Monitoring
& Evaluation and Data Analyst Manager
Date:
29 November 2016
Organization: Energy 4 Impact
Country: Kenya
Closing date: 11 Dec 2016
Country: Kenya
Closing date: 11 Dec 2016
Purpose
To lead Energy 4 Impact
International’s Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) work in Africa, to enhance
quality M&E, analysis and learning from project implementation by ensuring
appropriate use of M&E frameworks and tools that assure quality programme
delivery across Energy 4 Impact and partners’ projects. This position, under
the supervision of the Africa Programmes Director, provides technical support
to project and country teams in the use of the Energy 4 Impact programme
framework in all programmes. The M&E manager will be required to oversee
the redesign of M&E processes within the whole organization. He will work
in collaboration with an M&E assistant to support him.
Key Roles and Responsibilities of the
Position
Global M&E work
· Lead on designing, developing and
implementing an excel based M&E systems, including development of M&E
plans, frameworks, processes and data collection tools (including baseline) for
all the programmes and projects in the organization;
· Design M&E plans and systems,
identify key performance parameters for new programmes and projects and ensure
the effective use by staff, partners and stakeholders as necessary;
· Work with programmes at inception
phase to define M&E plans for each project, log frames, and targets,
implement the donor’s requirements, create long term plans, etc;
· Supervise the development of
appropriate monitoring, tracking and reporting systems, tools and templates
that enhance monitoring of project outputs and quality, generate quality
evidence on project impact and promote and ensure use of data for
decision-making processes;
· Supervise field officer to develop
and promote the use of standard indicators, tools and forms (as appropriate)
and M&E practices across the project and coordinate the collection of
information required for country-level management;
· Lead regular reviews of
programmes/lessons learnt sessions and implementing necessary changes to
existing and future programmes;
· Build capacity of staff in project
monitoring and data collection against set indicators, and use of such
information in development of project reports;
· Undertake regular field visits to
provide support for proper application of M&E frameworks and tools;
· Develop appropriate research tools
for conducting both qualitative and quantitative surveys and training staff and
external enumerators in the use of the tools;
· Support Program Managers in the
formulation of baseline measures and targets, during writing and set up of
donor project proposals as well as throughout project implementation;
· Work closely with the communication
department in developing and disseminating programme results, best practices
and success stories;
· Lead and coordinate assessment and
evaluations of programmes;
· Review the quality of existing
social and economic data in the project areas, methods of collecting it and the
degree to which it will provide good data for results based evaluation;
· Report M&E updates and
performances across the programmes;
· Review or edit project data in
reports as requested and required; Produce analytical summaries: graphs,
charts, tables, narratives as requested, to fulfill internal and external
reporting requirements;
· Keep abreast of the latest industry
developments in M&E and network with other organizations for best practices
and technical assistance.
Data analysis and database management
work:
· Design and maintain an excel based
database system that improves Energy 4 Impact’s ability to inform program
implementation, analyze data, identify trends and present impact to key
stakeholders;
· Ensure all relevant programme staff
are able to utilise the database to analyze program information and results.
Develop the necessary told for the field team to feed in data in the data base
in a way that minimize entry errors;
· Review data being collected in
order to locate and fix problems with data entry or integrity: Document
database contents, protocols and update manuals for smooth functioning of the
data management system; Manage regular synchronizations with field level data;
· Manage project database to
facilitate timely information updates, data quality assurance, sharing of
information and learning, and data use for decision-making;
· Prepare data reports (tables,
charts, narratives, visuals) at regular intervals and ad hoc as needed to
respond to requests for information, inputs to project work plans and
semi-annual reports, and other internal and external data analysis and
reporting requirements;
· To take the lead in conducting
continuous data analysis of enterprise/business performance from programme data
and produce cross-sectional reports reflecting different growth variables
including but not limited to sales, employments, profitability etc;
· Provide analytical expertise with
regards to identifying and confirming patterns and trends in data,
understanding the economics of supporting different types of business, likely
cost to us per unit of result, etc;
· Provide technical assistance to
country programs for implementing M&E activities, including data
collection, analysis, and use of excel based M&E system to ensure data
collected are sufficient to produce in-depth data analysis and identify trends.
Ensure data are used by country programs for informed decision-making and to strengthen
programs as needed;
· To be the person that ultimately
checks and signs off on data and analysis.
Requirements:
· Experience
& Qualification:**
· Master degree in Statistic,
Economics, Business Management or other analytics field.
· Three (3) to five (5) years of
relevant professional experience doing complex data analysis within programmes
M&E context.
· Proven experience in leading,
coordinating and managing M&E system to produce analysis related to the
economics of supporting different types of business. M&E experience within
social enterprises or private sector enterprises are highly preferred.
· Strong knowledge of data quality
assurance, analysis and reporting.
· Experience with monitoring and
evaluation systems and frameworks for international development programs,
including developing performance indicators, data collection and analysis
systems and tools.
· High level of competency in
managing data information.
· Required
Attributes:**
· Very Strong analytical skills.
· Certified advanced excel skills is
required with the ability to create excel based tools using complex formulas,
pivot tables, create graphs etc.
· Highly adept with data analysis,
presentation, statistics.
· Strong writing skills and
experience with producing technical reports required.
· Understanding of statistical
software and data management required.
· Capacity to produce high-quality
briefs and reports.
· Ability to see patterns in data and
understand the cause and effect.
· Excellent English writing and
verbal communication skills.
· Detail-oriented and hard-working.
· Ability to collaborate well on a
team while also taking initiative to complete assigned tasks with high
competence.
· High level of integrity.
· Ability to communicate respectfully
in a multi-cultural environment.
· Able to work remotely with a
geographically dispersed team.
· Preferred
Attributes:
· Good knowledge of French is highly
preferred.
· Experience with mainstreaming
gender indicators into M&E plans/framework will be an added advantage.
How to apply:
How to Apply:
Please send your CV plus a cover
letter outlining how your knowledge, skills and experience match the job
specification to recruitment@energy4impact.org to reach us by latest 11 December, 2016.
Salary range – Ksh 350,000 -500,000
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ENERGY 4 IMPACT is an Equal
Opportunity Employer and encourages applications from qualified individuals
regardless of race, religion, national origin, sexual orientation or
disability.