Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Officer

Key Responsibilities

Support the design and implementation of Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Systems (40%).

Working closely with the Monitoring and Evaluation Unit at Head Office:

• Support develop an M&E Plan and strategy for the project.
• Support program design, development and review of all monitoring and reporting functions, systems and tools for the project.
• Support area programme team to utilise planning, monitoring and reporting tools to capture information across programme indicators.
• Support the development of performance frameworks and tools used by different stakeholders and ensure consistency with the definition and methodology of collection by keeping an M&E analysis plan for each indicator.
• Support the programme team to Manage (record/capture, analyse, report, disseminate and safely store) project data.
• Design and lead training and other capacity building initiatives on monitoring and reporting systems for staff and volunteers.
• Prepare monthly, quarterly and annual M&E project reports as per organisational and donor requirements and guidelines such as Monthly Progress Reports (PMPRs), quarterly National Progress Reports(NPRs, Pre & Post Training Reports, and Evaluation surveys.
• Conduct Quarterly Data Quality Assurance (DQA) for the project in collaboration with program staff and M&E Unit at Head Office.

Support the Packaging and dissemination of learning (20%):

• Oversee analysis of monitoring and reporting data and produce reports for timely dissemination to internal and external stakeholders.
•  Contribute to multi-stakeholder review meetings and other internal and external fora to disseminate programme results and learning.
• Prepare internal and external project MEL reports as required.
• Document lessons learnt, best practices and impact from area projects for learning within, across and outside Restless Development.
• Ensure learning generated is shared and disseminated within Restless Development and to other development stakeholder’s different fora outside organisation.
• Document case studies (Monthly) and Most Significant Change Stories (MSCs) on a quarterly and bi-annual basis highlighting programme success and lead in the participatory review and selection of the MSCs.
• Develop Impact Briefs from Project studies conducted for internal and external sharing.
• Contribute to documenting evidence on the organisation’s learning questions and agenda throughout the project’s implementation process.
• Participate in learning spaces created by the organisation.

Support programme evaluation activities and processes in liaison with the MEL unit at Head Office (20%).

• Support the design and implementation of evaluation studies and processes such as baseline and end line surveys
• Recruit, train and deploy data collectors and entrants.
• Oversee the implementation programme evaluations and develop the design and tools for the process.
• Design and lead training and other capacity building initiatives on monitoring, evaluation and learning for staff, partners and volunteers involved in programme implementation.
• Perform and ensure quality assurance of programme systems and interventions.

Manage data storage systems (15%)

• Support design systems for data capture, management and maintenance.
• Ensure functionality of data systems developed.
• Support the programme teams in documentation and filing of all programme data using both on and offline systems.
• Establish and regularly update programme people reached databases clearly showing the programme reach across the target population and categories.
• Conduct data verification, validation and quality assurance in line with organisational and donor requirements on a monthly basis.
• Provide monthly status reports drawing on data captured as per organisational and donor requirements.

Others (5%)

Other duties as assigned by the line manager. You may occasionally be required to work on weekends and/or public holidays, for which time off in lieu will be granted

Skills and experience

Essentials:

• A minimum of a degree in the field of Social Statistics, Population and Demography, Development Studies or Social Sciences
• Post graduate Diploma in M&E.
• At least 3 years of experience in Monitoring and Evaluation.
• Knowledge and experience of youth-led development programs.
• Understanding of development issues, particularly in relation to youth, Education and Livelihood, Gender and Sexual Health, Climate Justice and Voice and Democracy.
• Excellent Data Management and Management Information Systems skills.

Desirable

• Outstanding analytical and problem-solving skills:
• Experience with software packages such as Kobo collect, Excel, SPSS, Bi Power, Epi info.
• Excellent financial management skills:  Outstanding interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills.
• Experience in Research using both qualitative and quantitative methods

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