ACTED Area Accountability, Monitoring and Evaluation Coordinator Job in Nairobi, Kenya

ACTED Area Accountability, Monitoring and Evaluation Coordinator Job in Nairobi, Kenya

November 6, 2014

Job Description

Department: AME (Accountability, Monitoring and Evaluation)

Vacancy: Area AME Coordinator

Direct Hierarchy: AME Manager

Contract duration: Six Months

Location: Nairobi, Kenya (with frequent travel to Somalia)

Starting Date: December 2014

Application Deadline: Nov 13th 2014

ACTED (Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development) is a non-political and non –
confessional International NGO founded in 1993 with its headquarters in Paris, France.

The organization’s vocation is to save lives, assist vulnerable populations and bring hope to those in need for better future.

ACTED is looking for professionally confident, self motivated, experienced and committed team player to fill the below position in Nairobi-Kenya.

Area AME Coordinator

Responsibilities

• Develop AME project monitoring and evaluation plans, M&E tools, data collection tools and methodologies specific to field projects.
• Facilitate and coordinate the collection accurate, reliable and useful data for project implementation and development.
• Daily supervision of AMEU field teams to ensure field monitoring, evaluation and other AME tasks are followed.
• Check and ensure data collection, identify problem areas and recommend solutions.
• Compile AME reports and in collaboration with the Database officer and analyse AME findings.
• Updating work plans and AME tasks for all field teams.
• Support the field teams in collection of monthly market data (food baskets) and compile into comparative reports.
• Forecast AMEU team finance, logistics and administrative (FLAT) needs in advance of activities planned.
• Oversee quick and accurate reporting of monitoring results to ensure ACTED, donors and other organizations can build upon successes and lessons learnt during program.
• Provide technical assistance to Somalia project team in developing strategic and implementation plans in design process.
• Develop/consolidate key indicators and subsequently incorporate them in all agreements and amendments under the projects.
• Ensure Somalia program objectives are met in a timely and effective manner.
• Ensure transparent and accountable participation of project beneficiaries in AME activities.
• Provide internal ACTED reporting as required for the coordination team.
• Any other duty that may be assigned by the manager.

Qualifications / Skills / Profile Required

• Degree / Higher Diploma in Sociology, Community Development, WASH, Rural Livelihoods or related field.
• Extensive experience of social research methods to conduct monitoring and evaluation for humanitarian and development initiatives/interventions. Knowledge and experience of participatory rural appraisal methods an asset.
• Excellent analytical skills in order to interpret qualitative and quantitative data and discern useful recommendations for programme implementation and development.
• Statistical analysis and IT skills, including use of SPSS and Excel for data analysis;
• At least 3 years of work experience in a similar field; former experience with humanitarian organizations is an asset.
• Kenyan Somali National with good English communications skills (both oral and written) and ability to travel to Kenya and other Somalia bases where ACTED is operational.
• Strong team player of high integrity, pleasant personality, ability to work under least supervision and meet strict deadlines.
• Computer literate and with excellent IT Knowledge.
• Strong people management and leadership skills.

How to Apply

Application Procedure: Qualified persons with the required skills are invited to submit their detailed curriculum vitae and cover letter to kenya.jobs@acted.org and received on or before the above closing date

ACTED is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Please note that only the shortlisted candidates will be contacted.