Job Title: Regional Monitoring and Evaluation Manager
Organisation: Danya International
Location: Nairobi
Summary Scope of Work: The Regional Monitoring and
Evaluation (M&E) Manager will support the Regional M&E Advisor to
provide technical leadership and implementation oversight for all of Danya’s
monitoring and evaluation initiatives in the region.
The position will be responsible for providing technical
assistance to USG agencies, USG partners, and national government partners,
designing and leading high impact M&E strategies and implementations.
Responsibilities:
- Responsible
for leading M&E technical approach across multiple projects
- Represent
Danya before stakeholders and oversee implementation of activities
throughout the Africa region
- Contribute
to annual work planning
- Establish
and maintain a productive relationships with key stakeholders, including
government officials, NGOs, project staff and community groups for smooth
implementation
- Work
collaboratively with other project team members to ensure necessary
program planning, development, resource availability and management
activities function smoothly and efficiently
- Work
collaboratively with project staff and US-based headquarters staff to
assure proper financial projections, reporting, spending and compliance
with project terms and conditions.
- Contribute
to ensure projects meets set targets
- Promote
and support the dissemination of best practices among the project teams
- Contribute
to timely, accurate and appropriate reporting of program activities and
results to the donor, including progress reports, and annual reports
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Relevant
bachelor degree with Master’s or PhD level training in public health or
agriculture preferred
- A
minimum of 6+ years of senior level experience in designing and
implementing M&E strategies
- Excellent
oral and written communication skills, including the ability to present
materials in meetings, at conferences and to write project documents
(including research and evaluation design plans, logic models, data
collection and data analysis plans, and final reports) and proposals with
minimal revisions from the supervisor.
- Knowledge
of research and evaluation (process, outcome, impact) concepts and
principles, and the ability to apply them during the implementation of
project tasks; ability to design large evaluation and health communication
or food security studies and product development plans.
- Data
collection (key stakeholder interviews, focus groups, surveys, and
secondary data analysis techniques), data management, and data analysis
skills, experience with SPSS and good working knowledge of SAS and Nud*ist
a plus.
- Demonstrated
experience providing training and technical assistance to public health or
food security projects of over $1,000,000 US per year in developing
countries
- Experience
developing successful, replicable and sustainable projects
- Expertise
in research to practice – identifying best practices and adapting them to
program realities
- Solid
publication record in area of M&E
- A team
player accustomed to building team capacity, delegating working teams, and
developing communities of learning among host country partners and
counterparts
- Excellent
interpersonal, writing, and oral presentation skills
- Strong
change management, results oriented and decision making skills
- Ability
to work in a complex environment with multiple tasks, short deadlines and
intense pressure to perform
- Fluency
in English
- Experience
and understanding of Global Health Initiative or Feed the Future
frameworks
- Ability
to travel nationally and internationally
How to Apply
Interested applicants please email CV together with a
covering letter which explains how you meet the criteria in this job
description to: recruitmentafrica@DANYA.com with copy to lwoldu@danya.com
Important: Please entitle your email subject line with: Your
name, position title and save letter together with CV in one attached file.
Closing Date 5th January 2014
