Assistant Monitoring & Evaluation Officer.

I Choose Life-Africa (ICL) is an NGO which carries out HIV and AIDS prevention, care and support intervention among students in institutions of Higher learning.

The Assistant M&E Officer will provide support to the assigned program, directly overseeing and implementing all M&E systems using planning, monitoring and controlling processes. The Assistant M&E Officer will in consultation with the program use data to develop new ideas for research based or project
expansion. He/ She will be involved in competitive proposal development and concept development for programming and research. The specific tasks of the officer include the following:

Plan projects in consolidation with the PM in order to accomplish its goals within constraints such as time, cost and agreed quality standards
Schedule tasks, deadlines and milestones for all stakeholders and resources
Create Program and departmental work plans
Create detailed chart of milestones for all program Outputs
Develop and maintain relevant database of data and serve as a hub of data that may be required by the engaged Auditors and or other stakeholders
Evaluation, Reporting & capacity building: Specific Duties and ResponsibilitiesGeneral Monitoring and Evaluation on assigned projects
Participate in the Design, data collection and analysis of surveys and routine data
Support end of Project Evaluation focusing on M&E aspect of projects close out
Participate in innovative and standardized research
Spearhead and coordinate the development and timely submission of monthly reports for the donor, as well as other required reports by synthesizing the project activity reports from all the project activities.
Track progress of Project implementation and make recommendation to the Management
Synthesize, analyze data and write summary reports by program based on the M&E results and provide a monthly M&E report to the project manager
In accordance with donor requirements, create or maintain procedures for capturing and publishing monthly, quarterly, and annual project reports
Ensure evaluations of trainings and outreach activities are conducted and reports written and submitted to the Project Manager and the relevant persons
Participate in the training of Healthy Choices facilitators and Family Matters Programs
To work closely with M & E colleagues to design activities to strengthen the capacity of ICL staff in Project M&E methodologies through provision of technical support e.g. skills assessment, training and appraisals. Hence, the M& E Officer will be expected to conduct internal capacity-building programs for ICL staff on Monitoring & Evaluation.
Execute M&E activities included in the Annual Work Plan, with particular focus on results and impacts as well as in lesson learning.
Grant proposal writing
Work with the Program team to estimate costs & budgets Obtain, discuss and follow-through with feedback from Head office and partners
Work with head office and Partners to keep project focused within scope
Ensure Partners’ expectations are met and exceeded in terms of quality of product and service delivered. Required Qualifications, Competencies and SkillsBachelors Degree in Statistics, or other related fields
Minimum two (2) years experience with participatory monitoring and evaluation which may include designing and conducting survey exercises, data collection (key stakeholder interviews, focus groups, surveys, and secondary data analysis techniques), and data management
Experience in donor-funded projects
Demonstrable experience in performing statistical analysis and interpreting results correctly
Excellent command of computers and statistical software, especially experience with MS Access and SPSS or STATA. Ability to manipulate large data sets.
Ability to work independently and to take initiative
Service-oriented attitude towards work-- providing positive and timely feedback to colleagues and staff of partner institutions
Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English, including the ability to present materials in meetings and at conferences and to write project documents (including evaluation design plans, results frameworks, data collection and data analysis plans, and progress reports)

If you feel you are the right candidate, please send your CV and cover letter quoting your current and expected salary to hr@ichooselife.or.ke to reach us on or before 25th July, 2011 .The subject line of your application should be ‘Assistant Monitoring and Evaluation Officer’ only.