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  • CARE PrEP Country Study Coordinator (SC) – Kenya CARE PrEP Clinical Research Assistant

    CARE PrEP Country Study Coordinator (SC) – Kenya CARE PrEP Clinical Research Assistant

    Job Summary:

    The CARE PrEP Country Study Coordinator (SC) is responsible for coordinating all study activities in Kenya and working with the Country PI and site teams to ensure adherence to protocol and procedures and effective operations across all study sites. This position involves supervising a team of 2-3 Clinical Research Assistants based at study sites, liaising with in-country CATALYST staff and local stakeholders engaged in the study, and ensuring smooth operations at all study sites. The position is full-time, based in Kisumu County and requires periodic regional travel to study sites for supervision and international travel for study-wide coordination. The ideal candidate will have experience in clinical research coordination and basic data management.

    Responsibilities:

    Develop/review and monitor country/site-specific operating procedures, including for data collection and quality control, in line with the study protocol
    Participate in development and review of study materials, including informed consent forms and data collection forms, to ensure appropriate contextualization and accurate translation local languages.
    Database testing to verify that error checks and programming is correct.
    Co-organize and participate in study-related training, coordinate and lead refresher trainings or training of new staff throughout study period.
    Coordinate with and manage all submissions to local IRBs, including amendments and protocol violations; liaise with US-based CARE PrEP Clinical Research Manager (CRM) on US-based IRB needs.
    Obtain all necessary local approvals to conduct the study, including informing facility management of participating CATALYST sites and, as applicable, local leaders about the study and ensuring smooth operations between the CATALYST and CARE PrEP study.
    Oversee the recruitment, training and supervision of data collectors on site, including planning logistics for successful study implementation.
    Monitor study progress (recruitment and retention of study participants; form completion; data quality) across all sites.
    Manage study data collection equipment, including the loading, updating, testing, and troubleshooting of electronic data collection forms, assigning equipment to data collection staff.
    Ensure that data management plans and equipment used for the study adhere to all local and contractual regulations (e.g. national data privacy regulations, data sharing agreements, equipment purchased is U.S government compliant).
    Ensure identification of and complete and accurate reporting of SAEs, social harms and protocol deviations or violations according to IRB and protocol-specific requirements
    Provide advisement to research assistants on good clinical research practices and be able to perform study procedures, as needed and delegated based on clinical experience.
    Work with sites to resolve problems; escalate to the Country PI and CARE PrEP CRM as appropriate.
    Complete field reports for the CARE PrEP CRM on a regular basis and liaise with the CRM through email and meetings as requested to report on study progress and coordinate study operations.
    Work closely with the US-based data management team to ensure completeness and quality of data, including follow-up of data queries and discrepancies.
    Participate as needed in data analysis conversations.
    Travel regularly between study sites to perform study operational and oversight duties.
    Travel for regional protocol meetings as needed.
    Perform any other duties related to the study.

    Required Qualifications And Experience

    Must have at least 5 years’ experience in research coordination
    Experience with clinical research.
    Experience with data collection in RedCAP or similar database system; data management experience preferred.
    Experience supervising research implemented using electronic data collection platform preferred
    At least 4 years of supervision/mentoring experience
    Clinical background preferred but not required.

    Skills Knowledge And Abilities

    Program coordination and management skills
    Excellent communication skills
    Knowledge of data management concepts, procedures, and processes
    Computer competency including proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint.
    Ability to effectively manage and work as part of a team.
    Nonjudgmental attitude, humanitarian values and ethics are absolute preconditions.
    Energetic, independent and self-motivated
    Good knowledge of spoken and written English and Kiswahili

    Education Requirements

    Bachelor’s degree or international equivalent in Social / Behavioral / or Life Sciences, Health Sciences, Information Management or Related Field
    Master’s preferred

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  • Regional Project Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability & Learning Coordinator

    Regional Project Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability & Learning Coordinator

    Overall purpose of the role:

    This role has a regional focus and ensures compliance to DRC procedures and guidelines within the whole regional area. The role contributes to the development of regional strategies, which are translated into action plans and day-to-day tasks. The role provides support and/or technical guidance to country operations while overseeing activities with regional scope.

    Key responsibilities:

    Monitoring and Evaluation

    Assist the Regional Project Manager in developing strong indicators and logical frameworks for new projects
    Support the Regional Project Manager with the active implementation of their Monitoring & Evaluation plans, ensure Monitoring & Evaluation plans are updated timely and Monitoring & Evaluation findings are in place for all donor reports.
    Coordinate with field staff to develop tools and methods to improve data collection for example, surveys, assessment and beneficiary data
    Link with data and grants management tools developed to collect information and profiling. Support team to use these tools on all projects activities levels.
    Organize, participate and collect field data and process/analyze this data
    Take part and carry out assessments, evaluation and any other form of survey or review of projects
    Undertake field trips and do physical observation on ongoing projects Guide the regular sharing of the outputs and the Monitoring & Evaluation findings with projects staff and implementing partners
    Capacity build, train and support sectors and field staff to improve the field monitoring or any other monitoring needs
    Review the questionnaires developed for the assessments by the field team
    Develop and strengthen DRC’s Monitoring & Evaluation department including coordinating recruitments, capacity building and performance management
    Take the lead in supporting of all external evaluation consultancies of large DRC projects

