Job
Title: Monitoring and
Evaluation Manager
Team: Policy
and Advocacy
Job Family: Programmes
Category: National/ International
Location: Kenya
Fairtrade Africa Purpose: To improve the socio-economic conditions of
African producers
through increased access to better trading conditions.
Reporting Lines
Post holder reports to: Programmes Director
Staff reporting to this post: (None) – but coordinating M&E
activities with Regional Coordinators; and volunteers from time to time
Scale Level: 4
Salary Range: USD 2,075 - 3,288
Budget Responsibility: Yes
Background:
Fairtrade Africa is the umbrella organisation of all Fairtrade certified
producers in Africa and a member and co-owner of the International Fairtrade
Labelling Organisation.
Fairtrade is a passionate and ambitious development organisation committed to
tackling poverty and injustice through trade.
Fairtrade is an independent, not-for-profit body behind the FAIRTRADE Mark, a
product label assuring consumers that their purchase helps disadvantaged
farmers and workers in developing countries secure a better deal.
Fairtrade Africa as part of its development agenda wishes to undertake
labelling work as the Africa member of Fairtrade International, a global
network of organisations working to common standards and verification systems.
Fairtrade Africa operates in 28 countries in Africa and has regional offices in
Southern, Eastern and West Africa.
The position is expected to support the Policy and Advocacy team in overseeing
the M&E and technical aspects (mapping, data collection, database
management, etc.) of FTA programmes and activities to ensure the smooth
implementation of FTA’s strategies and programmes across Africa. And to support
advocacy work of FTA by enabling access to well analysed data for policy
positions and decision making.
Job Purpose:
To be responsible for developing and implementing knowledge and learning
systems within Fairtrade Africa.
This will include the creation and management of Monitoring & Evaluation
(M&E) systems and Impact work for assessment against internal and external
goals.
Monitoring - Leads the design and implementation of monitoring frameworks to
track delivery
against FTA goals and objectives on both internal programme work and external
goals.
Evaluation - Leads analysis of data collected under the monitoring framework
for assessment of
progress and areas for improvement on both internal programme work and external
goals.
Learning - Leads on developing a culture of learning within the organisation to
contribute towards policy and programme direction.
Delivery - Ensure that all the FTA projects and programmes are aligned and
delivering towards FTA Vision and Goals.
Reporting - Provides regularly updated reports on the status of implementation
against
FTA goals and objectives to the FTA Senior Management Team.
Specific Tasks
- Creates
and implement a unified organisational M&E system for assessment
against FTA objectives and programme activities.
- Manages
the development and implementation of cost-effective and efficient data
collection systems.
- Identifies
innovative approaches in monitoring, evaluation and adaptive management
learning systems.
- Manages
existing and new Impact Assessment projects and ensures effective dissemination
and communication of findings.
- Works
in close harmony with the policy unit to ensure learning from M&E and
impact work is influencing policy and programme direction.
- Contributes
to Fairtrade system wide learning by preparing and disseminating data,
lessons learned, good practices and statistical, qualitative, and
anecdotal evidence provided by activities of FTA staff to stakeholders.
- Contributes
to the imbedding of a culture of learning within the organisation.
- Responsible
for all data analysis and M&E, Impact and learning reporting (e.g.
annual report, donor reports, Board).
- Develops
close working relationships with FTA staff, members and other key
stakeholders (including donors) to establish a shared vision of FTA’s
systems for M&E and adaptive management learning.
Knowledge
and Experience
- Masters
qualification in Agricultural economics, development studies, social
science, development or other related field
- At
least 3 years working experience in designing and/or implementing
organisational level systems for M&E and/or adaptive management
learning
- Direct
experience of applying M&E and/or organisational learning to address
sustainability issues (e.g. the environment, social development, good
governance, economic resilience)
- Experience
in project management and experience in developing and reporting using
Logical Frameworks
- Experience
in designing and/or implementing data collection and data management
systems
- Experience
in engaging and supporting others to contribute to M&E work
- Experience
in data analysis and evaluation and translation into accessible reports
for diverse audiences
- Knowledge
in the use of SPSS or other statistical tools
- Knowledge
of participatory methodologies
- Excellent
knowledge and use of English language; and knowledge of French (desired).
Other
competencies/ skills
- Strategy
and planning skills
- Ability
to work alone, meet deadlines, and establish priorities
- Ability
to undertake training and /or learning events
- Excellent
communication and facilitation skills
- Excellent
analytical and attention to detail skills
- Ability
to analyse information to identify and understand issues, problems and
opportunities; comparing data from different sources to draw conclusions
- Experience
in the Donor Committee for Enterprise Development (DCED)
Personal
Attributes
- Committed
to using M&E to contribute to social and environmental sustainability
- Willingness
to participate in field activities/surveys and travel to remote areas
within Africa
- Interested
in developing innovation in M&E
- Able
to inspire others through strong leadership qualities as well as being a
team player.
Working
Relationships:
Internal – Reports to the Programme Director. Works closely with team heads and
regional coordinators and special project teams.
External - Works closely with officers within the Fairtrade fraternity and
donor partners (bilateral and multilateral), including governmental and
non-governmental organisations.
Application Deadline: 15th February 2012
An application form (CVs will not be accepted) can be found on the jobs and
volunteering page of our website. If you have any queries, please e-mail
recruitment@fairtradeafrica.net or call +254202721930 and ask to speak to a
member of the Admin team.
Qualified applicants will be subjected to background checks as a condition of
employment.
The final hiring decision is anticipated end of February 2012 for a start date
of March 2012.
Completed applications should be e-mailed to recruitment@fairtradeafrica.net
All applicants should state how they meet essential requirements of the post
and include their email address, telephone contacts and three referees with
contact details on the application form. Those who applied earlier need not
reapply.
Others: This job description is intended as a guide and should not be
viewed as an inflexible specification as it may be varied from time to time in
the light of strategic developments following discussion with the post holder.
The post holder will be expected to work to agreed objectives, which should
facilitate achievements of the key responsibilities in accordance with the
Performance Review Process.
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