Diakonie Emergency Aid M & E Officer (Eastern and Southern Africa) Job in Kenya

Diakonie Emergency Aid - Regional Office Nairobi seeks to recruit a suitable candidate to fill the following position;
 

M & E Officer - Eastern and Southern Africa
 

Reporting to the Regional Director
 

Her/his duties will include to:

• Develop and strengthen monitoring, inspection and evaluation procedures;
• Support program team and partners to monitor project activities, expenditure and progress towards achieving project outputs;
• Co-ordinate implemention of all research, monitoring and evaluation activities including designing, budgeting, planning for data collection, analysis and report writing;
• Develop monitoring and impact indicators for projects;
• Conduct capacity assessments on existing monitoring and evaluation systems of diakonie partners;
• Co-ordinate closely with partners for data planning, identification of data sources, and collection of data for monitoring purposes;
• Monitor and follow up progress on various proposals, meetings, reports, working papers etc. with concerned offices;
• Recommend further improvement of project design and logical frame work;
• Contribute to the preparation and implementation of project work plans, monitoring plan and technical interim,quarterly and annual reports on programs;
• Analysis of data for performance monitoring and evaluation to allow team to maintain a good overview of programm performance;
• Develop a thorough well-defined M & E plan that would serve as measurable guiding tool to determine impact of the program;
• Monitor and evaluate overall progress on achievement of results.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• University Degree preferably in social sciences such as Statistics , Economics or related field;
• At least 5 years of experience in the design and implementation of M&E/MIS in Relief programs implemented by international NGOs;
• In-depth knowledge of the Program Management Cycle;
• Experience in designing tools and strategies for data collection, analysis and production of reports;
• Proven ICT skills, especially in the development and use of database software;
• Expertise in analyzing data using statistical software;
• Strong training & facilitation skills;
• Proven ability to prioritize tasks, meet deadlines and work with limited supervision, pro-active and a good team-player;
• Knowledge of French will be a strong added advantage.

To receive an application form, send an email to: dea.recruitment@gmail.com

Applications must include an application form, cover letter, CV and a daytime telephone number.

The deadline for submission of applications is 24th October, 2014 

All applications should be sent to: recruitment@diakonie-emergency-aid.com

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.