M & E Coordinator

Plan Plan is an international humanitarian child centered community development organization, without religious, political or government affiliation. Plan is committed to protecting and promoting child rights, and to improving the lives and futures of poor children, their families and communities through a child-centered community development approach. Closing date: 06 Jan 2011
Location: Kenya - Kilfi
- Facilitate development of PU’s participatory monitoring and evaluation systems.
- Support operationalization of programs / projects at PU level.
- Train staff and communities in basic M&E processes (gathering data analyse and decision making).
- Institutionalisation of corporate monitoring and evaluation tools at PU level.
- Provide measurement and assessment of performance in order to effectively manage outcomes and outputs of results.
- Enhance organizational and development learning through participatory processes.
- Documentation/sharing of successes (best practices) and failures on a regular basis.
- Participate in development of yearly program budgets and project operational plans.
- Facilitate the establishment, maintenance and usage of resource databank at Community Based Organization level.
- Facilitate community based information sharing and dissemination systems for evaluation and other special studies.
- Facilitate CBO capacity enhancement.
- Enhance children participation in planning, program design, monitoring and evaluation.
- Participate in program development

QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

- A Bachelors Degree in Development Studies or equivalent from a recognized university
- At least 3 years practical work experience in monitoring & evaluation
- Experience in Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation processes
- Proven understanding of programming concepts and Human Rights Approaches to Development
- Demonstrated skills computer skills and use of statistical packages(SPPSS, EPI info)
- Analytical, negotiation, facilitation and influencing skills
- Ability to work in a multi-disciplinary and multicultural environment and communities at all levels.
- Innovative and independent thinker.

If you meet the requirements for any of the above position and would like to be a part of it in our commitment to children, please send a detailed and updated curriculum vitae, current remuneration and contacts of three professional references, including your current/latest line to the “jobs.plankenya@plan-international.org” to be received latest by 6th January, 2011. Your email should bear the title “M & E Coordinator- Kilifi” as the subject.

We regret that only short listed candidates will be contacted

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