MEAL Officer – Rural Women Entrepreneurs (KEM4 Project) at Self Help Africa

Key Responsibilities

Technical M&E lead and advice:

• Develop and adopt M&E tools for measuring and reporting against progress and impact indicators
• Identify community-derived impact indicators using participatory methods
• Provide technical support in developing/refining participatory assessment tools
• Contribute to updating the log-frame and results against programme indicators with more detailed input provided towards preparing annual reports.
• Conduct participatory data gathering and analysis focus groups with various stakeholders involved in the project
• Jointly define market assessment strategies with community partners and other project staff
• Visit project sites for monitoring and quality assurance of Women business Centers training on nutrtion
• Monitoring and data checks on digital nutrition service delivery s to ensure reporting compliance.
• Work collaboratively with other programmes to strengthen integration and cross-learning in the country programme and with Donors.
• Represent the project to community partners and stakeholders

Training and supporting partners:

• Capacity building of partners and local government authorities.
• To supervise regular data collection and ensure the quality of the data by verifications and validations.
• Provide feedback to staff on project performance based on data collected and findings, and lead staff in reviewing project plans as part of the learning and sharing process.

Reporting:

• Provide regular updates reports as per guidance of the Project Manager, summarising the progress made in project implementation, lessons learned, recommendations for improvement, and case studies

Documentation and learning:

• Set up and manage the Program Monitoring & Evaluation and learning system while ensuring adequate technical capacity to enhance the system’s performance to achieve optimal program reporting.
• Participate in regular meetings with key stakeholders at the community/civil society/Local Government level, ensuring a common understanding of the project’s objectives and outcomes.
• Other reasonable duties may be assigned to you that are consistent with the job and its level of responsibility. These will require pre-approval by your line manager.

Key Relationships

Internal

• Regional M & E Advisor
• Head of Programmes
• Project Coordinators – Nutrition and Gender, Agriculture and NRM, Financial Inclusion, Agribusiness
• Finance and Administration Team

External

• County Governments and relevant County departments – Health, Cooperative, Nutrition, Agriculture, Trade, Social Services, Gender, etc
• Dairy Cooperatives
• Other development organizations/ stakeholders/ Cooperatives

Knowledge, Experience, and Other Requirements:

• A first degree in Economics/ agricultural economics/ development studies/ project planning & management/ monitoring & evaluation or other related discipline and Master’s degree will be an added advantage
• At least 3-6 years of experience in Monitoring and Evaluation in development sector
• Experience in participatory learning & analysis methods
• Knowledge and understanding of project monitoring and evaluation, including data management tools
• Knowledge of the current M&E trends and especially M&E systems in development organizations
• Good abilities for training, mentoring, and coaching skills (supervising enumerators and field staff)
• Good technical writing skills, presentation, facilitation, abilities for synthesis
• Proactive, resourceful, and results-oriented
• Must be a good team player, honest, dependable, and willing to be flexible with work hours
• Fluent in written and spoken English, with the ability to speak local languages
• Gender, intercultural and interfaith sensitivity.
• Willing to work additional hours at crucial times.
• Positive outlook and stand-alone disposition.
• Adaptable and responsive disposition relative to the demands and development of the programme.