CPST Monitoring & Evaluation and Quality Assurance Programme Officer Job in Kenya

Vacancy: Programme Officer, Monitoring and Evaluation and Quality Assurance

Republic of Kenya
 

The Parliamentary Service Commission
 

The Centre for Parliamentary Studies and Training (CPST)

The Centre for Parliamentary Studies and Training (The CPST) was established under Legal Notice No. 95 of July 22, 2011 under the Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC). 

The CPST has established itself as the centre of excellence in training for quality governance. 

The core mandate of the CPST is capacity building for Members and Staff of Parliament and other members of the public interested in parliamentary studies. 

In addition to training and capacity building, the CPST is mandated to participate in the preservation and transmission of parliamentary knowledge in Kenya and the region.

In order to enhance the human resource capacity of the CPST, the Parliamentary Service Commission seeks to recruit persons who are innovative, of high integrity, able to work with diverse groups of people, with good communication skills, result oriented and who can work with minimum supervision in the following position:

Programme Officer, Monitoring and Evaluation and Quality Assurance
PSC 10
1 Position

Reporting to the Director, CPST, the holder of this position shall work under Senior Deputy Director, Administration and Corporate Affairs (CPST). 

The holder of this position shall manage programmes and activities relating to monitoring and evaluation for purposes of ensuring continuous quality improvement of all programmes at the CPST.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Develop and strengthen monitoring; inspection and evaluation procedures at the CPST
• Monitor all CPST activities, expenditures and progress towards achieving the laid down outputs of the CPST;
• Recommend further improvement of the logical frame work;
• Develop monitoring and impact indicator for success of all program mes;
• Monitor and evaluate overall progress on achievement of results;
• Monitor the sustainability of the results of all programmes;
• Provide feedback to the Director on CPST Strategic Objectives, Activities, and Impact;
• Suggest strategies for improving the efficiency and effectiveness of all programmes by identifying bottlenecks in completing project activities and developing plans to minimize or eliminate such bottlenecks;
• Report monthly, quarterly, half-yearly and annually on all programme activities at the CPST;
• Conduct capacity assessment on existing monitoring and evaluation systems;
• Develop indicators and a monitoring strategy for all programmes;
• Participate in annual reviews and planning workshops;
• Assist in coordinating across the available components of the CPST to ensure effective implementation of M&E/MIS;
• Be available for trainers and trainees for consultation;
• Perform any other official duties that may be assigned by the Director, CPST, the immediate supervisor and the PSC Management.

Minimum Qualifications:

• A Bachelors Degree in Education from a recognized University;
• A Masters Degree in either Monitoring and Evaluation (M & E), Management Information Systems (MIS) and Research from a recognized University;
• At least five (5) years of experience in the design and implementation of M&E/MIS in development or Training projects or programmes implemented by national/international NGOs/UN bodies / Government;
• Experience in designing tools and strategies for data collection, analysis and production of reports;
• Proven ICT skills, especially in the development of MIS software;
• Expertise in analyzing data using statistical software;
• Strong training and facilitation skills in order to understand evaluation of training programmes held at the CPST.

How to Apply

Applications must include a cover letter, a Curriculum Vitae (not more than 5 pages long with three referees), Copies of Academic Certificates and Testimonials and may be addressed to 

The Clerk of the Senate/Secretary, 

Parliamentary Service Commission, 

P.O. Box 41842 - 00100, 

Nairobi, 

hand delivered to, the office of the Clerk of the Senate on 2nd Floor, County Hall, Parliament Buildings 

or emailed to csenate@parliament.go.ke to be received on or before 22nd May, 2014.

Only shortlisted candidates shall be notified.

Clerk of the Senate / Secretary
Parliamentary Service Commission