Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) Coordinator Job in Kenya

GOAL Kenya is an Irish NGO operating

in Kenya since 1995, addressing the needs of vulnerable children and youth

living in Nairobi’s informal settlements.

GOAL Kenya (GK) requires an experienced Monitoring,

Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) Coordinator who will head the MEAL Department and will be

responsible for all the country programme monitoring, evaluation,

accountability and learning systems.

Reports to: Country Director
 

Supervises: 1

MEAL Manager
 

Closing Date: 04 March 2016
 

General Description of the Role: Over the lifetime of the current strategic plan

GOAL Kenya’s country programme has grown to incorporate both emergency and

development programmes focused on health, WASH, livelihoods, and

protection. 

The centrally based country MEAL team

provides support and capacity to all GOAL’s programming in Kenya. 

The MEAL Coordinator is responsible

for all the country programme monitoring, evaluation and learning systems.

Specific Responsibilities
 

The Monitoring, Evaluation,

Accountability and Learning (MEAL) Coordinator is responsible for the

following; objectives:
 

Coordinate the overall country

monitoring system

• Support and carry out regular monitoring of
  
  standard indicators, activities and outputs of projects;


• Maintain the standard indicator databases per
  
  sector;


• Sampling of data from the standard indicator
  
  database on a monthly basis in each location for quality assurance
  
  purposes including sampling of partner monthly reports, MOVs for quality
  
  assurance purposes;


• Support project managers to identify and
  
  resolve monitoring problems at individual project level;


• Ensuring that mainstreaming issues mentioned
  
  above are included in the monitoring system as appropriate;


• Work with the Sector Coordinators to provide
  
  monthly and quarterly graphic feedback to management of standard
  
  indicators for all sectors comparing information over time and between
  
  counties.

Coordinate the overall GOAL country

evaluation system

• Lead and support the implementation of GOAL’s
  
  global M&E framework, GOAL Kenya’s M&E strategic framework and the
  
  M&E Plans for all interventions


• Revise, update and improve GK M&E
  
  strategic framework and M&E plan documents according to requirements


• Provide technical support for the
  
  identification and management of external resources to carry out or
  
  support MEAL activities


• Directly carry out, supervise and review all
  
  GOAL Kenya evaluations, surveys, mid-term reviews


• Support the process of recruiting and managing
  
  external consultants carrying out independent assessments of GOAL Kenya’s
  
  programming outcomes.


• Establish and keep up to date the consultants
  
  data base


• Design and carry out or supervise surveys
  
  (MICS, KAPBS and other surveys)


• Develop links with GOAL’s Survey and M&E
  
  Coordinator from the GOAL Technical Team


• Familiarise self and team with implementation
  
  of GOAL’s standard surveys (MICS, KAPBs, Causal Assessments), if necessary
  
  organizing training from the survey advisor or other sources in
  
  consultation with the GOAL Technical Team Advisor


• Ensure surveys are carried out in line with
  
  the M&E plan and the GOAL Framework

Working with Local Partners on

M&E System

• Coordinate the design and implementation of
  
  partner and other evaluations as required under the strategies, revise
  
  tools and M&E strategy regularly


• Support the development of an evaluation
  
  system that will provide information for measuring outcomes and impact of
  
  GOAL Kenya’s support to partner organizations and directly implemented
  
  projects, designing and carrying out or supervising outcome evaluations
  
  across all projects and programmes. M&E systems development of
  
  partners may be accompanied by systems benchmarks to track progress
  
  towards strengthened systems.


• Training- Lead the development and roll out of
  
  M&E capacity building plans of local partner organisations, including
  
  by providing tools and resources to partners.


• Liaise with partners and team members to plan,
  
  design and implement and report on annual thematic outcome evaluations and
  
  ensure the databases for same are in place up to date and accurate

Coordinate the overall country

learning system

• As part of the learning function, seek to
  
  identify learning points across the range of work carried out and identify
  
  opportunities to share this learning through meetings, workshops and
  
  reports.



