Monitoring & Evaluation and Data
Analyst Manager
Salary: Ksh 350,000 -500,000 pm
Reports to: Africa Programmes Director
Location: Africa Regional Office, Nairobi, Kenya
Reports to: Africa Programmes Director
Location: Africa Regional Office, Nairobi, Kenya
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.
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
M&E / Data Analyst Job
Responsibilities
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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;
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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;
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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;
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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;
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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;
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Lead regular reviews of
programmes/lessons learnt sessions and implementing necessary changes to
existing and future programmes;
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Build capacity of staff in project
monitoring and data collection against set indicators, and use of such
information in development of project reports;
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Undertake regular field visits to
provide support for proper application of M&E frameworks and tools;
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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;
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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;
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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:
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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;
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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;
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Manage regular synchronizations with
field level data;
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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;
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To be the person that ultimately
checks and signs off on data and analysis. Requirements:
Experience & Qualifications for
the M&E / Data Analyst Job
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Master degree in Statistic,
Economics, Business Management or other analytics field.
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Three (3) to five (5) years of
relevant professional experience doing complex data analysis within programmes
M&E context.
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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.
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Experience with monitoring and
evaluation systems and frameworks for international development programs,
including developing performance indicators, data collection and analysis
systems and tools.
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High level of competency in managing
data information.
Required Attributes
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Very Strong analytical skills.
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Certified advanced excel skills is
required with the ability to create excel based tools using complex formulas,
pivot tables, create graphs etc.
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Highly adept with data analysis,
presentation, statistics.
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Strong writing skills and experience
with producing technical reports required.
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Understanding of statistical software
and data management required.
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Capacity to produce high-quality
briefs and reports.
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Ability to see patterns in data and
understand the cause and effect.
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Excellent English writing and verbal
communication skills.
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Detail-oriented and hard-working.
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Ability to collaborate well on a team
while also taking initiative to complete assigned tasks with high competence.
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High level of integrity.
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Ability to communicate respectfully
in a multi-cultural environment.
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Able to work remotely with a
geographically dispersed team.
Preferred Attributes
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Good knowledge of French is highly
preferred.
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Experience with mainstreaming gender
indicators into M&E plans/framework will be an added advantage.
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.
ENERGY 4 IMPACT is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages applications
from qualified individuals regardless of race, religion, national origin,
sexual orientation or disability.