Atlantean Monitoring and Evaluation/Research Specialist Job in Nairobi, Kenya

Monitoring and Evaluation/Research Specialist

 
Background:

Atlantean seeks to identify local and expatriate junior‐ and senior‐level qualified Monitoring and Evaluations (M&E) Research Specialist candidates to support USAID/Kenya’s Office of Population and Health (OPH) and USAID/East Africa’s Regional Health and HIV/AIDS Office (RHH). 

In support of this program various candidates are sought with qualifications and experience in the following areas; management of field monitoring, evaluation design, empirical and statistical analysis, management of information systems, information management design and training and program management. 

Competitive M&E Research Specialist candidates must have significant experience and success in dealing with activities such as management of field monitoring, evaluation design, empirical and statistical analysis, management information systems, information management design and training, and program management. 

This position will be based in Nairobi, Kenya with possible travel throughout East and Central Africa. 

The M&E Research Specialist will be responsible for but not limited to the following specific duties and deliverables:

Responsibilities and Deliverables:

• Design and manage mid‐term, performance and impact evaluations of individual projects and activities.
• Evaluate impact against Intermediate Results and overall assistance and development objectives.
• Analyze, produce, and present reports on the findings of the assessments.
• Develop Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) tools as appropriate for project implementation.
• Conduct quantitative and qualitative surveys, focus groups and apply other participatory methods to beneficiaries, communities and local organizations to evaluate progress using social, economic, political, technical areas and environmental indicators.
• Design, conduct and report on learning reviews to capture lessons learned and best practices following of project activities and objectives.
• Any other duties as required.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Senior level applicants must have a Master’s Degree in a relevant field (such as Social Sciences, Social Work and Social administration, Development Studies, Project Planning & Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, Community Development & Research, or any relevant field with M&E as a course) and at least 10 years of related experience.
• Junior level applicants must have a Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant field (such as Social Sciences, Social Work and Social administration, Development Studies, Project Planning & Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, Community Development & Research, or any relevant field with M&E as a course) and at least 4 years of related experience.
• Knowledge of the significance and ability to apply various statistical measures, theory, techniques and methods.
• Strong command of qualitative and quantitative research design and data analysis techniques including use of packages such as Atlas, (or Nudist or NVivo) and SPSS (or Epi‐Info, SNAP, SAS), as appropriate.
• Excellent administrative and organizational skills.
• Excellent communication skills in written and spoken English.
• Demonstrated proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, especially PowerPoint, Word and MS Excel.
• Demonstrated understanding of the impediments to health within the African context.

Atlantean provides global services focused on government solutions, security sector capacity building, camp operations and risk management in austere and high‐risk environments. 

Atlantean was created to bring together the resources of a diverse leadership team and to leverage their combined experience in security, intelligence, diplomacy, government relations, law, and business. 

We employ individuals with specialized backgrounds and recruit exceptional local talent in every country in which we operate, fully integrating them into our teams, so our clients benefit from their local knowledge and experience.

Please send your resume to africahr@atlanteanworldwide.com and be sure to put FirstName LastName @Recruiting #Research Specialist (ex: John Doe @Recruiting #Research Specialist) in the subject line of your email.

Closing Date: 31 July 2013