The Center for Research in Environment Kenya (CREEK) is a social and environmental enterprise and specializes in research, training and capacity building for equitable management of natural resources and improved livelihoods. CREEK has worked with communities, government and other global development partners to eradicate poverty induced environmental degradation with a history rooted in participatory, sustainable and community driven projects. CREEK has recently received a funding from Act under the Changieni Rasilimali Facility to implement its activities in Tharaka Nithii County. To support the implementation of this programme and to achieve its objectives, CREEK Kenya seeks to recruit motivated, hardworking and experienced individuals to fill the following positions on a short term engagement;
Location: Chuka, with regular field travel
Duration: Five (5) Months with a possibility of extension
Purpose of the Role: Responsible for monitoring and ensuring high quality and timely inputs, and for ensuring that the project maintains its strategic vision and that its activities result in the achievement of its intended outputs in a cost effective and timely manner.Will be in charge of the overall implementation of the M&E framework as designed for the project activities under the guidance of the PM.Will support the designing of program M&E tools for data collection, verification, and management and reporting as well as data audits in the lifetime of the project.With support of the PM, develop and implement a monitoring and evaluation strategy for the CREEK project activities.Assist Project Manager to develop systematic and realistic monitoring plans that capture quantitative and qualitative data to report on project performance indicators.Coordinate the designing and implementation of baseline survey, follow-up on monitoring and evaluation exercises for various activities.Monitor all project activities and document progress towards achieving project outputs and results.Conduct quality checks on produced cook stoves and solar lanterns and ensure all relevant data are captured as predetermined.Monitor adoption of project technologies like improved cook stoves and solar PVs and report the same.Adhere to the monitoring and evaluation methods and principles and report writing techniques and requirements as determined by the board of directors.Develop program and operational reporting templates that facilitate data capture and understandingMonitor and evaluate overall progress on achievement of results as well as the sustainability of the project results;Will also be providing suggestions and strategies to the Project Management for improving the efficiency and effectiveness of projects by identifying bottlenecks in completing project activities and developing plans to minimize or eliminate them;Minimum Qualifications & ExperienceBachelor’s Degree in a relevant field, with a demonstrated experience in Participatory Learning and Evaluation.At least 1 year relevant experience in community based project monitoring and evaluation.Prior experience in mobile data collection and monitoring of cook stove projects will be preferred.MUST have a high proficiency in the use of computerStrong training & facilitation and mobilization skills.Ability to initiate and manage change and to recognize and adjust to rapidly changing conditions ;Strong communication and presentation skills including ability to write reports;High level interpersonal and cross-cultural skills including ability to build alliances and collaborative relationships with sensitivity to diversity.Ability to maintain high standards of integrity; establish straightforward, productive relationships;Must have strong quantitative and analytical skills, verbal skills and ability to communicate technical information clearly and effectively to both technical and non-technical colleagues.Ability to demonstrate understanding of monitoring in community natural resource base and cross cutting policies.Assist with other project duties as assigned by the Project Manager.All applicants are thereby requested to submit their cover letters and CV in MS Word (compatibility mode) or PDF formats. Any certificate should NOT be attached at this stage rather will be required at the interview stage. The cover letter should state your current salary or expected salary and clearly stating the position you are applying for.
All application to be addressed to Technical Director, CREEK Kenya through the email address; creek.kenya@yahoo.com by 16th September, 2014. Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted and any applications that do not follow instructions will not be considered.
CREEK Kenya is an equal opportunity employer
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