Monitoring and Evaluation Manager at Green String Network

Objective 1: Oversee M&E activities and support staff

Key activities & responsibilities to achieve this objective:

• Assist program managers with monitoring of projects.
• Oversee monitoring instruments and collected data.
• Manage data analyst and enumerators.
• Help manage data.
• Oversee use of data-collection platform.
• Organize the data collection for quantitative and qualitative data.
• Liaise with GSN partners and contractors on M&E matters
• Travel to project sites as needed.
• Maintain vital records of project participant registration and activities.

Objective 2: Contribute to M&E reports, M&E instruments and materials

Key activities & responsibilities to achieve this objective:

• Assist in writing M&E reports, briefs and training materials
• Author M&E instruments for data-collection platform
• Assist in development of M&E questionnaires and monitoring tools
• Assist in data analysis
• Create charts and figures for M&E presentations and reports
• Develop presentations for trainings and M&E talks
• Assist in designing templates for reports.

Objective 3: Conduct trainings and presentations

Key activities & responsibilities to achieve this objective:

• Train on the use of the ONA reporting forms and procedures.
• Train on enumeration and Focus Group Discussion procedures
• Present on M&E findings
• Train on report writing
• Train on M&E procedures and activities.
• Internal & External relationships

Internal

• Director of Research and Learning
• Program Officers
• Data analyst
• GSN Management
• Enumerators
• GSN staff

External

• Community Facilitators
• Program Partners
• Translators
• Contractors
• Vendors

REPORTING RESPONSIBILITIES (which reports/documentation does this rôle produce)

• Projects quarterly report
• Activity debriefs
• Final evaluation reports
• Any other activity reports ad hoc as required, including photographs, training report overviews and program updates

POSITION REQUIREMENTS

QUALIFICATIONS

• Post-secondary education in development studies, international relation, or social sciences.
• 3-5 years work experience in M&E or 6-8 years without Masters degree.
• 2-4 years management experience in complex security environment.
• Ability to manage a team.
• Demonstrated experience working with data collection tools.
• Demonstrated ability to work and solve problems independently and effectively in highly challenging circumstances.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze data.
• Demonstrated ability to write reports.
• Excellent spoken and written English and Kiswahili.

SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

ESSENTIAL

• Adept at use of Excel, and data collection tools.
• Able to translate and present complicated information into readily understood data and concepts.
• Organized, able to track own activities and those of others.
• Honest, hard working and dedicated.
• Fluent English and Kiswahili language skills.

PREFERRED

• Skilled writer.
• Adept at quantitative and qualitative analysis.