ACTED Capital AME Officer 2015

ACTED Capital AME Officer 2015
March 16, 2015 Job Description
ACTED Kenya / SomaliaDepartment:
AMEU
Position: Capital AME Officer
Direct Hierarchy: AME Manager
Contract Duration: Six Months
Location: Mogadishu or Nairobi – (with frequent travel to areas of operation)
Starting Date: April 2015ACTED (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 above position
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 AME 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.
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/Somalia 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
Qualified persons with the required skills are invited to submit their applications (cv and cover letter) to kenya.jobs@acted.org on or before March 27, 2015.
Please do not attach any other documents while sending your applications, if required they will be requested at a later stage.
ACTED reserves the right to hire prior to the application deadline.Please note that only the shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
ACTED is an Equal Opportunity Employer.