Senior Monitoring Associate

About the Role

The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) is seeking a Senior Monitoring Associate to provide technical support to the field project teams to design, coordinate and implement the monitoring framework of the various donor projects. This role will be offered on a three(3) year fixed term contract, subject to availability of funding and will be based in Nairobi, Kenya.
The position is responsible for project monitoring across the GAIN Kenya portfolio of projects and ensuring that the projects are in line with donor requirements and expected outputs and outcomes. They will provide technical support to the field project teams to design, coordinate and implement the monitoring framework of the various donor projects.
This position will functionally report to the Monitoring manager, GAIN Kenya with all technical aspects of the work managed by the Monitoring manager/Knowledge Leadership. There will be close collaboration with the Knowledge Leadership (KL) team as well as centralized programme teams.

Key Responsibilities include:

Contribute to the development of programme theories of change and results frameworks and plans in collaboration with the monitoring manager, project managers in Kenya, and the Knowledge Leadership (KL).
Contribute to the design and adaptation of the programme monitoring tools and processes, training and quality assurance of the programme monitoring components.
Manage and ensure consistent collection, analysis, review, and interpretation of programme monitoring data and prepare reports in alignment with donor and internal requirements.
Conduct monitoring field visits to support country teams in tracking outcomes and deliverables, as required.
Review and interpret monitoring data as part of preparation for GAIN’s performance and donor reports and ensure quality of project reports aligning with the theory of change and results framework.
Receive and compile reports from project teams, check the quality of deliverables against workplans and agreements, and performance ensure compliance with donor and internal requirements.

About you

The ideal candidate should have experience supporting programme monitoring and project management in international development, food supply chains, small and medium enterprises, and/or process control and improvement.
The post holder should have experience in the development and operationalization of result frameworks and monitoring plans. You should demonstrate experience in critical analysis skills to extract key learning and effective practices from research findings.
An education background with a bachelor’s degree in social science, Nutrition, Public Health, Economics, or Statistics. Master’s degree would be an added advantage.

Apply via :

www.gainhealth.org