Jobs at Trade Mark East Africa

Roles and responsibilities
Monitoring and Reporting

• Support the updating of the overarching TMEA results framework (regional and country–level) to
• reflect the achievements of TMEA.
• Support the preparations for the Annual Review, ensuring output self–assessment forms are
• completed to a high quality by programme teams.
• Support programme/project leaders to develop comprehensive results chains and monitoring plans
• for the projects which they support.
• Ensure that data is available to regularly report on projects’ progress against the indicators
• contained in project monitoring plans.
• Provide first level quality assurance processes for project documentation in MIS including work
• plans, monitoring plans and risk plans.
• Support implementation teams to demonstrate progress through the review and quality assurance
• of regular project progress reports.
• Oversee the analysis, verification and management of data to report project/programme level
• results using MIS (and TRIMS when it goes live).
• Support the production of TMEA’s bi–annual corporate reports which update TMEA’s Board on the
• organisation’s progress against targets.
• Review project close–out reports and feedback to teams on areas for improvement.
• Data Collection
• Work with programme/project leaders to identify data needs and develop appropriate data
• collection and analysis, tools and processes for data collection, e.g. project baselines and endlines.
• Support programme/project leaders to develop and execute data collection and management
• plans, including support in drafting terms of reference and ensuring appropriate budget has been
• allocated.
• Support programme/project leaders to manage the data collection process including quality
• assurance of final deliverables.

Academic and professional qualifications

• A bachelor’s degree preferably in international development; social sciences; political science;
• economics; public or business administration/management OR
• A post-graduate degree preferably in international development; social sciences; political science;
• economics; public or business administration/management.
• Professional training in monitoring and evaluation is essential.

Work experience

• At least five years (or three years with a post-graduate degree) relevant experience in supporting
• development organisations in East Africa in the design and implementation of M&E systems. This could
• have been gained within a M&E unit or within wider programme management. The role holder will also
• be expected to demonstrate proficiency in:
• Designing monitoring plans, results chains and results frameworks.
• Project and programme reporting.
• Project management and administration.

Technical skills and behavioural competencies

• Demonstrated skills in quantitative and qualitative data collection, analysis and quality assurance.
• Knowledge of different MEL approaches and methods, their strengths and weaknesses.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Experience in data collection/survey administration, data analysis, and use of results
• management information systems to aid monitoring of projects.
• Excellent team–working and inter–personal skills with the ability to build good working
• relationships.
• Ability to work with minimum supervision.
• Strong planning and organising skills, ability to prioritise and pay attention to detail.
• Positive attitude with a drive to succeed and overcome setbacks.