RTI USAID-funded Western Kenya Sanitation Project (USAID WKSP) is seeking an experienced Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Officer is responsible for the management and implementation of the USAID Western Kenya Sanitation Project (USAID WKSP) M&E systems and procedures. The Officer will support the work of the County Market Advisor and provide guidance on M&E issues related to data, collection analysis and reporting for the project indicators.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Support the Senior Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Specialist to develop, and maintain the Project’s M&E system, including the development of performance indicators, milestones, and baseline conditions.
• Assist Senior MEL Specialist with the collection, analysis, and reporting on performance indicators by other team members and Project grantees.
• With support from Senior MEL Specialist, prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual progress reports on the status of Project implementation; contribute to other Project reports such as annual work plans.
• Manages County project results reporting and management with input from Senior MEL Specialist and technical staff.
• Produces performance monitoring reports describing progress made against agreed upon indicators/ project activities.
• Monitor USAID WKSP Grantees progress through visits to field programs in all the project target counties and document challenges and progress, cross-referencing reporting of implementing partners and documented in programmatic visit reports.
• Provide inputs to donor reports, annual work plans with the county government, and grantee monthly and quarterly reports.
• Develop and/or review assessment and monitoring tools and support partners to implement M&E tools and practices.
• Work closely with the project’s monitoring and evaluation team to ensure high quality data collection and collation at field level.
• Design and conduct site visits/ interviews for data collection, verification, and program tracking.
• Through data analysis and reporting, assist in developing lessons learned and success stories for dissemination to the project team.
• Provide on-demand data reports to RTI and USAID
• Any other related tasks as may be required or assigned by the supervisor.

Qualifications

Minimum Required Education & Experience

• Master’s degree and 1 years of experience or bachelor’s degree with 3 years of experience in the field of in Statistics, Public Health, Project Management or relevant combination of education and experience in sanitation and menstrual hygiene programs.
• A course/certificate in data analysis systems/application(s) is a MUST.
• A course/certificate in Monitoring and Evaluation is an added advantage.

 Skills & Abilities

• Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office tools (MS Office Word, Excel etc.).
• Excellent knowledge of mobile data collection platforms e.g., Kobo Collect, ODK, mWater etc. Good understanding of data analytics tools (e.g., SPSS, Stata, Python, R, SQL).
• Experience with data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI).
• Ability to multi-task
• Ability to work well with others.
• Ability to listen and communicate well both verbally and in writing.
• Ability to work independently.
• Attention to detail and accuracy.
• Ability to obtain proper security clearances as noted by contracts.