GOAL Kenya is an Irish NGO operating
in Kenya since 1995, addressing the needs of vulnerable children and youth
living in Nairobi’s informal settlements.
GOAL Kenya (GK) requires an experienced Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) Coordinator who will head the MEAL Department and will be responsible for all the country programme monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning systems.
Supervises: 1
MEAL Manager
Closing Date: 04 March 2016
General Description of the Role: Over the lifetime of the current strategic plan
GOAL Kenya’s country programme has grown to incorporate both emergency and
development programmes focused on health, WASH, livelihoods, and
protection.
The centrally based country MEAL team
provides support and capacity to all GOAL’s programming in Kenya.
The MEAL Coordinator is responsible
for all the country programme monitoring, evaluation and learning systems.
Specific Responsibilities
The Monitoring, Evaluation,
Accountability and Learning (MEAL) Coordinator is responsible for the
following; objectives:
Coordinate the overall country
monitoring system
- Support and carry out regular monitoring of
standard indicators, activities and outputs of projects;
- Maintain the standard indicator databases per
sector;
- Sampling of data from the standard indicator
database on a monthly basis in each location for quality assurance
purposes including sampling of partner monthly reports, MOVs for quality
assurance purposes;
- Support project managers to identify and
resolve monitoring problems at individual project level;
- Ensuring that mainstreaming issues mentioned
above are included in the monitoring system as appropriate;
- Work with the Sector Coordinators to provide
monthly and quarterly graphic feedback to management of standard
indicators for all sectors comparing information over time and between
counties.
Coordinate the overall GOAL country
evaluation system
- Lead and support the implementation of GOAL’s
global M&E framework, GOAL Kenya’s M&E strategic framework and the
M&E Plans for all interventions
- Revise, update and improve GK M&E
strategic framework and M&E plan documents according to requirements
- Provide technical support for the
identification and management of external resources to carry out or
support MEAL activities
- Directly carry out, supervise and review all
GOAL Kenya evaluations, surveys, mid-term reviews
- Support the process of recruiting and managing
external consultants carrying out independent assessments of GOAL Kenya’s
programming outcomes.
- Establish and keep up to date the consultants
data base
- Design and carry out or supervise surveys
(MICS, KAPBS and other surveys)
- Develop links with GOAL’s Survey and M&E
Coordinator from the GOAL Technical Team
- Familiarise self and team with implementation
of GOAL’s standard surveys (MICS, KAPBs, Causal Assessments), if necessary
organizing training from the survey advisor or other sources in
consultation with the GOAL Technical Team Advisor
- Ensure surveys are carried out in line with
the M&E plan and the GOAL Framework
Working with Local Partners on
M&E System
- Coordinate the design and implementation of
partner and other evaluations as required under the strategies, revise
tools and M&E strategy regularly
- Support the development of an evaluation
system that will provide information for measuring outcomes and impact of
GOAL Kenya’s support to partner organizations and directly implemented
projects, designing and carrying out or supervising outcome evaluations
across all projects and programmes. M&E systems development of
partners may be accompanied by systems benchmarks to track progress
towards strengthened systems.
- Training- Lead the development and roll out of
M&E capacity building plans of local partner organisations, including
by providing tools and resources to partners.
- Liaise with partners and team members to plan,
design and implement and report on annual thematic outcome evaluations and
ensure the databases for same are in place up to date and accurate
Coordinate the overall country
learning system
- As part of the learning function, seek to
identify learning points across the range of work carried out and identify
opportunities to share this learning through meetings, workshops and
reports.
- Evidence/learning from Pilots: Give technical
support to programmes in learning from piloting new and alternative
approaches
- Where appropriate, share materials with GOAL’s
best practice website
- Design and carry out or supervise assessments
and research exercises as appropriate and possible support to programme
development, monitoring, evaluation and learning
- Design and implement case studies across the
programme
- Complete one short article for each project
each year
- Promote strengthened understanding and
capacities within project and programme teams on MEAL, and the use and /or
analysis of MEAL systems at the project and partner levels
- Ensure that annual work plans are developed
and monitored by the Senior Management Team
Coordinate the overall country
M&E Plan
- Keep the overall country programme M&E
plan updated on a monthly basis, based on activities implemented and new
project needs
- Through regular liaison with Sector
Coordinators and Assistant Country Director as well as support to the
M&E Programme Manager.
