Evaluation Coordinator Career in Kenya – School-to-School International

Job Announcement: Evaluation Coordinator (Nairobi, Kenya)

School-to-School International (STS) is seeking an Evaluation Coordinator to lead the field implementation of a two-year external impact evaluation of the Kenya Youth Employability Project (YEP).

The Evaluation Coordinator will work under the supervision of U.S.-based evaluation specialists at STS. Funding for the evaluation comes from the International Youth Foundation (IYF).

The YEP interventions are being implemented by the African Centre for Women, Information & Communications
Technology (ACWICT).

The evaluation will examine whether a series of interventions have an impact on employability of 700 participating young women from Nairobi. The interventions include training in information communication technology (ICT), life skills, and reproductive health.

The training will be followed up by internships and job placement services. In addition to the project participants, another 700 young women will serve as a control group for the evaluation.

The Evaluation Coordinator will supervise 6 surveyors (enumerators) and 3 data entry agents, including documenting their work hours and processing payments. The Evaluation Coordinator will be responsible for training the surveyors and the data agents, leading the surveys, supervising the data entry, and sending data files to analysts in the U.S.

The coordinator will also write quarterly updates, provide input into the final technical report, and participate in presentations of evaluation findings.

The project will last for two years, starting in January 2011 and finishing in December 2012.

The position is part-time, with approximately 82 days of work in Year 1 and 59 days of work in Year 2:

Year 1: February-March (24 days); June-July (20 days); October-December (38 days)

Year 2: January (11 days); March (11 days); May (11 days); July (11 days); September (11 days); December (4 days)

The candidate should have at least 3 years’ experience in the design and implementation of project evaluations in Kenya.

A university degree in an area such economics, sociology, statistics, education, or health is required; a master’s degree or above is a plus.

In addition to these qualifications, having some of the following skills is required:

·         Prior experience working with youth employability projects;

·         Knowledge of best practices in quantitative and qualitative evaluations;

·         Experience with institutions such as the UN and/or NGOs;

·         Ability to manage a team of surveyors and data agents;

·         Ability to follow schedules and meet deadlines;

·         Experience with budgets, accounts, and payments;

·         Strong facility with the English language;

·         Excellent training, oral, writing, and interpersonal skills.

The Evaluation Specialist will have frequent communications with the U.S.-based STS specialists, and will be able to access staff and perhaps facilities at Nairobi-based partner organizations. Some travel within Nairobi is required but not outside of the city.

Please send a cover letter and resume to: info@sts-international.org.

The closing date for applications is 12 February 2011.

We will send a return email verifying that each application was received. Daily consulting rates for this position will be commensurate with the candidate’s experience and will be within project budgetary guidelines.

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