Officer, Monitoring Evaluation and Learning at Concern Worldwide

Main Duties and Responsibilities

Provision of M&E related Technical Support

• Develop Project Monitoring Plan (PMP) of the projects in consultation with the Senior MEAL Manager
• Prepare monitoring tools in accordance with project, programme and organization performance indicators and other field surveys. Support in coordinating and conducting project evaluations and assessments.
• Compiling, analyzing and reporting data for key programmatic outputs and outcomes indicators.
• Validate and verify core indicators against the different sources of information.
• Ensure timely provision of data for monthly, quarterly and annual donor reports based on agreed performance indicators.
• Actively engage to support in all external as well as internal evaluations including those done by Head Office.
• Provide technical M&E support to partners on an on-going basis

Oversight and Quality Assurance

• Work with the programme team to coordinate project review meetings.
• Conduct regular field monitoring visits and provide feedback to relevant sector leads and/or partners.
• Support in monitoring the implementation of field activities according to work plans.
• Produce quarterly indicators monitoring report and share results of projects’ quality performance based on monitoring data findings.
• Support programme teams on using the Programme Toolkit.
• Monitor programme related activities including trainings for quality and adherence to Concern SOPs.
• Act as supervisor for field data collectors engaged on short-term basis for field data collection.

Capacity Building, Collaboration and Learning

• Training of programme and partner staff, enumerators and any government officials engaged in Concern programmes on MEL processes and mechanisms
• Manage and regularly update a repository of all programme reports, surveys for field level programmes.
• In close collaboration with the line and technical managers, lead in the development of key findings and lessons learnt from the implementation of various projects
• Document/ support documentation of best practices across all sectors in the programme area.
• Work closely with Communications team to support dissemination of lessons learned, best practices and programme achievements

Others

• Adhere to and promote the standards outlined in the Concern Code of Conduct and associated policies to their team, beneficiaries, and be committed to providing a safe working environment
• Participating and contributing towards Concern’s emergency response, as and when necessary
• Take all possible measure to meet Core Humanitarian Standards (CHS)
• Any other duties as assigned by the Line Manager

Person Specification

Minimum Education, Qualifications & Experience Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in Development or Management Studies, Monitoring and Evaluation, Economics, Social Sciences or Equivalent.
• At least three (3) years’ experience in the field of Monitoring Evaluation and Learning.
• Experience of using online tools, data collection and managing dashboards.
• Experience in coordinating and conducting MEL for Health and Nutrition, Livelihoods, Education, DRR, Gender programmes desired.
• Fluent in both spoken and written English and Kiswahili.

Preference will be given to candidates who have:

• Strong skills in information management and use of computer applications.
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills.
• Proven competency in ethical principles of research and complex survey design and analysis
• Excellent report writing, Training of Trainers (ToT), networking and coordination skills
• Ability to work in a systematic and organized manner
• Ability to attend details
• Ability to work under pressure and to deadlines
• Energy to work long hours and be out in the field all day
• Positive attitude and willingness to learn