Based in Kenya Country Office
Plan is an international humanitarian child centered community development organization, without religious, political or government affiliation. Plan is committed to protecting and promoting child rights, and to improving the lives and futures of poor children, their families and communities through a child-centered community development approach.
The successful candidate will be responsible for facilitating program/project design, training, planning, information
gathering, synthesis, reflection, monitoring and evaluation and reporting processes within Plans’ Program Accountability and Learning System (PALS).
gathering, synthesis, reflection, monitoring and evaluation and reporting processes within Plans’ Program Accountability and Learning System (PALS).
The incumbent will report to the Monitoring & Evaluation Manager.
Key responsibilities
- Develop country monitoring and evaluation systems and framework;
- Design and Implement research studies and evaluations;
- Train program teams and ensure systems are running well;
- Provide participatory M&E training to staff, collaborators and partners;
- Facilitate country to institutionalize and operationalize Program Accountability and Learning Systems;
- Assist in report preparations and provide program support to technical advisers;
- Design and implement research studies and evaluations including dissemination of results for program design, implementation and improvement;
- Provide assistance to maintain updated Monitoring Information Systems at the Country Office and Development Areas;
- Facilitate in the development of Development Area long term plans, programs and annual plans;.
- Participate in the design and dissemination of the Country Strategic Plan and Country programs;
- Assist in review of Terms of Reference, research and evaluation reports and project proposals.
- Monitor corporate systems.
- Supervise external consultants.
Qualifications, experience and skills
- A Bachelors degree in social sciences; Masters Degree in the same field would be an advantage.
- At least 5 years hands on experience in social science research, monitoring & evaluation.
- Demonstrated skills in usage of two recognized statistical packages eg SPSS, Epi-Info, Excel and Access.
- Budgeting, financial & program tracking skills.
- Documentation skills
- Experience in partnership building, advocacy and networking.
- Good working experience in Community participation and in Development/Programming
Plan Kenya is a development organization uniting people to advance the rights of all children. Accordingly, employment is subject to our child protection standards including appropriate background checks and adherence to our Child Protection Policy.
If you meet the requirements for any of the above position and would like to be a part of it in our commitment to children, please send a detailed and updated curriculum vitae, current remuneration and contacts of three professional references, including your current/latest line manager to jobs.plankenya@plan–international.org to be received by latest 16th JUNE 2010.
Your email (OR ENVELOPE) should bear the title “MONITORING AND EVALUATION CO-ORDINATOR – COUNTRY OFFICE” as the subject.
You are invited to read more about Plan in our website www.plan-international.org.
We regret that only short listed candidates will be contacted.
