Monitoring and Evaluation Lead Job in Kenya

Vacancy: Monitoring and Evaluation Lead

The Organisation: Our

client is a highly reputable global firm that offers bespoke management

consulting support to leading organisations seeking to enhance business

performance.
 

The Project: The organisation seeks to

implement a donor funded 6 year programme, whose core objective is to

provide Sustainable Urban Economic Development (SUED) in Small and

Medium Towns (SMTs) in Kenya. 

The program is anchored on three key pillars:
 

 

a)

Improved urban economic planning at the County level: comprising

demand-led technical assistance to both County governments / Private

Sector actors to maximise sustainable, private sector-led urban growth;
 

b)

Improved sub-national business environment reforms to improve

County-level investment climate constraints for private-sector led urban

growth and develop pro-poor market development strategies;
 

c)

Establishment of an Urban Investment Advisory Facility (UIAF) to

support public-private investment in Infrastructure and high potential

value chains.
 

The Positions: To successfully deliver

on this programme, our client seeks to setup a high calibre Project

Management Unit, where team members are best fit by position, with the

right skills set and a balanced mix of local and international talent.
 

Monitoring and Evaluation Lead

Ref: FLSUED02
 

Role Purpose: The Monitoring and Evaluation lead will be responsible for developing the Performance
Monitoring and Evaluation Plan (PMEP), and qualitative and quantitative measurement tools
 

Key Responsibilities:

• Define the detailed responsibilities of the Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) unit


• Establish a detailed design of the M&E system with key indicators, milestones etc.


• Outline the management information system, define reporting requirements


• Ensure that the M&E system is based on a learning orientation and is focused around the needs of the decision-makers to manage for impact


• Ensure that M&E activities are appropriate and take account of the evolution of the project and of stakeholders’ needs and capacities

Desired Competencies and Experience

• A Bachelor’s degree in a relevant area.


• A minimum of 6 years of professional experience in developing and implementing M&E systems in similar development projects, experience of M&E with development partners – experience working with DFID funded project is an added advantage.


• Proven experience designing and implementing M&E tools, facilitating learning oriented analysis sessions of M&EL data with multiple stakeholders, analysis of large amounts of data, and report writing


• Proven experience working at county level, strengthening local organisations and building local capacities


• Excellent communications and people skills


• Demonstrated willingness to be flexible and adaptable to changing priorities.

Application Procedure:
 

Interested

candidates who meet the above requirements should submit their

applications to include, a cover letter; and an up-to-date CV via email

to: cvs@hpdafrica.com.

Please quote the job title and job code in the subject line.

The closing date for receiving applications is October 30th 2015.

Note: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.