Terms of Reference for Monitoring and Evaluation Expert at Kenya Association of Manufacturers

• The WIM Programme aims to grow, challenge, and mentor women-owned industries to scale up and to enhance the abilities of women to take up leadership positions and significant roles in the sector. The Programme targets women entrepreneurs to provide them with networks, skills, and knowledge to access markets, expand their current businesses, and venture into diverse sectors. It further looks at bridging the gaps that make it difficult for our country to realize its industrialization vision and economic goals.

Project Objectives
The WIM Programme is running a one-year project to enhance the competitiveness of Kenyan Women in manufacturing through interventions towards inclusivity and participation at the counties, regional and national levels. The project objectives are:

• To provide county level, regional, national platforms (conferences) to canvas and elevate feminist issues.
• To develop and provide learning materials and other services to advance women issues.
• To celebrate women achievements including enablers and champions for feminist development agenda.
• To strengthen the Women in manufacturing platform to highlight WIM issues in KAM and the industry.

Assignment Scope
KAM seeks a consultant who will conduct the following activities:

• Work closely with the project team and stakeholders to clarify monitoring and evaluation needs and objectives.
• Develop a detailed monitoring and evaluation plan, including clear indicators, data sources, and methodologies.
• Implement baseline assessments and periodic evaluations to measure the impact of e-learning programs on women's empowerment.
• Establish a robust data management system to collect, analyze, and report on project data.
• Provide technical assistance and capacity building to project staff and partners on monitoring and evaluation methodologies.
• Prepare and present timely and accurate reports to project stakeholders, highlighting key findings, trends, and recommendations.

Methodology

• Engage with project team members and stakeholders to understand their monitoring and evaluation needs, ensuring alignment with project objectives. Develop a monitoring and evaluation plan. Conduct baseline assessment and periodic evaluations and endline evaluation of the whole project. Set up a robust data management system to collect, store, analyze, and report project data efficiently. Prepare timely and accurate reports summarizing key findings, trends, and recommendations based on the collected data.

Key Deliverables
Deliverables for this project include:

• Baseline assessment and endline assessment evaluation reports.
• A monitoring plan for the project.
• Tools to monitor the project.
• Progress reports, including qualitative and quantitative data analysis.
• Recommendations for adjustments to project strategies based on monitoring and evaluation findings.

Skills and Competencies

• Five years of experience in monitoring, evaluation and learning of projects.
• Advanced degree in monitoring and evaluation, statistics, or a related field.
• Proven experience in designing and implementing monitoring and evaluation systems for gender-focused projects.
• Familiarity with e-learning programs and their impact on women's empowerment.
• Strong analytical and reporting skills.