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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.
2. 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.
4. 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
6. 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
Bachelor’s 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.
