Job Description
- Reporting to the Monitoring, Evaluation
Reporting and Learning (MERL) Manager, working across both the Safaricom
and MPESA Foundations, the role holder is responsible for implementation
of the strategies, advocacy of the strategic pillars, thought leadership
within the pillar, stakeholder engagement, Monitoring and evaluation. The
role is fixed term contract (1 year), renewable for 2 years based on
performance.
Responsibilities
Project/programme Management:
Support the MERL Manager to:
- Develop different programmes and projects
based on the Foundations’ strategy and or investment frameworks.
- Provide end to end Management of
Foundations projects and programmes cutting across all philanthropy and
strategic programmes/projects according to the Foundations’
project/programme identification guidelines.
- Manage Foundation partners’ work plans to
ensure alignment with financial disbursements – reviews, reporting,
dashboards.
- Provide end to end Management of
respective strategic pillar programmes – development, partnerships,
implementation, budgets, M&E and reporting.
- Provide technical advisory and
programmatic support to the Foundation’s projects and programmes.
- Develop and implement knowledge sharing
culture among the Foundations’ partners in the Foundations’ strategic
areas of focus related to national, regional, and international
priorities.
- Lead the delivery of the respective
region’s CSI engagement for impactful projects/programmes.
- Manage research on programmes/projects to
include contextual research on topical areas related to the Foundations’
strategies to ensure that investments remain aligned to local and global
priorities.
Communications: Support the MERL
Manager to:
- Provide overall positioning of the
Foundations’ mission as a caring partner, including stakeholder
engagement, public relations, internal and external communications (in
collaboration with the Corporate Communications department)
Partnerships and special
projects – Support the MERL Manager to:
- Manage the ISO 26000 engagement within
the Foundations for continuous improvement – audits, trainings.
- Represent the Foundations in key meetings
and forums.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree from a recognized
university preferably in Monitoring and Evaluation, Social Sciences,
Sociology, with 4 years’ experience
- Four years of M&E/project/programme
management experience and working experience in a busy environment
- Excellent understanding of development
partnerships, fund-raising, donor strategies, functions and international
relations.
- Certification/post graduate diploma in
project management, Philanthropy project management, Monitoring &
Evaluation by a recognized professional body will be an added advantage
How To Apply