Monitoring & Evaluation, Statistician Officer Job in Nairobi Kenya – Indepth Research Services

Vacancy: Monitoring & Evaluation, Statistician Officer

Indepth Research Services is a capacity development and research services firm in Africa.
We offer research support and capacity development programmes to development institutions and professionals in Monitoring and Evaluation, Data Management and Analysis, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Remote Sensing.
Our programs are aimed at strengthening data management, monitoring and evaluation (M&E) and performance management capacity of development actors across the continent to achieve their development objectives.
We provide managers and practitioners with the tools they need to manage and evaluate programs, and projects at the local, county, national, regional, and global levels.

We are currently interested in a young dynamic and results driven candidate who is passionate about developing his/her research skills and experience in practical statistics, monitoring and evaluation.
This position is based in Nairobi, but with occasional travels to the field within and outside the country.

Key Roles / Responsibilities

Training and curriculum Development

• Identify the M&E training needs, plan and implement training that meets these needs.
• Coach, train, and mentor M&E Officers with the aim of strengthening their technical capacity, exchanging knowledge within the M&E team and providing professional development guidance in conjunction with the M&E Manager.
• Facilitation of international trainings workshops in M&E to our corporate and NGOs clients.
• Establish a publishable Statistics and M&E course catalog to include target audiences, learning objectives, and maintenance.
• Develop consistent curriculum framework for all trainings in alignment with strategic goals, and education credits where applicable.
• Utilize a variety of media to maximize training effectiveness.
• Develop and maintain training compliance database to track course completion for target audiences, as dictated by regulatory requirements.
• Complete pre- and post-course work that includes, but is not limited to: pre-course assessments, grading and processing final exams, updating attendance records, and reporting course or student issues.
• Provide feedback and suggestions on course design and materials to support any areas that need improvement.
• Review all course curriculums on a regular basis to be prepared to conduct any course assigned on short-notice.

Business Development

• Preparing proposal and responding to related EOI and RFPs
• Following up new business opportunities and setting up meetings
• Planning and preparing presentations
• Communicating new product developments to prospective clients
• Overseeing the development of marketing literature
• Writing reports
• Providing management with feedback

Requirements

• Minimum of Bachelor’s in Statistics.
• Certificate in Monitoring and Evaluation and Project Management.
• Training M&E including curricula designing, facilitating training workshops etc. for project staff and local stakeholders;
• The logical framework approach and other strategic planning approaches;
• M&E methods and approaches including quantitative, qualitative and participatory;
• Planning and implementation of M&E systems;
• Facilitating learning-oriented analysis sessions of M&E data with multiple stakeholders;
• Information analysis and writing M&E reports.
• Working knowledge of Advanced Excel.
• Quantitative and qualitative analysis including use of analysis software such as R, STATA and SPSS.
• At least 2 years’ experience.
• Experience in designing databases is an added advantage.
• Knowledge of statistics is highly preferred.
• Must be able to deliver under strict deadlines and handle pressure effectively.

How to Apply

Female Candidates are highly encouraged to apply.
Only shortlisted candidates shall be contacted.

Interested candidates should send their CVs (with 3 referees) and a cover letter to hr@indepthresearch.org before July 14th 2015. (SOFT COPIES ONLY). The subject line should be clearly marked ‘Monitoring & Evaluation, Statistician Officer’.