Skills for Causes Ltd
Closing date: 26 Jul 2009Location: Kenya
Our Client is a rapidly growing foundation with a mission to improve the lives of children living in poverty in developing countries
Background:
The Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) function is core to our client’s vision. The Manager, M&E will have an opportunity to influence M&E methodology and investment strategy at an early stage in a new and fast-growing organisation.
The role’s main objective is to ensure that funded programmes are effectively able to analyse and report performance in a timely manner and demonstrate impact consistent with our client’s vision.
The M&E Manager will work closely with the investments and portfolio management teams to develop clear M&E frameworks that allow effective programme management and performance reporting. The M&E Manager will ensure that those frameworks are effectively implemented by both the implementation partners and any external organisations and consultants that are used for M&E purposes.
Based in Nairobi, this position involves significant travel to London headquarters, and to the programme implementation sites in order to work closely with the team and partners to monitor the quality of the programmes’ M&E components.
Responsibilities
- Ensuring that our client’s investments maintain a high quality M&E system that will guide the organisation in demonstrating impact on children’s well-being.
- Supporting the organisation with reliable and comprehensive analysis of the impact of programmes on the well-being of its beneficiaries
.- Developing a range of approaches to monitor and evaluate impact of investments on children within the impact areas indicated above.
- Working closely with the Investments function to ensure that the M&E component of investments is well defined, uses the most effective and efficient approach to demonstrate impact, and is effectively resourced by partners or externally.
- Sourcing, hiring and managing external evaluation and operational research organisations to help support field staff in effectively monitoring and evaluating programmes.
- Working closely with field staff to ensure that the data being collected is of good quality and is used to enhance programme implementation.
- Representing our client in the field and managing relationships with implementation and evaluation partners (organizations and consultants) in a sensitive, supportive and pragmatic way.
- Supporting dissemination activities where findings from investments are used to influence regional and global policy and practice
.- Ensuring that the organisation stays current with best practice in M&E modalities and developments within its portfolio areas.
- Keeping the Director, M&E informed of major issues, developments and achievements in the M&E of our client’s programmes.
Person specification:
- Have a blend of private sector management and international development experience.- Proven expertise in one of our client’s portfolio areas: education, nutrition or health in a developing region.
Field experience in Africa is highly desirable.- Field experience of applying rigorous methodology and M&E in a development context. - Has supervised a multi-region or multi-country set of development programmes.- Be very oriented toward outcomes. - Excellent quantitative and qualitative analytical skills.- Approach situations strategically, methodically and with a high degree of rigor.- Possess strong interpersonal and communication skills and work well as a team player.
- Excellent relationship building and relationship management abilities.- Be open to learning.- Be entrepreneurial and able to adapt to a small start-up organization mindset.-
Be high energy and a self-starter.- Masters or PhD level qualification.- Be willing to travel extensively.- Knowledge of Sub-Saharan Africa is highly valued.
How to apply
To apply please send in an updated CV and covering letter explaining how your background and experience match what is being requested in the job description and send to: applications@skillsforcauses.com
Closing date: 26 July 09. Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis
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