Job Title: Monitoring Evaluation Reporting and Learning Officer
Hiring Organization: Safaricom
Location – Locality: Nairobi
Location – Region: Kenya
Industry: Telecommunication
Job Type: Full
Time
Salary: KES
Date Posted: 04/25/2024
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