Assistant II, Monitoring Evaluation & Learning at Child Fund International

About This Role
The primary responsibility of the role will be to provide technical support on Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) for the Nairobi Metropolitan Program (NMP), with frequent travels to program areas in Murang’a, Kiambu and Nairobi counties.  He/she also supports the country office and global program strategic initiatives when needed. The post holder will review relevant existing data collection and reporting tools to ensure that there is standardization of monitoring and evaluation processes. S/he will be responsible for the utilization of the management information system (CAMEL) to inform program improvement and decision making. CAMEL is a suite of data collection and management applications including DHIS2, CommCare and a cloud-based data warehouse.

Primary Responsibilities
Results Based Monitoring and Evaluation

• Support the development and review of NMP detailed implementation plan, workplans, M&E framework and indicator performance trackers, data collection tools, participant databases and oversee quality implementation of M&E activities to meet ChildFund standards.
• Regularly monitor and report the status and progress of program performance indicators and budget expenditures.
• Conduct process, output and outcome monitoring to assess the fidelity and quality of activity implementation, routine data quality audits and document field visit reports and action plans.
• Providing support during internal/external reviews, evaluations and lessons learned activities.
• Coordinate various evaluations, assessments and reviews including assistance on the recruitment of research assistants, data collection, analysis and reporting among others.
• Develop and maintain a Dashboard in Microsoft Excel/Power BI to reflect on progress of program and financial performance.

Capacity Building and Support

• Support in the assessment of the staff and volunteers’ capacity in various aspects of monitoring evaluation and learning.
• Provide training, mentoring and coaching to staff and volunteers on MEL processes and activities.

Management Information system

• Support in the ensuring the CAMEL management information system is up to date and used in running in all reporting requirements for the program.
• Ensure all users of the systems are supported to input data, visualize and report effectively.
• Troubleshoot for all systems users and report any issues to the Cluster CAMEL Focal point persons.
• Facilitate capacity building sessions for new users and refresher training for other existing system users of the Management information System (MIS).
• Work with the IT Officer to ensure all users are equipped with functional smart phones and tablets for use in data collection and reporting on CAMEL DHIS2 platform.
• Navigate the MIS to check on encoded data, generate MIS reports, provide feedback to users, and share with relevant persons for utilization.

Knowledge Management and Learning

• Provide support in the preparation of routine internal program progress reports
• Support the documentation of program best practices and lessons learnt through various learning products such as Case studies, Human Interest stories and Success stories.
• Take an active role in ensuring that you regularly upload data and reports into OneDrive, SharePoint and maintain such systems.
• Work with program staff to promote learning culture and ensure learning is shared across field site offices and other implementing partners.
• Participate and contribute to partnership meetings and advocacy forums in the counties to represent the interest of ChildFund.
• Support the monthly staff meeting, quarterly review meetings to discuss progress, challenges and lessons learnt informed by M&E data.
• Any other duties as maybe assigned from time to time by the supervisor.

Required Experience and Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Monitoring and Evaluation, Development Studies, Project Planning and Management or Applied Statistics. A Professional certification in Monitoring and Evaluation, Information Science and Knowledge Management from a recognized University is an added advantage.
• A minimum of 2-4 years of supporting the design and implementation of monitoring and evaluation of projects/programs in the non-profit sector in humanitarian and development context.
• Working experience with international NGOs with a focus on child programming.

Required Competencies
ChildFund’s Core Competencies

• Teamwork: Works cross-functionally to achieve common goals and to support the achievement of other team/department's goals.
• Communication: Provides clear, concise information to others via verbal or written communication.
• Results orientation: Demonstrates ability to execute assigned tasks and deliverables in a timely manner, and takes responsibility for their outcomes.
• Decision making: Demonstrates ability to evaluate situations and understand problems by analyzing information from a variety of sources.
• Resilience: Reflects on, and applies, learnings from challenges, failures, or mistakes, seeking assistance from managers or experienced peers as needed.
• Digital literacy: Demonstrates basic understanding of cybersecurity and technological trends, and acts with caution to avoid risks to the organization.

Other Required Competencies

• Proven skills in statistical analysis and data visualisation using Excel, Power BI, Nvivo, DHIS2, ODK/Kobocollect, CSPro, SPSS, STATA.
• Experience in building capacity / coaching of individuals or teams, in M&E system design, tool development digital data collection, quality checking, analysis, reporting.
• Good written and spoken communication and interpersonal skills
• Demonstrated qualitative and quantitative analytical skills
• Ability to work independently under pressure and short deadlines