Senior Monitoring and Evaluation Officer
About us
Practical Action is a
global innovator, inspiring people to discover and adopt ingenious, practical
ways to free themselves from poverty and disadvantage. With over 50 years of
expertise, Practical Action has a strong heritage, and track record of bringing
communities and experts together to find practical, sustainable solutions to
enable people to meet their needs, which work for both people and the planet.
We are committed to
advancing gender equality and women’s empowerment through all our work. At a
minimum, we ensure that all our work is gender sensitive, seeking gender transformative
approaches as our overall ambition and in accordance with context.
About the role
Practical Action is commencing a five-year project that will be implemented in Kisumu, Homabay, Siaya, Migori, Nyamira, Kakamega, Bungoma, Busia and Vihiga Counties. The project aims to make agriculture an attractive and resilient employer for young people by promoting agricultural livelihoods for the youth underpinned by agro-ecological principles and practices. The project aims to break the cycles of low productivity and increasing rural poverty, through a holistic approach which will enable young men and women to increase their income through agri-business.
As the Senior Monitoring
and Evaluation Officer, you will be the lead technical staff responsible for
program level monitoring, evaluation and reporting of performance and results,
lead efforts to strengthen MEAL within specific projects including building the
capacity of project staff to monitor, document and analyse the performance of
their interventions/activities and ensure data quality. You will also be
responsible for development and implementation of continuous quality
improvement systems to ensure ongoing program improvement and reaching of
targets and ensure program data is tracked, verified and reported and
supporting documentation is maintained.
As an experienced
Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning professional, you will have a
degree in development studies or any other relevant degree and minimum of five
(5 )years’ work experience in knowledge management, monitoring and evaluating
programs with an organization with a robust M&E component, experience of
using indicators at output, outcome and goal level and developing tools to
measure this, strong experience in evaluation methodologies such as outcome mapping
and Most Significant Change, experience of building in gender and inclusion
into project design and MEAL aspects, experience in quantitative and
qualitative data collection and management, experience in gathering learnings
and then promoting their application and experience of building capacity of
staff on MEL.
How to Apply
A detailed Job Profile can
be accessed from the supporting documents section.
If you are ready for an
exciting challenge with an organisation whose mission and values are
particularly relevant in these rapidly changing times, please forward your
application, curriculum vitae and cover letter to: Practical Action,
Kenya Office by email: recruitment@practicalaction.or.ke no later than 2nd February, 2023 indicating
‘Practical Action: Job Title Position’ in
the subject line of the email. Your cover letter should outline why you feel
this is the position for you and you are the right candidate. Please include
the names of 3 referees in your CV.
Additional information
Practical Action is an
equal opportunities employer and we encourage applications from
under-represented groups. We stay committed to cultivating an inclusive
and diverse working environment and believe that people from different
backgrounds or cultures give us different perspectives, and the more
perspectives we have, the more successful we will be. By building a culture
where everyone feels heard, respected and valued we give everyone working with
us the opportunity to achieve their full potential.
Practical Action is
committed to safeguarding and protecting children and vulnerable adults and as
such candidates will be subject to pre-employment checks.
The successful applicant
must have the pre-existing right to both live and work in Kenya. Applications will
be reviewed on a rolling basis
Only shortlisted
candidates will be contacted.
