Quality Assurance Manager
Purpose of position
To develop, lead and promote an enhanced culture of learning and discipline in the skills and practices of Quality Assurance throughout World Vision Somalia.
The Quality Assurance Manager will develop and implement an organization-wide
strategy in Design Monitoring & Evaluation, including quality program
development, monitoring and reporting.Purpose of position
To develop, lead and promote an enhanced culture of learning and discipline in the skills and practices of Quality Assurance throughout World Vision Somalia.
The Quality Assurance Manager will also provide capacity building and coaching to program staff to help them move through the LEAP and donor program/project cycle.
In addition, the Quality Assurance Manager will provide leadership to the Quality Assurance/Design Monitoring and Evaluation team.
Major responsibilities
- Effective,
Innovative, Strategic Leadership in DM&E.
- Provide
proactive leadership across WVS programs for development and full coordination
of all DM&E events, practices and learning
- Develop,
implement and promote a new organization-wide strategy for DM&E
- Lead
the DM&E team in coordinating and implementing DM&E plans for all
projects
- Provide
support and capacity building to DM&E field based staff
- Design,
coordinate and implement staff training programs to build knowledge,
attitudes, skills and behaviors around the new DM&E standards
- Support
WVS leadership in reaching strategic goals to facilitate measurable and
sustainable development
- Support
WVS goals for fundraising and new proposals/designs
- Contribute
to the development of a Learning Organization in DM&E
- Continuously
access, research, evaluate and promote in WVS the best available external
practices and resources in DM&E
- Participate
effectively with DM&E networks, practitioners and learning/research
institutions to promote WVS learning
- Work
with Programs to implement a DM&E learning system to document, assess,
share and replicate: Lessons Learned, Promising Practices, and Best
Practices in DM&E
- Lead
and Strengthen WVS’s Quality Assurance Culture
- Identify
and establish guidelines and standards for Design, Monitoring (including
program implementation and reporting) and
- Evaluation
in all programming of WVS
- Ensure
adherence of grants to WVS strategy and sector strategies
- Ensure
adherence to and integration of WVS DM&E standards and practices with
grants (e.g., USAID, CIDA, DFID, AusAID, ECHO, WFP, private donors, etc.)
- Ensure
adherence to Humanitarian Standards, (HAP, Sphere, etc)
- In
collaboration with PDU unit, develop and implement training,
documentation, monitoring tools and protocols for all aspects of: Concept
Papers and Proposals (including log frames), Community Ownership of
DM&E, Data Collection, Baselines, FGDs, Interviews, etc Monitoring
systems and evaluations.
- In
collaboration with PDU, set standards for measurement of project impact
and program quality
- Liaise
with other organizations and WV NOs to collaborate in standard setting,
materials development, and learning activities
- Champion
Staff and Community Capacity Building in DM&E
- Develop,
design and lead staff capacity building strategies for targeted
assessment, training, follow-up, and impact monitoring of training in all
areas of DM&E
- Mentor,
support and build the DM&E capacity of field based DME staff
- Design,
organize and implement training of key WVS staff in design,
implementation, monitoring and evaluation of projects.
- DM&E
with Sectoral Strategies and Programming Filters
- Support
in development and continuous improvement of national strategies in WVS’s
key technical sectors (Food Security, Primary Health, HIV/AIDS, Education,
Water, MED, ER & DM)
- Support
Sector Specialists and Program Managers in incorporating best DM&E
tools and practices into projects and activities
- Lead
and manage Quality Assurance/DME team
- Provide
leadership to DME Team
- Ensure
WV performance management is used in staff learning and development
Knowledge, Skills and abilities Required:
- A
Master’s Degree related to the science and practice of community development,
program design, statistics and evaluation.
- At
least three years’ experience managing people and programs in an
international NGO context
- Extensive
experience and recognized expertise in the full range of evaluation
theories, models and tools, and ability to adapt, contextualized and apply
appropriately to all project scenarios
- Proven
track record as a staff and community trainer and capacity builder in
DM&E using a wide variety of training methods, facilitation and
capacity building strategies, and organizational development
- Thorough
understanding and experience in quantitative and qualitative data
collection methods, including comparative random sampling, questionnaire
and survey design, data entry and analysis, and the application of these
methods to project Design, Monitoring and Evaluation standards in key
technical sectors
- High-level
expertise in Results-Based management, Logical Framework Analysis, and
Result-Based Performance Monitoring and Evaluation
- Ability
to link professional, academic and community-based learning models
- Appraisal/Participatory
Learning & Action, PEP, Appreciative Inquiry, etc.
- Excellent
verbal and written communication skills, facilitation skills
- Complete
compatibility with WV’s Mission, ethos, policies and Core Values
- A
strong aptitude for organizational change, participatory and servant
leadership, innovation, learning, team building
- Keen
sense of justice and gender equity
- Experience
in adhering to/working with HAP, Sphere Standards and international
humanitarian standards
- Full
ability to communicate cross-culturally and be cross-culturally sensitive.
- Full
computer and Internet skills including MS Office for word processing,
graphic presentation
Preferred:
- HEAT
- SRMT
Certified
Date of submission, on or before 07/01/2013 to
The Human Resource Manager
World Vision Somalia
P 0 Box 56527 00200
Nairobi
Kenya
Email: recruitsomwvi.org
The Human Resource Manager
World Vision Somalia
P 0 Box 56527 00200
Nairobi
Kenya
Email: recruitsomwvi.org