Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) Officer at FIDA

Job Summary:

• Under the guidance and supervision of the Deputy Executive Director, the M&E Officer will be responsible for designing and overseeing all Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) activities, including ensuring full compliance with donor requirements, leading the program team in defining outcome indicators, developing data collection tools and methodologies, and conduct program assessments and evaluation activities.
• The post holder will ensure the M&E component is well integrated at the program's planning stages and regularly monitor project activities to ensure the desired impact.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Facilitate, design, and conduct data collection and monitoring exercises regularly to support the monitoring, evaluation, adaptation and learning (MEAL) and reporting of FIDA-Kenya programs using primary or secondary data sources, including regular field visits.
• Undertake and facilitate the implementation of the MEAL Plan, regularly revising and updating performance questions, indicators, methods, and formats.
• Coordinate and ensure quality of baseline, mid-term, and end-term evaluation of all projects.
• Develop data quality assurance processes to ensure validity, timeliness, proper analysis and reporting of all data collected through FIDA-Kenya’s GBV toll-free line.
• Develop and keep track of a FIDA-Kenya clients database to ensure proper documentation of the long-term results of FIDA-Kenya’s program interventions.
• During proposal development, ensure the accuracy of the programme's planning tools, including work plans and log frames.
• Promote a results-based approach to M&E, emphasizing results and impacts.
• Lead, prepare and support the programme team in producing consolidated quarterly, bi-annual and annual progress reports in accordance with approved deadlines and reporting formats.
• Monitor development and implementation of program activities included in the annual work plan, focusing on results, impacts, documenting of success stories and lesson learning.
• Conduct regular monitoring and evaluations of FIDA-Kenya’s implementing partners, including Community-Based
• Organizations (CBOs), Women's Rights Organizations (WROs), Male Champions, Paralegals, and other Service providers’ performance and delivery.
• Identify best practices and develop case studies to capture and promote qualitative results of FIDA-Kenya programs.
• Ensure timely submission of quality internal and external narrative reports.
• Identify problems with the M&E system and modify the system as necessary.
• Ensure that staff are receiving adequate support to be able to implement their M&E functions.
• Create a knowledge management strategy and framework.
• Organize and provide staff with refresher training in M&E.
• Any other duties assigned by the supervisor from time to time.

Minimum Qualifications and Attributes:

• Bachelor's degree in Social Sciences, Information Sciences, Project Management, Research or Statistics.
• Must have a minimum of FIVE years of experience in a monitoring and evaluation role, preferably in the NGO sector.
• Demonstrable experience using various quantitative methodologies for data analysis, including analyses using statistical tools such as Ms. Excel, Google Sheets, SPSS, or STAT.
• Experience in conducting program evaluations, including designing data collection tools/instruments, data visualization
• and presentation, and successfully drafting M&E technical reports.
• Proven experience in performance measurement, including indicator selection, target setting, and developing M&E and performance monitoring plans.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English and Swahili.
• Ability to frequently travel across the country for data collection and monitoring exercises.