Monitoring Evaluation Accountability & Monitoring (MEAL) Officer at World Vision Kenya

Key Responsibilities:

Program Planning

• Together with the Program team and partners, organize and facilitate Strategic/multiyear Plans/designs and budgets for the overall program
• Support the development of annual project plans and budgets.
• Support local partner engagement forums including project beneficiaries.
• Support review and update logframes, M&E Plans, Program indicators and periodic targets and detailed implementation plans.
• Support the development of clear and implementable work break down structure for respective program activities as needed
• Support the finance team to ensure realistic scheduling of program activities and budgets
• Identify and document the program assets and produce a Remote Sensing /GIS activit/program map.

Implementation, Technical Support and Quality Assurance

• Coordinate the successful roll out and implementation of all MEAL related initiatives in the program site of Kwale Counties.
• Disseminate clear business processes for respective MEAL components to ensure consistent application and adherence to standards.
• Develop and support implementation of program MEAL annual calendars
• Ensure that realistic project targets are set a and tracked.
• Organize and conduct project level data quality audits and validation forums.
• Lead the process of capacity assessments and capacity building for staff and for potential local partners.
• Ensure that respective staff and WVK implementing partners are provided with requisite MEAL technical support to perform.
• Coordinate effective implementation of project Activities in collaboration with key partners and the MEAL Coordinator at the secretariat.
• Coordinate and facilitate timely review and sharing of all program documents; plans/designs and reports.

Monitoring, Reporting and Accountability

• Support the implementation of a digital data collection and beneficiary tracking system and database
• support the design of a monitoring framework to track delivery against program targets/objectives.
• Support the development and dissemination of data collection tools.
• Coordinate field level monitoring of WVK activities and its implementing partners.
• Coordinate, participate and report on technical field monitoring visits.
• Ensure timely data collection, collating, & analyzing, synthesizing information, updating the monitoring matrix and other monitoring systems are in place.
• Ensure timely dissemination of monitoring data to key stakeholders for management decision making.
• Support remote sensing and GIS Mapping of Program initiatives
• support the appropriate use of information management systems in compliance with WV Kenya, GoK, and donor and in line with partnership agreements.
• Coordinate the compilation and submission of program management reports as per WV standards and donor requirements.
• Support establishment of accountability mechanisms for the program to enhance information sharing, complaints management and timely feedback flow

Research, Learning and Knowledge Management

• Support periodic reviews/evaluations of the program interventions using appropriate methodologies (such as LQAs) to determine achievements
• Ensure that the program assessments, feasibility studies and or characterization processes are conducted in a timely manner and quality reports are produced as per standard.
• Coordinate inter-county exchange meetings on MEAL for lessons learnt and upscale to regional and secretariat level intervention
• Facilitate effective project level knowledge management (KM) mechanisms including documentation and sharing of innovative/promising/best practices or lessons learned and impacts.
• Organize and conduct learning forums/events at regular points to facilitate learning by thepartners
• Facilitate ongoing and collaborative learning within WVK and partners based on key data from the performance management system.

Other

• Perform any other duties as may be assigned by the supervisor or designee from time to time;
• Participate and contribute in committees and task forces as appropriate

KNOWLEDGE/QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE ROLE

• The holder of this position must have a Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences, Sociology, Economics/statistics, or equivalent degree in a relevant field;
• At least 5 years professional experience in Project/ Programme design implementation, M&E and learning cycles
• Results orientated person able to manage and satisfy multiple and at times conflicting organizational, donor and other stakeholder demands;
• Experience in the execution of development cooperation projects and consortiums
• Ability to build capacity of staff on relevant technical fields;
• Ability to take initiative, solve complex problems, exercise independent judgment;
• Ability to work with minimum supervision;
• A team player, capable of building staff and partners in climate change and natural resource management 
• Cross-cultural sensitivity, and emotional maturity