VSF Germany Roving Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning Manager Jobs in Kenya
VSF Germany Roving Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning Manager Jobs in Kenya
Position: Roving Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (Meals) Manager
The position will be contracted on an annual basis, and renewable, subject to satisfactory performance and contingent upon donor funding.
Duty Station and Supervision:
The position holder will be based at the Regional Office in Nairobi as the duty station but roving, with at least 50% travels to the project field sites across the countries.
General Position Summary:
This is a regional position that will oversee the implementation of a MEAL systems designed to ensure an effective program delivery, foster accountability, learning and knowledge management.
Essential Job Functions:
Monitoring and Evaluation
Lead program-level Monitoring and Evaluation planning, tools and system development at project start-up and follow up through the project implementation cycle.
Ensure that Program is planned in accordance to the agreed donor standards by providing requisite tools including templates, guidelines and review tools.
Develop and share for use requisite standardized MEAL programming tools including templates, guidelines and review tools for assessments, designs/plans, baselines, evaluations and reporting.
Ensure timely analysis of monitoring data and dissemination to key stakeholders for management decision making.
Contribute to and facilitate project indicator planning and design during project proposal development
In collaboration with the country program managers and M and E Managers and or Officers, define program indicators and targets and establish a tracking system to ensure achievement
Lead the program in the design of a detailed monitoring and evaluation plan, including design of data collection tools and methodologies, M and E workflow, data flow, data integrity, data
quality assurance, database design and protocols.
Take charge of collating and analysing data and synthesizing information, updating the monitoring matrix and other monitoring tools in place.
Support secondary research to inform baseline assessments and measurement frameworks for projects and support indictor revisions during projects inception phases
Coordinate assessments, evaluations and monitoring surveys in areas of operation across the countries in collaboration with the country M and E designated staff.
Champion the inclusion of qualitative data collection and analysis for both direct and supplemental measurements of program performance.
Train country teams in appropriate methods for focus group discussions and key informant interviews and lead field-based qualitative data collection as needed.
Coordinate inter-country exchange meetings on M&E for lessons learnt and upscale to regional programme level intervention
Coordinate effective implementation and delivery of measurements (characterization, studies, baseline and evaluation surveys) in collaboration with key program staff and partners.
Accountability
Support establishment of accountability mechanisms for the program to enhance information sharing and complaints and timely feedback flow to the beneficiaries
Coordinate, participate and report on technical field monitoring visits.
Establish and operationalize a system for remote sensing and GIS mapping of program activities, outputs and beneficiaries across the countries.
Establish and manage an accountable program asset inventory in liaison with the logistic s team
Knowledge Management & Learning
Establish effective knowledge management mechanisms including documentation and sharing of innovative/promising/best practices or lessons learned and impacts;
Ensure that lessons learnt and reports are documented (printed, visual) and published for sharing with the donor and other partners;
Organize and conduct learning forums/events at regular points to facilitate learning by the consortium partners
Build a collaborative network of relationships with implementing partners and other stakeholders to encourage learning networks that promotes shared learning, aligned approaches, and mutual accountability to quality data collection and programming.
Contribute to the development and implementation of knowledge management systems to further stimulate use of evidence for learning and high-impact programming.
Work closely with the program’s partners to identify learning questions and use program performance data to answer learning questions.
Contribute to program communications and advocacy work by assisting in dissemination of program research, lessons and learning information.
Coordinate closely with implementing partners to ensure our activities and data are shared and synced up together and
tell one cohesive story.
Connect best practices and learning from within the program and across countries to ensure an evolving and effective learning system for improving program implementation.
Work with country program team to capture lessons learned during program implementation, and feed this information into ongoing program management and program design.
Collect and compile impact / success stories, video clips, pictures, participatory maps and any other body of evidence from the program on a regular basis.
Manage an efficient data archiving system for all program related data.
Information Technology
Serve as technical advisor for technology for data management systems and real-time data flow, utilizing appropriate software platforms for cloud aggregation, data processing and manipulation, and data visualization and utilization.
Endevour to learn and test new software platforms, as well as working with tech partners, to develop both project and country level information management systems.
Assist teams in setting up appropriate summary statistics and relational calculations in program databases and link them to tracking dashboards.
Understand, maintain and innovate the technical components (including hardware, software, database, etc.) MEAL information and data management system that improves VSFG’s ability to implement quality programs through better collection, management, analysis and presentation of data, and represent impact to donor, government bodies, peer organizations and communities using standard technologies.
Required Qualifications and Experience:
Degree of Arts/ Science or equivalent experience in international development, economics, agricultural economics, statistics, bio-statistics, nutrition or other relevant subject with strong quantitative background, and at least 5 years of experience in progressively increasing M and E responsibility in international development projects.
The candidate must have experience in leading the M and E of a large project.
Previous experience working in international organizations in humanitarian and development programs.
Experience of having worked in project implementation at field will be an added advantage.
Strong conceptual knowledge about theories of change, logic model, food and nutrition security indicators, M and E plan, data quality assurance, data utilization, and gender integration into M and E systems.
Demonstrated experience and expertise in developing and operationalizing a comprehensive monitoring and evaluation plan.
Demonstrated expertise and experience in developing and operationalizing routine monitoring system designed to track both output and outcome indicators.
Demonstrated expertise in designing qualitative studies, in-depth knowledge about qualitative sampling, and experienced in using interview and interactive tools to generate qualitative
information and analysis.
Experienced in developing data quality assurance strategies, data management, and data visualization.
Demonstrated expertise and experience in data utilization strategies and can creatively think about active data sharing techniques.
Excellent oral and written communication skills in English and other language(s), as required.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidate who meets the minimum requirement should send their applications to the e-mail address: recruitment@vsfg.org and copied to admin_hr@vsfg.org ((please note an underscore between admin and hr in the email address)
Interested candidates should send their applications by 13th March 2019
The application documents should include the following, all in one document:
Cover letter for application (only 1 page)
Updated CV of not more than 3 pages and with at least 3 professional referees.
One page summary table of educational background, work experience, skill and competence
Do not submit copies of transcripts, academic degrees, or recommendation letter at this stage as you will provide them up on request only.
For more information and job application details, see; VSF Germany Roving Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning Manager Jobs in Kenya
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