National Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Officer - at Food and Agriculture Organization

Type of Requisition: National Project Personnel (NPP)

Organizational Unit: FAO Representation in Kenya

Duration:12 months with possibility of extension subject to satisfactory performance and availability of funds

Organizational Setting

The tasks envisaged for this consultancy are to be carried out through the Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal Diseases (ECTAD), which is currently implementing a number of projects in various countries in Africa, Asia and Middle East. Within the ECTAD framework, the Animal Production and Health Division (AGA) is closely working with the Emergency and Rehabilitation Division (TCE) under the Strategic Program 5 to support various aspects of the animal health programme of FAO, including the USAID-funded Emerging Pandemic Threats (EPT-2) and Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA) Programmes. Since 2015, USAID has been investing in building M&E systems and capacities for EPT2/GHSA supported projects and countries.

The post is located in the FAO Representation in Kenya, Nairobi.

Reporting Lines

The National Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Officer will work under the overall guidance of the FAO Representative (FAO-R) in Kenya, the direct supervision of the ECTAD Team Leader, the direct technical supervision of the M&E Global Coordinator of ECTAD/AGAH at the FAO HQ, and in close collaboration with the FAO Programme in the country and ECTAD Eastern Africa Regional teams.

Technical Focus

The M&E Officer will support the M&E reporting at country level including the quality assurance of the information for ECTAD projects in FAO Kenya.

Tasks and responsibilities

The incumbent will undertake the following duties and responsibilities:

• Collect and assure the quality of information required for reporting on project and programme-level indicators.
• Liaise with/backstopping of technical officers concerning M&E information provision and validation.
• Retrieve the required supporting documentation (means of verification) for the reported information.
• Enter information in the prescribed formats.
• Generate M&E and narrative reports in prescribed formats.
• Upkeep archiving systems up to date and in line with prescribed standards.
• Support M&E meetings and training activities as required.
• Develop M&E project frameworks and monitoring plans (PMPs) for projects at national level.
• Contribute to the development of project concept notes (CNs), proposals, and detail implementation plans (DIPs).
• Contribute to the preparation of progress and final project report.
• Perform other related duties as requested by the ECTAD Team Lead.

CANDIDATES WILL BE ASSESSED AGAINST THE FOLLOWING

Minimum Requirements

• National of Kenya.
• University degree with postgraduate qualification in social sciences, statistics, research methods, anthropology and/or related fields.
• At least 3 years of proven experience in M&E functions preferably in the agriculture/livestock domains or health related fields.
• Skills in statistics, data audit and data collection and management.
• Proficiency in English language.
• Experience in international institution, NGOs, etc. is an advantage

FAO Core Competencies

• Results Focus
• Teamwork
• Communication
• Building Effective Relationships
• Knowledge Sharing and Continuous Improvement

Technical/Functional Skills

• Excellent mastery of MS Excel and/or Access, statistical software packages such as SPSS, SAS, etc.
• Good analytical skills with strong orientation to details.
• Work experience in multi-cultural and multi-disciplinary setting.
• Experience in project development, project report writing and data analysis.

Tangible objectives to be achieved by the NPP and Key Performance Indicators

• Information required for reporting on project and programme-level indicators collected and quality assurance provided.
• Data collection and reporting formats developed and regularly revised.
• Ensure validation by liaising with backstopping of technical officers.
• Prepare supporting documentation (means of verification) as per the prescribed formats.
• M&E and narrative reports generated in prescribed formats on time.
• Archiving systems maintained and up to date per prescribed standards.
• Support M&E meetings and training activities.
• National level M&E project frameworks and PMPs developed.
• Active contribution to development proposal, preparation of DIPs and reports made.
• Existing M&E tools into a coherent system integrated.
• Analytical reports generated.