The social development arm of Ishiara Parish is seeking to recruit a
qualified individual to undertake the full time role of Monitoring and
Evaluation officer for the Ishiara Arid and Semi Arid Resilience
Programme funded by Trócaire.
Ishiara parish is in Mbeere north District of Embu County and borders
Tharaka to the north, Mwingi to the east and Embu to the north-west.
The Parish works in three locations namely: Evurore, kamarandi and Ndurumori.
This region is classified as semi-arid area which is adversely affected by recurrent drought.
It is a mixed marginal farming zone area where majority of residents are
subsistent farmers who heavily rely on rainfall for their agricultural
activities and livestock keeping.
The specific objectives of the project are:
To improve the livelihood security of the vulnerable
households through increased income, food and diversified livelihood
strategies.
To promote sustainable access to and management of natural
resources through community based natural resource management and
advocacy.
To mitigate risk while reducing vulnerability to enable
communities to better prepare or and respond to humanitarian crisis and
shocks.
Monitoring& Evaluation responsibilities:
Bound by the principles of accountability, project review and learning, the officer will:
Be the primary contact person for M&E for the Ishiara Arid and Semi Arid Resilience Programme.
In collaboration with the project coordinator, ensure the
project has the necessary tools and capacity to implement M&E
activities.
Conduct routine monitoring of the project in close
consultation with the project results framework, and provide feedback
and recommendations on the project as required by the donors, management
team and all relevant stakeholders.
Actively interrogate data for discrepancies, errors, and missing data, in order to verify accuracy and validity of the data.
Support the project coordinator in organizing identified project assessments and evaluations.
Take part in designing, carrying out and supervision of evaluations across all project areas.
Support in documentation of lessons learnt and best practices as well as dissemination on the same.
Ensure the learning from internal and external evaluations is
disseminated and incorporated into the development of future projects.
To represent Ishiara Parish when required with other stakeholders including donors and Government line ministries.
Ensure participation of communities and project beneficiaries in the project identification, design, implementation and review.
Ensure that complaints and feedback mechanisms are in place
and functional to ensure timely feedback is given to the beneficiaries
and is properly documented.
Ensure that processes are in place to allow for systematic and
inclusive feedback to communities and stakeholders on all evaluations
undertaken.
Project support responsibilities:
Lead in the development of specific M&E systems,
Results based management (RBM), Log frame and work plans for each
project, with technical inputs by the project coordinators.
Build the capacity of field staff through training and support
for effective implementation of the M&E systems, including
information gathering, follow up and post implementation monitoring.
Provide guidance to the field assistants on planning for and executing monitoring of project activities.
Ensure timely and accurate reporting as agreed with the Project requirements.
Review program achievements against indicator targets with a view to strengthening reporting as well as decision making.
Provide necessary beneficiary data, and offer support in
mobilization of project beneficiaries during project evaluations,
assessments and feedback meetings.
Keep up to date program related data and reports for reference by the program team as well as other stakeholders.
Qualifications:
Degree in Social Sciences, Community development, Development Studies.
3 years experience in a monitoring and evaluation role.
Ability to review documents on excel i.e. budgets, log frames, data analysis.
Experience working in a rural setting, preferably in a development or humanitarian role.
Knowledge of SPSS is an added advantage.
Good writing and reporting skills.
Strong English and Kiswahili skills required.
Working knowledge of Kiembu and/Mbeere languages are an added advantage.
Remuneration:
KES 480,000-540,000 KES Per annum (GROSS)
How to Apply:
All interested candidates are requested to submit an application letter
and an updated CV to the Project Manager, Ishiara Parish at
trocaireishiara@gmail.com by 28th November 2014.
Women candidates are encouraged to apply.
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