Norwegian Refugee Council
M & E Manager (EAC Project) - Region Horn of Africa
Job Location: Nairobi
Ref. nr.: 3210551012
Full time
Number of positions: 1
The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is a non-governmental, humanitarian organization with 60 years of experience in helping to create a safer and more dignified life for refugees and internally displaced people.
The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is a non-governmental, humanitarian organization with 60 years of experience in helping to create a safer and more dignified life for refugees and internally displaced people.
The Norwegian Refugee Council has approximately 5000 committed and competent employees involved in projects across four continents.
In addition, NRC runs one of
the world’s largest standby rosters -NORCAP, with 650 professionals, ready to
be deployed on 72 hours notice when a crisis occurs
The Norwegian Refugee Council
(NRC) is a non-governmental, humanitarian organisation with 60 years of
experience in helping to create a safer and more dignified life for refugees
and internally displaced people.
NRC advocates for the rights
of displaced populations and offers assistance through its core competencies
(CCs): Camp Management, Education, Food Security, Information Counselling and
Legal Assistance, Shelter, and Water, Sanitation and Hygiene.
In the Horn of Africa, South Sudan and Yemen (HoASSY) region, about 40% of school age children are out of school and require urgent support to access quality education.
In the Horn of Africa, South Sudan and Yemen (HoASSY) region, about 40% of school age children are out of school and require urgent support to access quality education.
NRC in partnership with
Education Above All Foundation - Educate A Child Programme (EAC) has a
three-year funded project to be implemented in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South
Sudan and Yemen.
The aim of the project is to
provide out-of-school children in the selected countries with access to
inclusive, quality education.
NRC will use multiple
approaches such as rapid response education in crisis situations;
catch-up/bridging programmes to enable re-entry to formal schools; accelerated
learning programmes for older out-of-school children; training teachers through
pre- and in-service modalities; training of other education personnel; capacity
building and technical assistance to ministries of education; and support to
formal primary schools to ensure better access, retention and quality learning.
The purpose of the position
is to provide overall responsibility for Monitoring, evaluation and learning
under the EAC project in the region by working closely with other M&E staff
to establish and implement a standardized Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E)
system for the project. The following is a brief description of the role.
Job Description
- Under the
strategic direction of the Education Above All Foundation - Educate A
Child Programme (EAC) Chief of Party, establish and implement an M&E
System for the project
- Promote the
standardization of M&E processes throughout the countries implementing
the EAC project, ensuring coherence and quality of information collected
against planned results and activities.
- Provide
technical and surge support to the EAC implementing countries in the
region on M&E processes, outcome monitoring, quantitative and
qualitative data collection and analysis for assessments, donor reporting
and other processes
- Provide
technical advice and backstopping support to EAC Project Managers in the
field and contribute to the setting and monitoring targets for the project
- Plan and
execute project assessments, reviews and evaluations in coordination with
the EAC Chief of Party and other project staff
- Support the
roll out of mobile phone data collection by training field staff, guiding
in the creation of questionnaire templates and providing technical support
- Conduct
training on the M&E Framework for all countries implementing EAC
project
- Facilitate
learning amongst the EAC implementing countries through reviews of
progress against bench marks, collecting lessons learnt and best practices
and facilitating dissemination of the same across in region
- Lead the
development of a web-based dashboard to facilitate EAC project implementing
countries access to relevant information from the data collected through
Digital Data Gathering (DDG) technology
- Establish and
implement an Accountability Framework with an ingrained Complaints
Response and Feedback Mechanism (CRFM) for timely decision making and
improvements to programming
- Ensure
standardization of tools for all EAC Project implementing countries to
undertake regular Programme monitoring including carrying out assessments,
establishing baseline surveys, documenting progress, conducting
Post-Distribution Monitoring (PDM) and endline surveys and evaluations
- Hold meetings
with the EAC technical advisors and consultants on a quarterly basis to
ensure smooth coordination and to check that project tools are in line
with EAC standards
- Ensure close
collaboration with the Communication and Advocacy unit in regards to
external knowledge sharing and evidence based advocacy and related
external communication
- Promote the
rights of refugees, IDPs and returnees in line with the regional advocacy
strategy.
- Ensure
compliance and adherence to NRC programme policy, education tools and
handbooks
Qualifications
- University
degree preferably in statistics, social sciences, development or other
relevant discipline.
- Minimum 5 years
of experience designing and implementing M&E systems for international
donor-funded projects
- Solid
experience of work with windows based computer software, SSP, GIS,
excellent at excel
- Solid
experience in programme monitoring and evaluation as well as ability to
design M & E tools relevant to the education sector
- Experience in
conducting M&E activities in highly insecure context and for programme
using community based approach (including data collection, statistical
analysis, qualitative research, outcome monitoring and dissemination of
results)
- Experience in
designing survey and research tools, organizing and delivering training
workshops, managing community mobilization and advocacy activities for
local non-governmental organizations
- Ability to work
closely with field based national staff and experience in various staff
training
- High level of
communication, interpersonal, representation and negotiation skills
- Documented
results related to the position’s responsibilities
- Fluency in
English, both written and verbal
- Knowledge in
Arabic language will be an added advantage
Education field
- Finance /
Economics
- Social science
Education level
- College /
University, Bachelor's degree
Personal qualities
- Handling
insecure environments
- Managing
resources to optimize results
- Managing
performance and development
- Initiating
action and coping with change
- Ability to work
under pressure and with limited supervision
- Able to present
and represent an organisation
- Culturally
sensitive and coping with a changing environment
- Excellent
interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills
- Strong analysis
skills (qualitative and quantitative)
- Experience
working with statistical computer software packages
- Goal oriented
with ability to work under pressure, independently and with limited
supervision
- Ability to prioritize
multiple tasks in a fast paced and complex environment.
- Flexible and
proactive attitude towards problem-solving
Language: English
We offer
We offer
- Duty station:
Nairobi
- Contract period
is for 12 months with possibility of extension.
- Salary/benefits:
According to NRC’s general directions.
- The candidate
will observe NRC’s code of conduct and working hours for the NRC Office in
Nairobi
- 40% Travel is
expected.
Miscellaneous info
- Travel: Some
travelling must be expected
Search criteria:
- Location: Kenya
- Industry:
Emergency Relief
- Special field:
Monitoring and Evaluation
- Role: Middle /
line manager
Go to www.nrc.no to apply online
Deadline for application: 03/10/2016