SOS Children’s Villages in Kenya
Vacancy
Announcements: Monitoring
and Evaluation Assistants
SOS
Children’s Villages in Kenya is a member of the SOS Children’s Villages
International (CVI) Federation.
SOS
Children’s Villages is a child-focused Non-Governmental Organization
established in 1973 to provide care and support to children who have lost or
are at risk of losing the care of their biological family.
The
organization’s vision is “No child should grow up alone” and its programmes are
driven by the mission of “building families for children in need, helping them
shape their own futures and sharing in the development of their communities”.
In
this regard, the organization works to reduce poverty; increase access to
quality education and decent work; reduce inequalities and build strong
institutions as laid out in SDGs 1, 4,8,10 and 16.
This is done through programmes that are geared towards addressing the political, economic, health and social root causes that lead to high levels of child vulnerability and put families at risk of breaking down. The programmes focus on Alternative Care, Family Strengthening, Youth Empowerment, Education, Health Care and Advocacy.
SOS
Children’s Villages in Kenya implements programmes in five (5) of Kenya’s 47
Counties namely Nairobi, Mombasa, Uasin Gishu, Kisumu and Meru. We seek to
recruit suitably qualified persons to fill the following positions:
Monitoring
and Evaluation Assistants
Nairobi
and Meru (1 Position For Each Location)
Position
Summary: The primary role of the position is to provide technical
monitoring and evaluation support to SOS Children’s Village locations as they
implement the organization Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Framework.
S/he
will be responsible for coordinating the roll out of results – based management
at the location, management and analysis of program data in location and
regular consultative improvement of all M&E tools, processes and policies
in line with the changing needs and internationally acceptable trends.
Key
performance areas and main responsibilities
I. To
support in tracking program quality in line with SOS Children’s Villages
policies, procedures and guidelines
1.
Plan for results.
a.
Participate in location planning process by linking plans to location results
frameworks and concept note.
b.
Provide support to locations with input to develop M&E elements of the
concept notes and results frameworks
c.
Contextualize and document location Results Based Management System.
2.
Monitor for results
a.
On regular basis, monitor program implementation progress against the location
action plan (Activity Schedule).
b.
Provide leadership and support for report development in compliance to
organizational and institutional partners reporting requirements.
c.
On a monthly basis, review data from the program database, analyse and make
performance presentation based on Federation key standard performance
indicators.
d.
Support Program Database (PDB2) users troubleshoot PDB2 challenges as reported
as well as provide capacity building of the users on the system.
e.
Conduct quarterly data quality audits and reporting as well as build capacity
of location teams on data management and quality.
f.
Operationalise the location Monitoring plan as envisioned in the results
framework.
g.
Oversee monitoring and evaluation data collection using appropriate federation
and MA tools and systems.
h.
Support the program Director in developing the SOS Children’s Villages Care
Promise self-assessment report.
3.
Evaluate for results
a.
Identify opportunities for operations research during monitoring and evaluation
of various projects at the location.
b.
In liaison with the M&E Coordinator and the M&E Officer National Office
conduct needs assessments for the location
c.
Coordinate baseline, midterm and end term evaluations for all IPD projects in
the location in line with the national evaluation framework.
4.
Use of results
a.
Establish and maintain the location’s Lesson learned log
b.
Conduct quarterly program reviews to assess progress against key RBM documents
such as activity schedule, results framework, M&E plan and progress
reports.
c.
Keep abreast of the latest developments in M&E and network with other
organizations for best practice sharing
d.
Facilitate utilization of data for decision making through regular synthesis
and analysis of thematic reports based on monitoring data
e.
Provide support to SOS CV Kenya’s advocacy agenda in all programmes,
initiatives and activities
II.
Performs other tasks as assigned by the immediate supervisor
Required
Qualifications, Skills & Experience.
1.
A minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree in Project Planning & Management /
Development Studies or related disciplines.
2.
Prior experience with performance monitoring and evaluation for development
programs, including developing performance indicators, data collection and
analysis.
3.
At least 3 years progressive experience in the development and implementation
of Planning, Monitoring & Evaluation policies & processes in a multi
sector programme environment.
4.
Previous experience in child focused organizations is an added advantage.
5.
Skills and experience with numerical methods, database management and MS Excel.
6.
Strong analytical skills and excellent oral and written communication skills.
7.
Excellent interpersonal skills and a team player
8.
Strong report writing skills.
At
all times, avoid actions or behaviour that could be construed as poor or
potentially abusive practice. Whatever decisions and actions taken should be
with the best interest of the child in mind.
Data
Protection Policy
At
all times ensure that personal data of donors, sponsors, SOS Children’s
Villages in Kenya beneficiaries and their families as well as co-workers is
handled confidentially and in accordance with prevailing SOS-Kinderdorf
International data protection laws.
How to
Apply
If
you believe your experience, competencies and qualifications match the job and
role specifications described; send your application & updated CV (with
details of at least 3 traceable referees one of which must be immediate former
employer) to recruitment@soskenya.org addressed to the Human Resources Manager
to reach us on or before 6th April 2023.
Please
specify the Location of interest in your application
SOS
Children’s Villages in Kenya holds strict child safeguarding principles and a
zero-tolerance policy for conducts of sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse
in the workplace, code of conduct and other places where the organization’s
activities are rendered.
Parallel
to technical competence, recruitment, selection and hiring decisions will give
due emphasize to assessing candidates value congruence and thorough background
checks, police clearance reference check processes.
SOS
Children’s Villages in Kenya is an equal opportunity employer and its
Recruitment Policy addresses itself to the core values of best practice, diversity
and equality.
Only
shortlisted candidates will be contacted.