Norwegian
Refugee Council
Monitoring and
Evaluation Officer - DEVCO and
BRCiS Consortium
(Kenya
Nationals Only)
Ref No: 2990110156
Full time
1 Position
Industry: Emergency Relief
Special
Field: Monitoring
and Evaluation
The
Building Resilient Communities in Somalia (BRCiS) Consortium aims at improving
the resilience of vulnerable communities and households in seven regions, 22
districts and 99 communities of south and central Somalia, directly targeting
30,100 households. The BRCiS Consortium is formed by five organisations: NRC,
SCI, IRC, Concern Worldwide and CESVI.
The five
years programme, at the moment, is funded by DFID and DEVCO. BRCiS develop an
approach based on tailor-made, participatory programming.
The unique
combination of short, medium and long-term interventions together with the
intense involvement of communities ensures that long-term and sustainable
impact is achieved, supporting Somali people in becoming less dependent from
external aid.
BRCiS is
targeting several hundred thousands of individual beneficiaries, with a
particular focus to the South and Centre of Somalia.
The position will oversee the overall design and implementation of monitoring and evaluation (M&E) systems and procedures and ensure that all aspects of the BRCiS Consortium M&E system are adhered to.
The Monitoring and Evaluation Officer will report to the BRCiS Consortium Monitoring and Evaluation Manager.
NRC may be required to verify the identity of its partners / employees and to check that its partners / employees have not been involved in illegal activities.
The position will oversee the overall design and implementation of monitoring and evaluation (M&E) systems and procedures and ensure that all aspects of the BRCiS Consortium M&E system are adhered to.
The Monitoring and Evaluation Officer will report to the BRCiS Consortium Monitoring and Evaluation Manager.
NRC may be required to verify the identity of its partners / employees and to check that its partners / employees have not been involved in illegal activities.
NRC
reserves the right to use electronic screening tools for this purpose.
Job Description
Job Description
- Under
the strategic direction of the BRCiS Monitoring & Evaluation Manager,
ensure maintenance of the Consortium M&E system including conducting
reviews of progress against bench marks, facilitating consultations and
trainings, and coordinating reviews and updates.
- Develop
M&E guidance, tools and procedures (including consultation with
program staff to determine needs and appropriateness, draft documents,
facilitating consultation on documents, and rolling out finalized
products)
- Promote
the standardization of M&E processes throughout the BRCiS Consortium,
providing training and support to BRCiS Members as needed.
- Provide
technical and surge support to field teams on monitoring and evaluation
processes with a particular focus on data collection initiatives through
regular field visits.
- Support
the use of mobile phone data collection by training field staff, creating
questionnaire templates and providing administrative support.
- Conduct
training on Monitoring and Evaluation.
- Compile
periodic quantitative output reports from Field offices for circulation to
senior management.
- Provide
technical and surge support for quantitative and qualitative analysis for
assessments, donor reports, and other processes.
Qualifications
- University
degree preferably in social sciences, international relations and/or
development or other relevant discipline.
- Experience
in design, development and maintenance of XLS-Forms for use in Open Data
Kit (ODK)
- Experience
in training and support to Digital Data Gathering users, particularly ODK
Collect users
- Fluency
in Excel is a must, as well as advanced use of Word and PowerPoint
- Advanced
knowledge and experience of standard Monitoring and Evaluation procedures
and tools
- Experience
in use of large datasets for data analysis and reporting
- Excellent
communication and interpersonal skills
Education field: Maths /
Stats / Physics
Education level: College / University, Bachelor's degree
Personal qualities
Education level: College / University, Bachelor's degree
Personal qualities
- Experience
in use of Business Intelligence tools, QlickView and QlickSense and
management dashboards
- Excellent
interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills
- Strong
analysis skills (qualitative and quantitative)
- Excellent
one to one and group communication /information presentation skills
- Experience
in training and capacity building in M&E mechanisms at various project
levels
- Good
understanding of various donors’ requirements
- Experience
in designing and leading on specific development research projects
- Experience
working with statistical computer software packages
- Project
design and management skills
- Goal
oriented with ability to work under pressure, independently and with
limited supervision.
We offer
Commencement: 1st April 2016
Commencement: 1st April 2016
Duration of
Contract: 1 year
contract with possible extension
Salary /
Benefits: According
to NRC's general directions.
The
candidate will observe NRC's code of conduct and working hours for the NRC
office in Nairobi
How to Apply
Candidates
should apply on line by going through www.nrc.no
E-mail and
paper applications will not be considered.