Senior Research Officer (Monitoring & Evaluation) at United States International University Africa (USIU)

Reporting to the Dean of Graduate School & Director of Research/Extension, the job holder will be responsible for providing technical support on the monitoring and evaluation of university grants and preparing timely reports on the university’s grants portfolio.

 Key Responsibilities

• Coordination with funded stakeholders to ensure product quality
• Coordination with funding stakeholders to ensure client satisfaction
• Coordination with other internal stakeholders to ensure internal awareness
• Contributing to proposal development to ensure sound design
• Development of M&E frameworks and systems for tracking and reporting results.
• Developing data analysis plans and performing data analysis as needed.
• Deliver and champion capacity building and learning strategies and skills.
• Performance of any other duties as many be assigned from time to time.

Minimum Educational Qualifications and Professional Experience

• Master’s Degree majoring in the social sciences or other relevant field, from an accredited university
• At least three (3) years of progressive experience in monitoring and evaluation / grants writing in a reputable organization.

Skills

• Superior written, verbal and organizational skills and experience with producing technical reports
• Excellent analytical, research and data collection methodology skills
• Strong written, verbal, organizational and Interpersonal skills

Personal Attributes, Skills and Competencies

• Strong knowledge of monitoring and evaluation methodology, data quality assurance, analysis and reporting
• Understanding of statistical software and data management methods
• Team player with excellent interpersonal and negotiation skills.
• Demonstrated analytical skills to measure the outcomes of the project’s activities and support project supervision (qualitative and qualitative)
• Ability to make quick and smart judgments in recommending alternative solutions within changed ground scenarios
• Experience in training and capacity building in M&E mechanisms at various project levels
• Good understanding of various donors’ requirements
• Experience working with statistical computer software packages
• Goal oriented, with ability to work under pressure, independently and with limited supervision.
• Ability to travel within project areas as required.