UNFPA Monitoring and Evaluation National Project Professional Personnel Job in Nairobi, Kenya

UNFPA Monitoring and Evaluation National Project Professional Personnel Job in Nairobi, Kenya
February 5, 2015 Job Description

Position Title: National Project Professional Personnel (NPPP) – Monitoring and Evaluation

Grade: Service Contract (SB-4)

Location: Nairobi

Duration: 1 year

Organizational Unit: UNFPA Kenya Country Office

Reporting to: The Director, Monitoring and Evaluation Department, Ministry of Devolution and Planning
Background: The Government of Kenya through the Ministry of Devolution and Planning (MDP) is mandated to facilitate and coordinate the national development planning process, oversee the implementation of Kenya’s Vision 2030 Development blueprint and provide leadership in the implementation of economic policies.


To track implementation of Kenya Vision 2030 and its Medium Term Plans (MTPs), the Ministry through the Monitoring and Evaluation Department (MED) has developed a National Integrated Monitoring and Evaluation System (NIMES).
NIMES has been reporting progress on the implementation of the Kenya Vision 2030 which is implemented through its five year MTPs. Currently, MED is tracking the implementation of the Medium Term Plan II (2013-2017).

The specific objectives of NIMES are:
Building the Monitoring and Evaluation practice across Kenya, ensuring integration of government and non government partners in reporting process
Strengthening capacities for Monitoring and Evaluation at all levels
Producing policy research and key monitoring and evaluation reports
Tracking follow-up on the implementation of recommendations of major monitoring reports Institutionalising standards for harmonised projects monitoring and reporting at national and county levels.
MED has been facing several challenges in its operations, one of these being low capacity.
Indeed the Government of Kenya recognizes the need for rapid assessments as well as intensive monitoring and evaluation to assess relevance, efficiency, effectiveness, impact and sustainability of its policies, programmes and projects.
However, very few M&E exercises are currently being conducted; this is as a result of low capacities in terms of personnel and skills to undertake this.
One of the roles of the M&E department is to strengthen its human and institutional capacities to ensure that M&E is conducted as often as possible and results packaged and communicated effectively.
Objective: The National Project Professional Personnel (NPPP) will provide technical advice, coordinate and oversee the implementation of the evidence and rights based decision making,; strengthening of the Monitoring and Evaluation Systems and Capacities; and generation of population and socio-economic data.
The Monitoring and Evaluation Officer will be responsible for providing support to planning, implementing and managing administrative and programme results under the UNDAF Outcome 1.4: “By 2018 development planning & decision making are evidence & rights based, supported by a well-established & strong research monitoring & evaluation culture that guarantees the independence, credibility, timeliness & disaggregation of data, broadly accessible to the intended audience”.

Duties and Responsibilities

Under the guidance of the Director, Monitoring and Evaluation Department, the Monitoring and Evaluation Officer will be responsible for the following:
Provide technical advice on the effective monitoring of government’s development policies, projects and programmes
Assist to coordinate implementation of the UNDAF 1.4 Outcome on Evidence and Rights Based Decision Making by MED as a key stakeholder
Assist to coordinate implementation of the UNFPA supported project to the Monitoring and Evaluation Department
Advise and participate in the implementation of the National Integrated Monitoring and Evaluation System (NIMES)
Provide technical advice on the development and implementation of National Monitoring and Evaluation plan and Participate in building Monitoring and Evaluation Capacities at the national and county level.
Advice and participate in Public Expenditure Reviews preparation.
Provide M&E technical support in development of M&E tools
Advise and Participate in packaging and communicating of M&E findings
Advise on and participate in best ways to advocate for M&E and utilization of its findings to influence decision making.
Participate in various committee meetings such as the National Steering committee, Technical Oversight Committee, Technical Advisory Groups and Capacity Development Project Implementation Technical Committee
Participate in other M&E related activities as may be requested from time to time.
Any other duties as may be requested by Director MED.
Work Relations
The NPPP will work closely with key stakeholders
Guidance from the UNFPA Focal point as per the contract
Functional Competencies
Excellent communication and writing skills.
Team Player
Computer literate.
High integrity, good organization skills, interpersonal skills and ability to establish and maintain effective partnerships and working relations with stakeholders.
Ability to conduct high level discussions and negotiations with senior government officials, Development Partners, professional societies and experts on Monitoring and Evaluation
Ability to work in a multi-cultural setting and link up with the media
Qualifications
A Post Graduate Degree in Social Sciences or any other relevant discipline
Extensive training on Monitoring and Evaluation of development projects, programmes and policies
Extensive training on reporting and communication
Experience
At least ten years relevant experience in conducting Monitoring and evaluations (impact and performance evaluations) in both developing countries and emerging economies.
Experience in development and roll out of National, regional or international Monitoring and Evaluation plans either in the public sector or Non-Governmental organizations.
Strong quantitative analytic skills(managing, analysing and interpreting data) using statistical packages like SPSS and STATA
Ability to work with stakeholders of diverse cultural and academic backgrounds
An understanding on M&E reporting and communication
Conditions
The post is for an initial period of one (1) year , renewable
This is an office based appointment with frequent travel to the field.

How to Apply


Interested candidates who meet the above qualifications may send their applications to email address: kenya.recruit@unfpa.org by Friday, 20 February 2015, quoting the post title on the subject line.
Applications should have a cover letter, curriculum vitae, names and contacts of three referees.

Applications received via other means will not be accepted.