• Evidence/learning from Pilots: Give technical
  
  support to programmes in learning from piloting new and alternative
  
  approaches


• Where appropriate, share materials with GOAL’s
  
  best practice website


• Design and carry out or supervise assessments
  
  and research exercises as appropriate and possible support to programme
  
  development, monitoring, evaluation and learning


• Design and implement case studies across the
  
  programme


• Complete one short article for each project
  
  each year


• Promote strengthened understanding and
  
  capacities within project and programme teams on MEAL, and the use and /or
  
  analysis of MEAL systems at the project and partner levels


• Ensure that annual work plans are developed
  
  and monitored by the Senior Management Team

Coordinate the overall country

M&E Plan

• Keep the overall country programme M&E
  
  plan updated on a monthly basis, based on activities implemented and new
  
  project needs


• Through regular liaison with Sector
  
  Coordinators and Assistant Country Director as well as support to the
  
  M&E Programme Manager.


• Liaise with each Sector Coordinator and Area
  
  Coordinator to check progress on the implementation of M&E activities


• Develop an individual detailed M&E plan
  
  for each project and monitor for implementation and quality


• Identify needs that each project has to
  
  support implementation of M&E activities, provide mentoring training
  
  to teams in the field locations

Manage the MEAL team and be an active

member of the Senior Management Team (SMT)

• Manage the MEAL team to meet the above
  
  objectives, carrying out evaluation and surveys as required by the
  
  priorities of the plan and available capacities within the team


• Develop and update the monthly and annual work
  
  plans for the MEAL team to meet the objectives of the M&E plan.


• Prepare with team members monthly work plans
  
  and monitor their implementation.


• Provide Country Director with a monthly report
  
  on the implementation of the work plans and achievement of objectives.


• Develop performance management appraisal
  
  objectives with each member of the MEAL team, ensure objectives are SMART
  
  and reviewed and revised every six months.


• Build the technical and analytical capacity of
  
  the M&E officers throughout the year


• Work collaboratively with GOAL’s M&E
  
  Advisor & Roving MEAL Coordinator

Coordinate the country programme’s

Knowledge Management

• Follow up mechanisms- Focus on ensuring
  
  appropriate mechanism are in place and maintained for the follow up of
  
  evaluation and tech team findings by in country management with a view to
  
  maximising knowledge retention and use.


• Ensure databases of programmes are kept up to
  
  date through an efficient process and ensure databases are accessible so that
  
  the information can be used effectively.


• Develop and support the appropriate
  
  generation, documentation and dissemination of knowledge products by GK
  
  including Human Success Stories, lessons learnt, best practices, surveys
  
  and evaluation, and operations research studies.

Support the country programme’s

business development efforts

• Attend inception meetings convened to discuss
  
  CfPs/RFAs that GOAL Kenya is interested to pursue.


• As is possible, draw attention to relevant
  
  statistics that could be used to strengthen GOAL Kenya’s grant
  
  applications.


• Lead the development of logical frameworks,
  
  results frameworks, theories of change, M&E plans and M&E budgets
  
  in line with potential donor’s grant application guidelines.


• Support with the development of innovative and
  
  promising intervention strategies

Coordinate Beneficiary & Other

Stakeholder Accountability Mechanisms

• Act as GK’s focal point for Stakeholder
  
  Accountability.


• Assess beneficiary accountability mechanisms
  
  in place and lead strengthening of such mechanisms benchmarking on GOAL’s
  
  Stakeholder Accountability guidelines and international best practices.
  
  This should include appropriately structured dissemination of M&E
  
  findings, implementation of a Complaints Response Mechanism, and
  
  supporting meaningful engagement of stakeholders, particularly primary
  
  beneficiaries in project design, implementation and monitoring.

• Master’s Degree in programme evaluation,
  
  business administration or related field


• 5 years + programme related experience in
  
  international development


• 3+ years specific Monitoring and Evaluation
  
  Management experience


• Good computer skills (MS Word, Excel, Access
  
  and statistical software packages)


• Strong research and analytical skills


• Excellent communication skills (written and spoken)


• Demonstrated ability to facilitate training
  
  and capacity building for staff


• Ability to embark on regular travel from
  
  Nairobi to other fields sites in Kenya

• Experience working with community based
  
  development projects


• Experience in similar positions with an
  
  international NGO

NB: This Job Description only serves as a guide for the

above position. GOAL reserves the right to change this document.

How to Apply

Suitably qualified applicants are invited to apply by completing the

application form (CLICK

HERE

 to download) and send it by email only to

keapplications@ke.goal.ie
 

Candidates who do not use the

application form to apply for this position will not be considered.
 

Only shortlisted candidates will be

contacted.
 

Closing date for application is 5.00

pm March 4th 2016.

NB. This is a national position.