Evidence Action Associate Manager - Data Learning (MLE) Jobs in Kenya

Evidence Action Associate Manager - Data Learning (MLE) Jobs in Kenya

About Evidence Action

is a global non-profit organization with an approach distinctive in international development - we exclusively scale interventions that are backed by strong evidence and can be delivered with exceptional cost-effectiveness. Our programs have grown since our founding in 2013 to reach over 280 million people annually. We deliver high impact for every dollar spent, as recognized by , , and .

We do development differently. We take a data-driven approach to identifying, scaling, and continuously improving programs which deliver immense impact, ensuring these solutions measurably improve the lives of millions.

Our has helped governments in Africa and Asia deliver over 1.4 billion childhood deworming treatments, improving health, education, and incomes. provides sustained safe water access to over 4 million people in rural Africa, preventing childhood illness and deaths.

We drive innovation. Our builds the next generation of exceptional programs, taking an approach most similar to a venture capital model. We are ruthless in which do not meet our criteria; those that advance deliver outsized impact for millions of people.

We are global. Across eight countries in Africa and Asia, our 400+ people are united by a tremendous passion for our mission and impact. We are strong because of our diversity of experience, geography, and background - with over 90% of our people in the countries where our impact is focused.

We have big ambitions. Our goal is to double our impact by 2024, to fulfill our vision of a world where hundreds of millions of people in the poorest places have better opportunities and their lives are measurably improved. We believe in bold and urgent action - because poverty doesn’t wait, and neither should we.

We need great people. Our success to date is due to the collective work of our amazing staff. To achieve our ambitious goals, we are looking for people who share our passion for evidence, cost-effectiveness, and scale. We seek individuals who take an entrepreneurial approach, enjoy tackling hard problems, and have a bias to action and results. If our vision and approach excite you as much as it does us, we invite you to join us.

Job purpose

The Associate Manager will work closely with the MLE department and the program teams to be able to understand the M&E needs of the programs and to translate lessons learned from data collection to decision making.

The Associate Manager’s primary responsibilities encompass;

Working closely with the communications and MLE strategy team to help promote MLE content including briefs, reports, brown bags and visual data.

Ensuring adequate information flow within and between program teams and MLE divisions;

Providing visual, technical and editorial guidance to program teams on communication material and methods with stakeholders.

Assist with research proposal development and communication findings on a timely manner.

Engage with MLE stakeholders to ensure clear

channels for feedback;

Coordinate professional development activities within MLE;

Duties and responsibilities

Accountability

Compile donor reports by interpreting and triangulating all necessary information from MLE strategy and delivery teams.

Fully understanding program needs for data and translating that back to the MLE team, including developing tools that enable clear and effective information gathering.

Seeking out, prioritising, and communicating requests from programs teams to the MLE team.

Identifying, and documenting the best approaches for the MLE team to serve programs.

Ensure effective information flow and communication of lessons learned from MLE to programs

Spearhead the development, redesign, and review of current reporting tools and templates making them very effective and consumable by all.

Synthesize, Identify and recommend effective communication systems and channels useful for MLE and programs.

Collecting and organising/curating information from various sources (i.e. existing program (primary) research, external (secondary) research, new analyses, management information systems, etc.) to help programs in making decisions.

Writing and editing reports and presentations with a keen eye for how the information should be phrased based on the viewpoint of the target audiences (i.e. data visualization software, infographics, etc.)

Provide flexible, easy to internalise reports and infographics to clearly inform program decisions.

Support special projects including data analysis to guide MLE-D team strategy.

Extracting learnings from analysis and research products that enable program teams to make evidence-based decisions.

Market and Showcase MLE services

Communicate with program leadership how upcoming and completed research and tools developed by the Monitoring, Learning, and Evaluation (MLE) team can assist programs in making evidence-based decisions.

Provide campaign M&E data and information for wider dissemination and ensure M&E pages of the various sites are kept up to date with support from communications colleagues.

Team Management

Coordinate and manage MLE-D work plans and SOWs to ensure compliance.

Managing the data learning work plans and priorities.

Managing the productivity, professional development skill building and managing at least one (Senior) Associate, Data Learning.

Key performance Indicators

Timely submission of MLE reports to programs and other stakeholders.

Expedient communication of MLE research and improvement to processes.

Deliver quality dashboards for the program and MLE in coordination with the IS team.

Identify and implement innovative communication strategies for reports and newsletters.

Well-coordinated professional development sessions internally and externally.

Improved and standardised reporting templates for the various programs.

How to Apply

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