The M&E Officer The job holder will be based at ADS Kenya offices and will report to the ADS Kenya Program Manager. Will have the following responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• Will be in-charge of daily planning monitoring, evaluation and learning of the project.
• Coordinating monitoring, evaluations, reporting and learning.
• Capacity building of project staff and volunteers on Outcome M&E.
• Prepare reports on M&E findings, as required, working closely with the Project team.
• Undertake regular visits to the field to support the implementation of M&E and to identify, advice and support quality programming.
• Guide the regular sharing of the outputs of M&E findings with project staff and other primary stakeholders.
• Revise the project objectives and log frame matrix (activities, processes, inputs, outputs, outcomes, and impacts)
• Determine information needs of project management and the donor.
• Review monitoring reports to assess and identify causes of potential bottlenecks in project implementation.
• Collaborate with other Project staff and the donor supporting team to develop feasible and effective discussions where M&E data are analysis and corrective actions can be agreed upon.
• Undertake and facilitate others project staff to implement the M&E plan, regularly revising and updating performance questions, indicators, methods, formats, and analytical processes.

Qualification and Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Statistics Social Sciences, Project management or its equivalent.
• At least three years’ experience in research, data collection, analysis, and reporting.
• Key knowledge on M& E tools, concepts and experiences working with both quantitative and qualitative data analysis methodologies and management of information systems.
• A track record in managing stakeholders and working with diverse teams.
• Must have good writing, analytical, negotiation, and interpersonal skills.
• Should understand concepts and demonstrate skills in monitoring and evaluation, program cycle, results chain and frameworks, participatory monitoring.
• Relevant experience in field survey/data collection techniques, data entry, data verification, and analysis and be proficient in Microsoft Excel, the incumbent should demonstrate fluency in use of data management software including MS Access, SPSS, and STATA