Technoserve Regional Monitoring and Evaluation Manager Job in Nairobi Kenya

Duma Works is recruiting a Regional Monitoring and Evaluation Manager in Nairobi for Technoserve.

TechnoServe works with enterprising people in the developing world to build competitive farms, businesses and industries.

It’s a non-profit organization that develops business solutions to poverty by linking people to information, capital and markets.

Primary Purpose & Function: The Regional Monitoring and Evaluation Manager will provide overall management of STRYDE’s Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) component across the program’s four geographies: Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda.

The Regional M&E Manager is a key member of the STRYDE regional leadership team and will work closely with the Regional Program Director, Country Program Managers and country level STRYDE M&E staff.

S/he will be responsible for managing the timely implementation of STRYDE M&E activities, ensuring high-quality analysis of monitoring date to enable evidence-based decision-making by program leadership, and continuously improving and refining STRYDE’s M&E systems and processes.

Duties & Responsibilities

1. M&E Systems and Processes

• Utilize the established framework, methodology and procedures for monitoring and evaluating program performance in accordance with the logical framework and donor reporting requirements;
• Adapt and improve STRYDE’s M&E Systems to accommodate changes that occur throughout the project lifecycle;
• Conduct regular field visits to support implementation of M&E activities;
• Manage quality control and identify/implement adaptations to meet the highest quality standards;
• Update existing IT system to allow for regular and ongoing aggregation, analysis and reporting of monitoring data;
• Maintain an M&E calendar for the duration of the program that lays out start and end dates for major M&E deliverable, regular periodic analysis of data to identify and communicate lessons learned, and regular periodic presentation of data and analyses to program management;
• Work with senior program management to integrate M&E data into program planning and decision-making processes;
• Plan and oversee M&E data collection and analyze data to ensure relevance and accuracy on a regular basis;
• Review, monitor and analyze reports for impact evaluation;
• Help identify the cause of potential bottlenecks in implementation;
• Ensure that all M&E processes adhere to corporate, contractual and donor standards;
• Support and develop the production of narrative reports for internal and external consumption;

2. Regional Coordination and personnel management

• Coordinate and manage STRYDE country-level M&E staff, ensuring quality and delivery of work plans and program objectives;
• Regularly brief the Regional Program Director and EA Division Regional M&E Manager on delivery of M&E activities and ensure alignment with implementation;
• Share analyses and trends with program team members to help synchronize program decisionmaking processes with M&E results;
• Provide coaching, direction and leadership support to program team members in achieving results;
• Ensure M&E information is shared and flows transparently within the program team and to other organizational levels as appropriate;
• Ensure that lessons learned in one area of operation are applied elsewhere, as appropriate;
• Create, disseminate and support country-level adaption and use of standard templates and tools for key program deliverables, including but not limited to; key M&E indicators and templates, selection criteria, training materials, country-level work plans and other management and quality assurance tools;
• Work with program staff to identify M&E needs at both regional and country levels and provide training, as appropriate.
• Manage and provide direction for the STRYDE Regional Communications Coordinator and all STRYDE communications.

3. Regional Coordination and personnel management

• Coordinate and manage STRYDE country-level M&E staff, ensuring quality and delivery of work plans and program objectives;
• Regularly brief the Regional Program Director and EA Division Regional M&E Manager on delivery of M&E activities and ensure alignment with implementation;
• Share analyses and trends with program team members to help synchronize program decision making processes with M&E results;
• Provide coaching, direction and leadership support to program team members in achieving results;
• Ensure M&E information is shared and flows transparently within the program team and to other organizational levels as appropriate;
• Ensure that lessons learned in one area of operation are applied elsewhere, as appropriate;
• Create, disseminate and support country-level adaption and use of standard templates and tools for key program deliverables, including but not limited to; key M&E indicators and templates, selection criteria, training materials, country-level work plans and other management and quality assurance tools;
• Work with program staff to identify M&E needs at both regional and country levels and provide training, as appropriate.
• Manage and provide direction for the STRYDE Regional Communications Coordinator and all STRYDE communications.

4. Evaluation of Partners and Sub-contractors:

• Establish and maintain strong working relationships with local partners/contractors in countries of operation;
• Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of partners and sub-contractors;
• Make recommendations to senior program management on the quality of partners’ and sub contractors’ services.
• Oversee and manage the work of partners as related to monitoring, evaluation and learning activities.
• Specific emphasis will be placed on managing the impact evaluation RCT in Tanzania.

 Knowledge and Experience  

• Qualifications in business, economics, statistics or international development- related studies required;
• At least 5 years’ relevant M&E experience of which 2 years are in a management.
• Experience with M&E methods and approaches, including designing, planning and implementing M&E Systems, analyzing and reporting using a logical framework and other strategic planning approaches
• Strong interpersonal and management skills required;
• Excellent oral and written communication skills a must;
• Ability to develop well written, cohesive analyses and reports;
• Strong analytical, program management and financial analysis skills;
• Personnel management experience required;
• International development experience, entrepreneurship skills and experience working with youth training and/or mentorship programs preferred;
• Fluency in English required; Swahili and/or French language skills preferred;
• Willingness and ability to travel internationally and to remote rural locations in East Africa.

Reporting Unit/Supervisor: Regional Program Director

Location: Nairobi, Kenya

Travel (regional and domestic): 40%

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Cover Letter and detailed CV are to be sent by email to apply@dumaworks.com marking the subject as “2666”, Your Full name &  Phone number e.g. 2666 Barack Obama, +2547xxxxxxxx. If you don’t follow these instructions, your application will not go through.

Deadline for receiving applications: 10th February 2017

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