Country Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Advisor at SNV Netherlands Development Organisation

Responsibilities

• Establish Kenya and Burundi’s country MEL system and lead its initiation, implementation, and capacity strengthening. 
• Ensure the effective implementation of MEL policies, procedures and guidelines for country specific projects
• Contribute to stronger knowledge management and ensure lessons learned are applied in daily practice through the development of appropriate systems and frameworks.
• Develop in-country capacities on Accountability through the development of appropriate feedback mechanisms, accountability frameworks and project teams coaching. 
• Steering (functionally) & coaching MEL and other country and project level colleagues towards compliance with the country MEL system and its ownership, as well as with donor regulations
• Ensure coordination of the MEL Community of Practice through leadership or delegated leadership. 
• Contribute to the development of a culture of MEL prioritisation with a focus on quality by leading by example and supporting Sector Leaders in critical reflection, recognition of failures/weaknesses, accountability, and continuous learning. 
• Drive innovation through digitalization systems and processes to enhance data collection, analysis, visualization and reporting.
• Develop and implement comprehensive frameworks—including results, accountability, and learning frameworks—to facilitate decision-making, adaptive management and organizational learning
• Promote relevant MEL topics and best practices, with a focus on quality by leading by example and supporting Sector Leaders in knowledge-sharing initiatives that break sector silos and drive systemic change. Coordinate Kenya’s contribution to SNV’s Global Harmonised Indicators. 
• Facilitate the design and implementation of monitoring and evaluation capacity development initiatives in Kenya. 
• Participate in Business Development processes including in Theory of Change development support, MEL Plan development and learning agenda identification, to support quality project design. 
• Support report reviewing processes so that they reflect evidence and data analytics.
• Work closely with the Marketing & Communications Team to ensure lessons through case studies and success stories are evidence-based and are continuously documented and disseminated.
• Supporting relevant global MEL processes as required.

Qualifications

• Strong background in Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEAL) including quantitative and qualitative methodologies. 
• A minimum of 7 years of relevant work experience in MEL in the development sector, consultancy firm, research institute and/or businesses with experience of working in a developing country context.
• Solid experience of successfully setting up new systems, processes, and/or initiatives related to MEL.
• A strong understanding of and experience in facilitating theory of change development and review and the development and use of high-level results frameworks.
• Experience of conducting and quality assuring assessments and/or evaluations that include primary data collection. 
• Experience in designing and facilitating iterative learning processes. 
• Strong communication skills (both oral and written) and influencing skills with practical experience of leading collaborative processes.
• Team player, strong interpersonal skills, used to working in multi-cultural environments.  
• Excellent English, and highly desirable French.
• Experience conducting and quality assuring assessments and/or evaluations that include primary data collection. 
• Familiarity with SNV’s leading sectors: Agriculture, Energy, and Water 
• Sensitive and committed to gender equity, inclusion and diversity principles in all aspects of their work.
• Strong knowledge and skills in data management and analysis using statistical software’s (such as STATA, SPSS, SAS, Eviews, POWER BI etc.).
• Willingness and ability to travel.