic Qualifications

  • Master’s degree in International Development, Nutrition, Public Health, Demography, Social Sciences, Statistics, Monitoring and Evaluation, or other MEAL related field is required. Additional experience may substitute for some education.

  • Minimum of four years’ NGO experience in designing and managing monitoring and evaluation systems for moderately complex projects, funded by USAID, preferably in food security and nutrition related projects.

  • Knowledge of USAID MEL technical principles, guidance, and concepts and experience collecting USAID indicators a distinct advantage

  • Experience and skills in partner relationship management, staff supervision, participatory action planning and community engagement is a plus.

  • Experience using MS Windows and MS Office packages (Excel, Word, PowerPoint), Web Conferencing Applications, information management systems, knowledge-sharing networks.

  • Experience in using data analysis software is preferred (SPSS, STATA, EpiInfo, Nutrisurvey).

  • Experience in using mobile-data collection and management software (e.g. ODK, Commcare,I-form builder, Kobo)

  • Demonstrated experience facilitating groups, meetings, and events (both online and in-person), resulting in collaborative decision-making with agreed-upon action items/ priorities.

  • Experience working in Marsabit or Isiolo and/ or with county governments, with the ability to speak at least one local language, will be an added advantage.

    How to Apply

    For more information and job application details, see; Catholic Relief Senior Project Officer – Monitoring & Evaluation (Isiolo) Jobs in Kenya

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