Mercy
Corps is a leading global relief and development agency saving and improving
lives in the world’s toughest places.
In
more than 40 countries, we partner with local people to put bold ideas into
action, help them overcome adversity and build stronger communities.
We
help communities survive and move beyond emergencies. When natural disasters
strike, economies collapse or conflict flares, Mercy Corps is there.
Working
with communities, we leverage local logic to help people transform their lives
to grow more food, earn higher incomes and ultimately advocate for their
needs.
Mercy
Corps is looking for committed and dynamic individual to take up the following
position.
Position: Monitoring and Evaluation Officer – Kenya Election Violence Prevention
and
Response
Program (KEVP)
Location: Kisumu County (With Frequent Travel to Nakuru, And Nandi
Counties)
Program
/ Department Summary: Mercy
Corps implements high-quality, analytical development work in very difficult
places.
We
have been operating in Kenya since 2008 and are presently implementing
development programs across the Central, Rift Valley, North Western and
Northern Eastern regions of Kenya.
The
Kenya Election Violence Prevention and Response Program (KEVP) will work to
mitigate the risk of escalation of election-related violence in the lead up to,
during, and immediately following the Kenyan elections scheduled for August
2017.
KEVP
will shore up ongoing efforts of Kenyan civil society organizations, including
student organizations, youth Bunges (parliaments) and the local private sector,
religious groups, as well as current USG partners in Kisumu, Nakuru, Nandi, and
when need arises, Nairobi, to ensure that youth and communities are able to
remain resilient to political manipulation and ensure a peaceful
election.
KEVP
will work with these key stakeholders to create communications materials such
as film to be used in workshop trainings and for public screenings.
The
program will establish and strengthen existing local networks, including the
2013 Champions for Peace networks in Kisumu and Nakuru, establish county level
Early Warning Early Response (EWER) Hubs, and link them to Uwiano platform,
leverage different players and networks to preempt political manipulation by
providing administrative and logistical support to enable them to monitor
risks, and develop actionable plans for prevention and response.
General
Position Summary: Reporting
to the Chief of party, this position is a key part of Mercy Corps’ Program
quality assurance, accountability, documentation and learning team.
The
Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Officer will support the Kenya Election
Violence Prevention program (KEVP) in planning and execution of monitoring and
evaluation activities, ensuring quality in accordance with accepted standards,
providing essential feedback for learning, accountability and decision making.
S/he
will be responsible for providing internal capacity building for program staff
on monitoring and evaluation activities as well as review and development of
necessary tools that feed into needs of Mercy Corps and donor reporting
requirements.
Essential Job Functions:
- Generate
and implement monitoring and evaluation tools;
- Play
a key role in the development of intervention designs, sector strategies
and M&E frameworks;
- Coordinate
assessments, evaluations and monitoring surveys in areas of operation.
This will entail development of Scopes of Work, development of survey
tools, trainings and management of data collectors, report write and
facilitating results discussion;
- Regularly
document and share all learnings from program implements;
- Maintain
an up to date database that reflects progress (including disaggregated
beneficiary counts) and donor indicators;
- Build
the capacity of all relevant team members to develop and maintain an
excellent M&E system, and facilitate periodic reflection and analysis
of program monitoring information that feeds into programming and
learning;
- Participate
in on-going M&E training and support for all Mercy Corps programs;
- Visit
sites and partners to collect supplementary data, stories and conduct
qualitative research both independently and in teams;
- Maintain
professional relationships with local government officials, private sector
partners, NGOs, other development organizations, and civil society
organizations;
- Maintain
an active advisory role with each program team member to help guide them
towards robust and relevant data collection;
- Actively
participate in all implementation activities, providing advice and
feedback for quality results at any point;
- Work
with the Chief of Party, the Deputy Chief of Party and Program Manager and
other staffs to ensure that activities are implemented on plan and
progress towards targets is not compromised;
- Establish
and maintain strong working relationships with partners and government
departments;
- Conduct
himself/herself both professionally and personally in such a manner as to
credit Mercy Corps and to not jeopardize its mission.
- Other
duties as assigned.
Supervisory
Responsibility: None
Accountability
Reports
Directly To: Chief
of Party
Works
Directly With: All
Program staff in Kisumu, Nakuru, Nandi and Nairobi
Knowledge
and Experience:
- Must
hold at least a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics, Demography, Statistics,
Business Administration or relevant field;
- At
least 3 years of program monitoring and evaluation experience;
- Should
understand concepts and demonstrate skills in monitoring and evaluation,
project cycle, results chain and frameworks, participatory monitoring;
- Demonstrated
experience and skill in information analysis and writing comprehensive and
high quality reports;
- Should
be able to design and implement surveys, have knowledge of commonly used
probability and purposive sampling techniques;
- Excellent
writing and analytical skills;
- Should
have knowledge of quantitative and qualitative data collection, reporting
techniques. S/he should understand and be able to apply basic measures of
central tendency and spread;
- In
addition to Microsoft Excel, the incumbent should demonstrate fluency in
use of at least one data management software including MS Access, SPSS,
STATA;
- Must
be fluent both spoken and written English.
Success
Factors:
The
successful candidate will have the following characteristics:
- Ability
and curiosity to work comfortably and effectively in the cultural diverse
settings of Kisumu, Nakuru and Nandi Counties.
- Proven
ability to work independently and cooperatively with team members
- Demonstrated
attention to detail, ability to follow procedures and meet deadlines
- Excellent
analytical and information management skills.
- Proven
ability to learn quickly, take initiative, and be accountable for results.
How to
Apply
Interested
candidates who meet the above required qualifications and experience should
submit a cover letter and detailed Curriculum Vitae (CV) listing three
professional references (including a recent supervisor) to
ke-hrkenya@mercycorps.org on or before Tuesday 20th September, 2016 by
4.00pm.
The
email subject line must clearly show the job title and location they are
applying for.
Applications without an appropriate subject heading will be automatically disqualified.
Please do not attach any certificates.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.