- Liaise with each Sector Coordinator and Area
Coordinator to check progress on the implementation of M&E activities
- Develop an individual detailed M&E plan
for each project and monitor for implementation and quality
- Identify needs that each project has to
support implementation of M&E activities, provide mentoring training
to teams in the field locations
Manage the MEAL team and be an active
member of the Senior Management Team (SMT)
- Manage the MEAL team to meet the above
objectives, carrying out evaluation and surveys as required by the
priorities of the plan and available capacities within the team
- Develop and update the monthly and annual work
plans for the MEAL team to meet the objectives of the M&E plan.
- Prepare with team members monthly work plans
and monitor their implementation.
- Provide Country Director with a monthly report
on the implementation of the work plans and achievement of objectives.
- Develop performance management appraisal
objectives with each member of the MEAL team, ensure objectives are SMART
and reviewed and revised every six months.
- Build the technical and analytical capacity of
the M&E officers throughout the year
- Work collaboratively with GOAL’s M&E
Advisor & Roving MEAL Coordinator
Coordinate the country programme’s
Knowledge Management
- Follow up mechanisms- Focus on ensuring
appropriate mechanism are in place and maintained for the follow up of
evaluation and tech team findings by in country management with a view to
maximising knowledge retention and use.
- Ensure databases of programmes are kept up to
date through an efficient process and ensure databases are accessible so that
the information can be used effectively.
- Develop and support the appropriate
generation, documentation and dissemination of knowledge products by GK
including Human Success Stories, lessons learnt, best practices, surveys
and evaluation, and operations research studies.
Support the country programme’s
business development efforts
- Attend inception meetings convened to discuss
CfPs/RFAs that GOAL Kenya is interested to pursue.
- As is possible, draw attention to relevant
statistics that could be used to strengthen GOAL Kenya’s grant
applications.
- Lead the development of logical frameworks,
results frameworks, theories of change, M&E plans and M&E budgets
in line with potential donor’s grant application guidelines.
- Support with the development of innovative and
promising intervention strategies
Coordinate Beneficiary & Other
Stakeholder Accountability Mechanisms
- Act as GK’s focal point for Stakeholder
Accountability.
- Assess beneficiary accountability mechanisms
in place and lead strengthening of such mechanisms benchmarking on GOAL’s
Stakeholder Accountability guidelines and international best practices.
This should include appropriately structured dissemination of M&E
findings, implementation of a Complaints Response Mechanism, and
supporting meaningful engagement of stakeholders, particularly primary
beneficiaries in project design, implementation and monitoring.
Requirement
Essential:
- Master’s Degree in programme evaluation,
business administration or related field
- 5 years + programme related experience in
international development
- 3+ years specific Monitoring and Evaluation
Management experience
- Good computer skills (MS Word, Excel, Access
and statistical software packages)
- Strong research and analytical skills
- Excellent communication skills (written and spoken)
- Demonstrated ability to facilitate training
and capacity building for staff
- Ability to embark on regular travel from
Nairobi to other fields sites in Kenya
Desirable
- Experience working with community based
development projects
- Experience in similar positions with an
international NGO
NB: This Job Description only serves as a guide for the
above position. GOAL reserves the right to change this document.
How to Apply
Suitably qualified applicants are invited to apply by completing the application form (CLICK HERE to download) and send it by email only to keapplications@ke.goal.ie
How to Apply
Suitably qualified applicants are invited to apply by completing the application form (CLICK HERE to download) and send it by email only to keapplications@ke.goal.ie
Candidates who do not use the
application form to apply for this position will not be considered.
Only shortlisted candidates will be
contacted.
Closing date for application is 5.00
pm March 4th 2016.
NB. This is a national position.