M & E Officer
Job Title: M & E Officer
Department: Administration
Location: Marsabit
Reports To: M & E Manager
Closing date: 1st August 2014
MISSION STATEMENT
Motivated
by Christ's love, this position plays a key role in promoting the wholistic
ministry of Food for the Hungry (FH) through the framework of the
organization’s vision, “God called and we responded until physical and spiritual
hungers ended worldwide.” In order to accomplish this vision, FH’s mission is
to “walk with churches leaders and families in overcoming all forms of human
poverty by living in healthy relationship with God and His creation.”
PURPOSE OF THE JOB
To
support programs in FH Kenya through the development, implementation and
monitoring of a sound M&E frame work.
ESSENTIAL TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Key result # 1 – Monitoring and evaluation needs assessment
1.
Determine
information needs of project management, implementing partners and primary stakeholders,
and funding agencies.
2.
Identify
and design performance questions, key indicators and targets for each project
component.
3.
Review
the relevance of existing social and economic data for the project area.
4.
Create
the TOR, designing and costing out a baseline survey and a needs assessment
survey (as appropriate);
5.
Review
existing M&E and management information systems of each project and
identify needs for support.
Key result # 2 - Data management
and reporting
1.
Collect,
compile and analyze data and reports and create consolidated progress reports.
- Support establishment of data collection systems within programs when requested/review existing data collection tools on regular basis.
3.
Review
monitoring reports and assess interim impacts and causes of potential
bottlenecks in implementation.
- Support teams review and reflect on project implementation processes to enhance learning and replication of best practices
5.
Support staffs
to comply with set M&E systems and ensure timely update of M&E
software.
Key result # 3: M&E information sharing
1.
Guide and
supervise organizations/individuals that are sub-contracted to implement
special surveys or studies required for evaluating project effects and impacts.
2.
Provide
training on M&E and facilitate M&E design and implementation processes
with implementing partners and primary stakeholders.
3.
Provide
support to implement the M&E plan, revise and update performance questions,
indicators, methods, formats and analytical processes.
4.
Verify
performance information provided by program teams to ensure accuracy
5.
Enhance
community M&E mechanisms/structures through participatory processes
- Follow up on project quality implementation through regular project field visits
Key result
# 4: Capacity strengthening of communities and staff on
M&E
1.
Strengthen
the capacity of project implementing staff on M&E.
2.
Assess the
capacity of communities in implementation of M&E activities
3.
Strengthen
the capacity of local implementing committees and partners on Participatory
Monitoring and evaluation.
QUALIFICATIONS
·
A strong
Christian committed to serving the poor.
·
Experience
in community participatory methodologies such as PRA, PUA, Rapid Appraisals,
Barrier analysis Gender analysis etc.
·
Strong
facilitation skills
·
Strong
analytical and report writing skills
·
Good
understanding of project planning, implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation processes.
·
Good
contextual knowledge of local issues, community priorities, organizational
relationships, social and cultural constraints and realities, and environmental
condition.
·
knowledge
of statistical computer packages e.g. SPSS, EPI-INFO etc.
·
Knowledge
on GIS is an added advantage and excellent written, verbal and presentation
communication skills.
·
Proficient
in MS Office Suite and highly organized and able to multitask.
EDUCATION AND
EXPERIENCE
Bachelors degree – in Social Science,
Statistics, project management, community development or a related field, and
at least three years experience in an NGO set up
Interested and qualified
candidates should send their applications, details of current salary, updated
CV with three referees and day telephone
contacts, not later than 1st August 2014 to: Human Resources
Manager, P.O Box 14978 - 00800 Nairobi or email address hr_fhkenya@fh.org.
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