Lewa Wildlife Conservancy (Lewa),
based in Isiolo Kenya, is an organization that works as a catalyst and a model
for the conservation of wildlife and its habitat.
We are looking for an experienced,
skilled, self-driven and dedicated Monitoring
and Evaluation Coordinator with a commitment to excellence to develop Lewa’s
program and project’s monitoring and evaluation.
This will include process and tools
development, data collection, analysis and reporting.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Overall responsibility for the monitoring
strategy and its successful implementation;
- Provide technical support to each of the
programmes to monitor and evaluate the defined objectives and specific
success indicators and targets;
- Design monitoring tools (surveys, focus groups
etc.) and take lead in conducting baseline research and analysis;
- Contribute to M&E methodologies and approaches
in collaboration with the programmes heads and other stakeholders;
- Identify and formulate monitoring and
evaluation findings, lessons learned and recommendations to be integrated
into management efforts, disseminated in learning events and channelled
into decision-making processes;
- Facilitation of capacity building on monitoring
and evaluation; and
- Present M&E results to internal and
external audiences/stakeholders.
Job Specifications
The job holder must possess:
- Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent in any of the
following disciplines – Social Sciences, Community Development, Project
Management, Wildlife Management or any other relevant field;
- Diploma in monitoring and evaluation
- At least 5 years of practical experience in
monitoring, evaluation and research work in a private sector
- Demonstrated experience in project planning,
monitoring and evaluation in a donor funded institution is highly
desirable
- Computer skills
- Strong qualitative and quantitative analytical
skills and experience with statistical analysis (STATA, SPSS).
Abilities and Skills
- Individual with experience in collecting data
in remote rural areas.
- Experience and skills in capacity building.
- Excellent communication skills in both written
and verbal English and Swahili.
- Self-motivated, self-organized, detail
oriented and ability to meet tight deadlines.
- A team player with proven leadership qualities
If you meet the above requirements
and are interested in joining a team of hardworking staff, please send your
resume and application letter to the address below indicating your current gross
pay and salary expectation for this position.
Provide your daytime telephone
contact and contacts of three professional referees by 2nd December, 2015.
This role will be on a one year contract with a possibility of renewal.
The Human Resource Manager
Lewa Wildlife Conservancy,
Private Bag, Isiolo,
Kenya
OR Email: hr@lewa.org
NB: only shortlisted candidates will be contacted