Monitoring and Evaluation Manager at Corporate Staffing Services Kenya

Our client is a training institution on digital programs. They seek to hire a Senior Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Manager to provide Strategic and Technical direction in the development and implementation of the overall Monitoring, Evaluation, Research, and Learning Strategy.

Key Responsibilities.

1. Oversee the development of the MEL Strategy and provide Strategic and Technical direction and development of the design and implementation of the Strategy.
2. Ensure that the Overall Project plan is well informed by the M&E framework including log-frame and Theory of Change.
3. Review the quality of existing data in the project subject areas, the methods of collecting it, and the degree to which it will provide good baseline statistics for impact evaluation.
4. Understand the Program Partners’ policies to ensure the Framework developed is in line with both as necessary.
5. Articulate key risks and issues to the Stakeholders, ensuring these risks are understood and acted upon
6. Oversee collection of data regularly to measure achievement against the performance indicators and ensure updating of the project indicator tracking matrix consistently.
7. Monitor implementation of field activities with the project team to ensure achievement of anticipated results and expected quality, and update the project management regarding any concerns.
8. Review the results and identify areas where support/input is required for Program partners.
9. Prepare regular reports (weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annually) showing project progress and other updates for management for decision making.
10. Act as a focal point for data and provide in-depth data analysis and visualization for purposes of decision-making at the project management level and program levels.
11. Undertake quality control and final editing of all reports, ensuring that professional standards and formats including alignment to the project theory of change and results framework are adhered to.
12. Provide quality assurance for the evaluation process in Baseline, Mid-term, and End line and ensure that the process adheres to Program Partners’ evaluations standards.
13. Synthesize the results to generate learning insights periodically and organize learning workshops with Program Partners.
14. Ensure results and reports are reviewed and discussed in respective forums and in a timely fashion in terms of implications for future action.
15. Support Project teams and partner organizations in the documentation of success stories.
16. Design innovative and participatory monitoring and evaluation methodologies and tools to assess outcomes and impact of the Program.
17. Strengthen the capacity of stakeholders in M&E, data quality, and data improvement systems as needed.
18. Train /orient Staff on the M&E Plan and how to use the data collection tools.
19. Performing any other duties assigned in line with this position.

Key Qualifications.

1. Master’s degree in Statistics, M&E, or related discipline.
2. Must have 7-9 years of relevant experience.
3. Must be conversant with the M&E tools.
4. Strong Coordination, Supervisory, and Management skills.
5. Ability to interact skillfully and diplomatically with numerous counterparts, including Actors from Government and Private sector.
6. Experience and working knowledge with any advanced data analysis, analytics, and visualization applications.
7. Experience working with Donor funded programs is an added advantage.