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Title: Monitoring and
Evaluation Specialist
Act Change Transform (Act!) is a Kenyan
NGO that was registered in September 2001 as Pact Kenya. It rebranded in
September 2011 to become a fully autonomous Kenyan NGO. Act!s mission is to
enable citizens and communities in Kenya and neighboring countries to live a
life of dignity by strengthening individuals and organizations to be effective
agents of positive change, transforming development practices of Civil Society
and leading by example, demonstrating effectiveness and efficiency in the way
we do business. Act! focuses on four thematic platforms: Democracy and Human
Rights, Environment and Natural Resource Management, Peace Building and
Conflict Transformation and Livelihood Enhancement.
Monitoring and
Evaluation Specialist:
Reporting technically to AIIM-Assist
Chief of Party ACT!’s and administratively to Act!’s Head of Capacity
Development and Quality Assurance (CD & QA), the M&E specialist will
coordinate and ensure USAID AIIM regional partner organizations realize their
results and impact according to the project stated goals and objectives. This will
include ensuring that described M&E requirements are developed and
implemented in a timely fashion while represents the views of AIIM and USAID
Feed the Future East Africa’s Multi-year Strategy for year 2011-2016.
Qualifications,
Experience and Skills:
The minimum required academic and
professional skills for the jobholder to perform successfully in their job are:
· Masters of Science or other higher
degree in a Monitoring and Evaluation, Project management or relevant subject
area with at least 3 years of relevant experience in project/programme
monitoring and evaluation; or
· Bachelors degree in project
management, research development or monitoring and evaluation with 10 – 12
years of relevant work experience
· Experience in PMP, logical framework
approach and other strategic planning approaches
· Experience in M&E methods and
approaches (including quantitative, qualitative and participatory)
· Hands on experience
in planning and implementation of M&E and MIS/complex database systems
· Prior experience in
monitoring and evaluation of programmes under agriculture, food and nutrition
especially in East Africa region
· Training in M&E development and
implementation
How to apply:
Applicants will be required to submit
(1) a detailed and current CV; (2) an application cover letter demonstrating
why they qualify for this opportunity. If you meet these requirements, please
submit your application electronically to hr.admin@act.or.ke quoting the reference number
(ACT/MES/002/2013). The full job description can be accessed through www.act.or.ke . Only candidates short-listed for
interview will be contacted.
