Plan is an international humanitarian child centered community development organization, without religious, political or government affiliation.
Plan Kenya started its operations in Kenya in 1982 and is committed to improving the lives of poor children, their families and communities using Rights Based Approaches to development.
Closing date: 31 Mar 2010
Location: Kenya
Based in Kisumu
Plan Kenya is seeking to recruit for the position of Monitoring and
Evaluation Officer, based at the Kisumu Development Area to implement a two year Banking on Change Project.Plan Kenya started its operations in Kenya in 1982 and is committed to improving the lives of poor children, their families and communities using Rights Based Approaches to development.
Closing date: 31 Mar 2010
Location: Kenya
Based in Kisumu
Plan Kenya is seeking to recruit for the position of Monitoring and
The job holder will be responsible for Banking on Change project planning, information gathering and synthesis, reflection and reporting processes.
Key responsibilities
- Participate in BoC Implementation Team decision making.
- Provide measurement and assessment of performance in order to effectively manage outcomes and outputs of results.
- Enhance organizational and development learning through participatory processes.
- Update of the corporate system (PPM) to reflect project achievements.
- Documentation/sharing of successes (best practices) and failures on a regular basis.
- Participate in development of yearly project budgets and project operational plans.
- Review and/or develop monitoring and reporting tools including but not limited to MIS support function for the project and based on the internal work plans as necessary.
- Facilitate undertaking of Baseline Survey and End Term Evaluation Exercises as per plans
- Facilitate collection of quantitative and qualitative project progress data on output/results indicators as defined in the project agreements
- Review Quality of training and service delivery to GS&L Groups
- Investigate opportunities for further studies as well as facilitate the design and undertaking of agreed on operational research
- Facilitate community based information sharing and dissemination systems for evaluation and other special studies.
- Facilitate Annual Participatory Program Review and Reflection and documentation of lessons
- Enhance children participation in planning, monitoring and evaluation.
- Based on monitoring results report project progress in appropriate frequencies to Coordinator, the PM and Implementation Team.
- Participate in the development of donor reports with the respective Implementation Team members and ensure the reports are in line with the agreed upon indicators
Qualifications, experience and skills
- At least a Bachelor’s degree in social sciences (sociology, anthropology, economics).
- 5-7 years hands on experience in monitoring & evaluation of community-managed microfinance initiatives.
- Demonstrated skills in usage of at least one recognised statistical package
- Analytical skills
- Communication skills
- Demonstrated training skills.
- Ability to work in a multi-disciplinary and multicultural environment
- Willingness to work with communities at all levels.
- Fluent in written & oral English and Kiswahili.
- Strong team building and motivational skills
- Strong negotiation, facilitating and influencing skills
- Committed, honest and sincere
- Innovative and independent thinker.
How to apply
Email CV to jobs.plankenya @ plan–international.org
Email CV to jobs.plankenya @ plan–international.org
