Monitoring and Evaluation Officer at Gap Recruitment Services Limited

Job Purpose:

The M&E officer will work on the Women in Trade Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) components to ensure that SHA can demonstrate the impact of this project through evidence-based knowledge, and supports the development and implementation of monitoring and evaluation systems in all areas of SHAs work. Tasks will comprise process management, data collection and analysis, support to reporting, reviews and evaluations

NOTE: The completion of recruitment for this position and the start date is subject to successful contracting by the donor.

Key Responsibilities:

• In the project proposal phase: M&E plans, logframes, Theory of Change & M&E budgets.
• During the project start-up phase: writing ToRs for baselines, Mid Term Reviews and evaluations.
• During the project implementation phase: M&E Training for programme staff and assist programme Managers in project specific indicator tracking tools.
• Support develops and compile project progress reports, evaluation reports, photographs, case studies video documentaries, PowerPoint presentations, etc.
• Support data collection, verification, analysis and compilation from the field.
• Support Project Manager to update and maintain project database.
• Assist the Project Manager in reviewing/documenting field-level assessment reports, baseline studies, and evaluation reports.
• Support Project Manager to ensure that lessons learned from the WiT Project evaluations/reports are documented properly.
• Support Project Manager to collect and/or assist to collect case stories, best practice documentation, lesson learn; and update and manage that information in project's reports and other knowledge products.
• Contribute to developing and managing knowledge products (knowledge management) such as reports, case studies etc. of the project.
• Assist in developing budgets for projects and ongoing program activities.
• Develop tools and process to monitor and evaluate projects and ongoing program activities, the content of which will inform reporting donor proposal writing.
• Ensure critical policies and compliance documents are in place and in use, including Child Protection Policy, Safeguarding Policy, Code of Conduct etc.
• Leading on the project log-frames and ensuring that adequate budget is available to deliver the M&E activities
• Assisting Project Manager in developing indicator tracking tools to capture quantitative and qualitative data for project performance indicators.
• Work on the Baselines, Mid Term Reviews & End-lines (this includes: writing ToRs and quality control of inception and final reports).
• Ensuring that key M&E findings are recorded at project level and contribute to documentation of results at organisational level.
• Monitoring project progress, following up with stakeholders on the completion or delay of projects phases, scheduling meetings and maintaining projects documents and reports.
• With the support of the Project Manager conduct baseline, midline and endline assessment on aggregators and SMEs and score the data to help understand project impact.
• Support Project Manager to consolidate monthly, quarterly and annual report for output 3 & 4 into an end of project report ready for review, consolidation with output 1&2, and submission to the donor.
• Carry out periodic visit to MSMEs to identify training implementation gaps and consult with the Project Manager for provision of any technical assistance where necessary.
• Participate in the weekly update meetings with the Project Manager and Report all issues/concerns as relates to the implementation of the Project outputs.
• 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:

• Country M&E Advisor (direct report)
• Advisors (Kenya Office and Regional)
• Data analyst (UK office)
• Project Manager
• Wider Programmes Team

External:

• Project Partners

Qualifications, Knowledge, and Experience Required:

• Degree in international development, economics, statistics, or related area.
• Minimum of 3 years experience in international development.
• At least three months training on M&E.
• Experience with monitoring and evaluation systems, emphasis on logframes and Theories of Change.
• Proven M&E management experience in large programmes.
• Experience with data collection in large surveys.
• Experience with data analysing and reporting.
• Experience with latest M&E tools for data collection and reporting.
• Proven experience in training and capacity building in M&E.
• Proven data collection experience in rural settings preferable in Kenya, East and Horn of Africa.
• Excellent report writing skills.
• Experience in USAID systems is an added advantage.
• Excellent ICT skills in data analysis using MS excel.
• Working knowledge of MS Office including MS Word, MS Excel and MS PowerPoint.
• Expertise in designing data collection tools, sampling methodologies.
• Experience of database management (Salesforce preferable).
• Commitment to the vision and values of GSHA.

Preferable:

• Project management experience.
• Impact evaluation experience.
• Household economy assessment experience.
• Experience with data analysing systems such as: SPSS, SAS. STATA.

Key Competence:

• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to work as part of an international team across jurisdictions and cultures.
• Ability to deliver reports in a timely manner.
• Ability to work with minimum supervision.
• Ability to train and mentor others.
• Ability to solve problems and take corrective action.