M&E Officer

Accountabilities:Under the direct supervision of the Project Coordinator, the M&E Officer will be responsible for the following duties:Major Duties and Responsibilities:Lead the field-based implementation of an M&E strategy for the ARP Loima programme that reflects the result based management approach.Oversee the implementation of monitoring and evaluation systems, including a database, analysis of data and ensuring that findings are fed back into programme.Work with project staff to maintain quality assurances of data collected; ensure that data is collected and entered into database on a regular basis;Review and revise tools for data collection in conjunction with Trocaire staff.Participate in the secondary analysis of existing data, routinely collected data, and data collected from key informant interviews with community members and beneficiaries, representatives within the civil society and the government sector, and focus group discussions.Compile and validate monitoring data, including HEA data, on a regular basis for senior management.Contribute to the development of tools to ensure upward and downward accountability across the ARP Loima project and ensure beneficiary participation in these processes.Where relevant ensure that complaints and feedback mechanisms are in place and functional to ensure timely feedback is given to the beneficiaries and is properly documented.Ensure M&E and other learning documents are filed in hard and soft copies.Assist in the establishment and maintenance of mechanisms for capturing, analyzing, reporting, sharing and applying M&E findings, information, lessons learned, and best practices.Ensure learning across the ARP Loima programme and that this learning is documented, shared through articles/ websites and other forms of media among staff and partners.Facilitate cross-fertilisation of good practices between DoL and Trócaire and with other organisations. Participate actively in team and programme meetings.At least 2 years relevant professional M&E experienceDemonstrated M&E field experience; skilled in collecting, synthesizing and analyzing data to meet both organisational and donor priorities.Experience developing SMART indicators and M&E systems that capture impactUnderstanding of donor expectations and trends for M&E.Experience of working closely and in participation with local communities in the development and implementation of M&E systemsExperience producing timely, detailed, accurate and informative reports to meet organisational and donor requirementsDemonstrated ability to transfer knowledge to diverse audiences through training, mentoring, and other formal and non-formal methods.Degree in Project Management, Development Studies and/or any other related disciplineSkilled in MS Office including Word, Excel and PowerPointAbility to manage heavy workloads, to multi-task and to meet deadlinesAbility to work both independently and in a team.Fluent written and spoken English, Kiswahili and Ng’aturkanaExcellent interpersonal and communication skills, both written and oralDynamic and willing to take initiative
Candidates meeting the above qualifications are required to submit a covering letter quoting Vacancy Announcement DOL/VA/02/2014with their updated Curriculum Vitae, copies of certificates and name, title and e-mail address of three referees. All documents should be sent in an envelope which must be marked: