Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Advisor - USAID Kenya Youth Empowerment Activity at QED Solutions Limited

This will be a five-year project based on Nairobi, Kenya, and is contingent upon award.

Kenyan Nationals are highly encouraged to apply. 

Responsibilities

The Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Advisor will be responsible for:

• Design and oversee performance and impact evaluations, cross-sector evaluations, whole-of-project evaluations for programming across USAID/Kenya’s Youth programming portfolio
• Design and oversee quality, development and completion of all assessments, analytical reports and evaluations
• Develop M&E plans, define project indicators, and collect and review monitoring data and contribute to performance and impact evaluations through questionnaire development
• Oversee monitoring and evaluation, analyses, and assessments throughout the life of the project, including the data quality assessments, participatory data collection methods and protocols, and data quality verification techniques
• Design, quality development and production of all data quality assessment reports, assist in the production of evaluations reports and any assessments, population-based surveys and studies including the testing of the development hypotheses
• Interpret outcomes of implementation through data or other evidenced-based sources and provide program recommendations as needed
• Assist in the management of field monitoring, evaluation design, empirical and statistical analysis, environmental compliance, and management of information systems
• Design of the evaluation methodology and participatory data collection methods and protocols for both performance and impact evaluations
• Support the maintenance of the Mission's PMP and the development, maintenance as well as quality control of implementing partners' M&E Plans and outputs

Qualifications

• A graduate degree in a relevant field, such as education, international development, non-profit management, with focus on evaluation methodologies OR a Bachelor’s degree and two years of work experience (in addition to the five years of experience required below)
• Five years of relevant experience in designing and implementing M&E and learning systems, preferably within education, livelihoods, or private sector development programs in Kenya or similar country contexts
• Experience in relevant technical areas, such as survey and research tool design, data collection, statistical analysis, qualitative research, and dissemination of results
• Experience in international development and program management, with substantive work in designing and implementing M&E and learning systems, preferably within education, livelihoods, or private sector development programs in Kenya or similar country contexts, preferably on a USAID project
• Demonstrated experience with working and facilitating partnership approaches at the community level, understanding of, and commitment to positive youth development and gender equality approaches and strategies around livelihoods and well-being, particularly for adolescent girls and young women
• Technical experience in education development and research and a strong understanding of higher education institutions and community development
• Demonstrated commitment to collaborating, learning, and adaptive management
• Strong understanding of multi-sectoral development theory and thorough working knowledge of USG operations, regulations, policies, procedures and programs desirable
• Strong understanding of the Kenyan context preferred
• Required fluency in written and spoken English and Kiswahili; fluency in other Kenyan languages preferred