DAI Monitoring and Evaluation Expert Job Vacancy – Security Sector Reform, Kenya

Monitoring and Evaluation Expert 

Security Sector Reform, Kenya 

About DAI

DAI works at the cutting edge of international development, combining technical excellence, professional project management, and exceptional customer service to solve our clients’ most complex problems. 

Since 1970, DAI has worked in 150 developing and transition countries, providing comprehensive development solutions in areas including security and justice reform, democratic governance and public sector management, agriculture and agribusiness, private sector development and financial services, economics and trade, HIV/AIDS, avian influenza control, water and natural resources management, and energy and climate change. 

Clients include international development agencies, international lending institutions, private corporations and philanthropies, and host-country governments.

Objective of the project

DAI is anticipating a donor-funded Security Sector Reform programme in Kenya, focused on community policing and gender policing. 

Scope of work

The M&E Expert will support the development of an M&E methodology and framework linked to the Implementation Phase workplan that enables effective monitoring of the Programme. 

The M&E advisor will also work with other programme Technical Experts to improve national and county-level security sector reporting mechanisms, feeding into national-level reporting and supporting budget requests by sector institutions. 

The M&E expert will also be responsible for liaising closely international standards and thought-leaders with regards to indicator development, as well as working with other Technical Experts to provide advice on the development of locally-owned indicators to drive performance improvement within county level governments institutions.  

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Ensure effective integration of M&E into all programme activities
• Lead the development and implementation of a results-based M&E methodology and framework for the CSJP
• Build effective management information systems to support the monitoring of programme results
• Work with programme partners, to undertake baseline and follow up surveys of community policing sector as required to obtain M&E data
• Support the programme to guide security sector institutions, both individually and jointly, on using M&E information (both results achieved and future targets) to improve the quality of budget submission to the Ministry of Finance, and hence increase funds allocated to sector priorities
• Provide oversight and expertise to the development of locally-owned indicators to drive performance improvement within state criminal justice institutions
• Input into the independent mid-term and end of programme evaluations
• Ensure timely reporting on progress against agreed results to DFID

Required Key Skills & Qualifications:

• Strong monitoring and evaluation background, including a clear understanding on the growing innovations in M&E in the governance sector
• Excellent experience and ability to developing monitoring and evaluation frameworks in large, complex donor funded programmes
• Working knowledge of the security Sector, preferably in Kenya and/ or the sub-region
• Strong project management and team management experience is desirable
• Long-term overseas experience working with donors such as DFID, UNDP, World Bank
• Excellent communication skills and fluency in English is essential
• An advanced degree in finance, business administration, economics, public administration, or other relevant field

How to apply:
http://ch.tbe.taleo.net/CH13/ats/careers/requisition.jsp?org=DAINC&cws=1&rid=979
 

Application Deadline: 30th September

Programme Start date: End 2013 

Programme Duration: 3 – 4 years