Consultant - Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning / Migration at Altai Consulting

Responsibilities include (but not limited to):

• Participate in the development of methodologies for the Monitoring and Evaluation of projects in East Africa
• Liaise regularly with and provide support to implementing partners
• Conduct field research (qualitative and quantitative)
• Design and maintain project databases
• Analyze large quantities of data from varied sources
• Report writing in English
• Prepare presentations
• Prepare documentation when required by clients or the management of the company
• Build capacity of team members, client, and/or beneficiaries
• Conduct interviews and secondary data research for qualitative studies
• Others as required

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS REQUIREMENTS:

Education:

• Masters' degree or higher in Economics, International Relations and/or Development, Public Policy, Migration, Evaluation, Engineering, Statistics or Data analytics

Professional experience:

• At least 2 years of professional experience in the development field (experience in M&E, migration and/or the East Africa region is highly desirable)

Analytical skills requirements:

• Excellent analytical skills with the ability to collect, organize, analyze, and disseminate significant amounts of information with particular attention to detail and accuracy

Communication requirements:

• Adept at report writing and presenting findings
• Excellent written and spoken English required (French also desirable)
• Experience writing policy papers, assessments, and/or strategic recommendations that require deep analytical capacity

Other:

• Ability to work with minimal supervision, including prioritizing workloads to meet deadlines
• Knowledge of Excel (Lookup, Pivot tables…)
• Knowledge of QGIS, Stata and R is a plus
• Flexible, self-motivated, able to manage multiple tasks efficiently
• Mature and independent personality with a curious and humble mindset
• Client-oriented
• Team player
• Eagerness to travel and discover new cultures and environments
• Must be available for relocation to Nairobi, with periods of work in other East African countries as relevant