NGO Jobs in Kenya. M & E Officer

M & E Officer  Jobs at Food for the Hungry, Kenya
Department:Administration
Location:Marsabit
Reports To:M & E Manager
Closing date: 8th June, 2015
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.”

M & E Officer Job Purpose

• To support programs in FH Kenya through the development, implementation and monitoring of a sound M&E frame work.

Essential Tasks & Responsibilities
Key result # 1 – Monitoring and evaluation needs assessment

• Determine information needs of project management, implementing partners and primary stakeholders, and funding agencies.
• Identify and design performance questions, key indicators and targets for each project component.
• Review the relevance of existing social and economic data for the project area.
• Create the TOR, designing and costing out a baseline survey and a needs assessment survey (as appropriate);
• Review existing M&E and management information systems of each project and identify needs for support.

Key result # 2 – Data management and reporting

• 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.
• 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
• Support staffs to comply with set M&E systems and ensure timely update of M&E software.

Key result # 3: M&E information sharing

• Guide and supervise organizations/individuals that are sub-contracted to implement special surveys or studies required for evaluating project effects and impacts.
• Provide training on M&E and facilitate M&E design and implementation processes with implementing partners and primary stakeholders.
• Provide support to implement the M&E plan, revise and update performance questions, indicators, methods, formats and analytical processes.
• Verify performance information provided by program teams to ensure accuracy
• 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

• Strengthen the capacity of project implementing staff on M&E.
• Assess the capacity of communities in implementation of M&E activities
• Strengthen the capacity of local implementing committees and partners on Participatory Monitoring and evaluation.

Qualifications for M & E Officer Jobs in Kenya

• 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 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.
• Proficiency in statistical computer packages e.g. SPSS, STATA, EPI-INFO etc. a MUST

Education and Experience

• Bachelors degree (or its equivalent) – 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, (This is a must) updated CV with three referees and day telephone contacts, not later than 8th June 2015 to:
Human Resources Manager,
P.O Box 14978 – 00800
Nairobi
or email address hr-fhkenya@fh.org
NB Please note that this is a very urgent position and shortlisting will be done as CVs are received. Kindly also note that only the shortlisted candidates will be contacted.