Major Duties and Responsibilities
Monitoring and Evaluation
Assist in designing and implementing data collection activities such as needs assessments and post distribution monitoring.
Assist in designing nutrition database capturing key performance indicators for Marsabit project.
Train relevant projects’ staff on M&E tools, data collection and analysis.
Ensure the collection of good quality data to reflect the progress of programming by supervising data collection teams.
Actively participate in the lessons learned discussions with the field sector advisors, project managers and field teams for improvement of data collection activities and project design adjustments if necessary
Beneficiary Accountability
Work with field teams to promote principles and practices of beneficiary accountability by ensuring timely reporting of the beneficiary feedback and consolidation before sharing with the AAP focal point.
Communications
Provide analysis of data in a timely manner for internal monitoring and donor reporting, writing project reports as required.
Develop and maintain a transparent, honest, and supportive communication structure with other team members as well as with other Medair staff to uphold a spirit of unity and mutual respect.
Attend and participate in relevant working groups such as Nutrition Technical forums.
Quality Management
Coordinate the technical aspects of field M&E operations such as obtaining latest population data to enable project beneficiaries calculations.
Maintain robust records of all collected data to provide a clear and transparent account of performance and take immediate action in areas of poor performance.
Delegated Responsibilities
Train project field team members on M&E and survey methodologies such as LQAS and cluster sampling as part of staff capacity building
Oversee data entry process by designing data entry templates (when necessary) and supervise data clerk(s) during data entry.
Analyse, present data as well as communicate assessment findings with field teams.
Person Specification:
Qualification / Experience
Degree in public health, statistics, or a related field
Post graduate training and experience in monitoring and evaluation of humanitarian programmes using qualitative and quantitative data collection methods is desirable
Work experience
4 years of experience in data analysis and communication including report writing
3 years of experience managing a humanitarian M&E including health, WASH, and nutrition data.
Languages
Good English (spoken and written)
IT
Microsoft Office— Demonstrated proficiency in using Excel & SPSS
Able to use and programme ODK derived products
Proficiency using SMART –ENA software and ODK usage to collect data is desirable
Competencies:
Team building
Good communicator
Team-player with good inter-personal skills
Experience of cross-cultural communication is desirable
Adaptability
Capacity to work under pressure and manage personal stress levels.
Initiative taker, able to plan and organise own workload.
Creative, open-minded, flexible, self-learner
Able to cope with basic living conditions in the field and during field trips
Technical expertise
Knowledge of monitoring and evaluation standards and survey methodology
Able to establish and maintain systems to measure / compile / analyse data for project management.
Ability to communicate monitoring and evaluation principles and to train others
Ability to process and synthesise large amounts of complex data into readable and concise formats against tight deadlines.
Excellent report writing skills.
Ability to target different audiences and tailor output accordingly.
Knowledge and understanding of humanitarian standards such as Sphere and HAP
Interested candidates are required to submit:
Apply via :
recruitment-ni@medair.org