    Accountability

    Coordinate the design and implementation of accountability systems for DRC projects working closely with relevant managers
    Build the capacity of staff to plan and implement effective accountability systems for the country programme
    Strengthen the beneficiary and feedback complaint mechanism and set-up new systems

    Learning and project quality

    Donor focal point for Monitoring & Evaluation components of projects
    Participate in project Kick-off meetings, Quarterly Review meetings and Close-out meetings in order to highlight cross-project components aimed at replicating good practices and strengthening synergies between projects or programmes
    Regularly present key Monitoring & Evaluation findings to the Senior Management Team for further development
    Support DRC’s aim for further strengthened integrated programming and actively propose ways of achieving this using Monitoring & Evaluation finding

    As Coordinator the post-holder is responsible for the following:

    Responsible for coordinating strategy and operations within a specific discipline in a region or country
    Usually has technical line responsibilities within a given discipline, for both strategy and operations
    Provides expert advice and support to set strategy and assure operational quality and compliance.

    About you

    In this position, you are expected to demonstrate DRC’s five core competencies:

    Striving for excellence: You focus on reaching results while ensuring an efficient process.
    Collaborating: You involve relevant parties and encourage feedback.
    Taking the lead: You take ownership and initiative while aiming for innovation.
    Communicating: You listen and speak effectively and honestly.
    Demonstrating integrity: You act in line with our vision and values.

    Qualifications and Experience

    Master’s degree in relevant field (development, social research preferably with a focus on monitoring and evaluation as well as compliance issues)
    Minimum of 5 years of work experience within the field of monitoring and evaluation
    Experience working with International NGO’s, UN agencies, line ministries and/or local authorities in migrants/refugee settings in complex emergencies
    Experience working in monitoring and evaluation of relevant programme sector
    Experience in developing/ guiding information management systems for large humanitarian programs
    Experience in participatory assessment and community-based monitoring approaches
    Clear understanding of Core Humanitarian Standards (CHS);
    Experience with capacity building of staff, and in convening and facilitating trainings and workshops
    Full professional proficiency in English including excellent analytical and report writing skills

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  • Research, Analysis, and Learning Director

    Research, Analysis, and Learning Director

    Position Overview: The Research Analysis, and Learning Director (RAL) will be responsible for TIS3’s monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) approach, incorporating collaboration, learning, and adapting (CLA) into all program, operations and networking work, research and analysis. In consultation with USAID COR and COP, the RAL will be overseeing the research and analysis approaches and products of the project. In particular, the RAL will ensure TIS3 continually learns from all activities and will institutionalize a learning agenda with robust feedback loops throughout the activity cycle to ensure the program takes advantage of all successes and failures and uses strategically timed pause and reflect sessions to capitalize on windows of opportunity for activity, cluster, and program learning. The RAL advises and assists in the design, development, and oversight TIS3 research activities. This position requires utmost tact and sensitivity as the products are often sensitive in terms of the conflict dynamics and analysis of partner Somali organizations and/or individuals. The RAL is a key personnel position and is required to spend up to 50% of their time in Somalia. In short, the RAL Director focuses on the following four key pillars of the RAL portfolio:

    Creating a system for iterative program learning through various internal learning processes, (i.e. grant management processes, the learning agenda, as well as the Pause & Reflect sessions), which will strengthen the project’s thought leadership in the sector.
    Strengthen the project’s research and analysis capabilities through contributing to ongoing Political Economy Analysis (PEA), a thoughtful research agenda, and translating the evolving trends for programming decisions and vice versa.
    Establishing and/or supporting effective Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning systems, including internal and external Data Quality Analysis, through internal project reporting, working with the MEL supplier, and DT Global’s corporate Learning and Innovation (L&I) systems and processes.
    Devising an effective mechanism for knowledge management to support the other three pillars as well as link micro-level learning and trends into policy discourse and vice versa.

    Tasks and Responsibilities:

    Contribute to collaborative, learning and adaptive approach throughout the entire project; design program learning plan, ensure that findings from all monitoring, assessment and survey activities are fed back into the project and disseminated to stakeholders and partners for continuous program adjustments.
    Provide in-depth and conceptual input to program strategy.
    Design, develop and oversee assessment and analytical initiatives as requested in support of the achievement of program goals and objectives and contributing to the analysis of activities and program level impacts.
    Responsible for identification, analysis, and synthesis of lessons learned from program implementation and facilitating the incorporation of those lessons into the small grant activity development cycle.
    Provide relevant contextual and information to USAID/Somalia, and small grant activity development staff as part of the small grant activity development cycle to ensure activities support program theories and assumptions, assisting in the identification of program opportunities and potential local partners.
    Provide timely analysis and reporting support to USAID/Somalia or other USG entities as requested.
    Identify opportunities for research and suggests topics to USAID.
    Remain apprised of non-USAID research products generated by other donors, implementers, and think-tanks and disseminates them accordingly.
    Ensure the timely and relevant dissemination of information, tailoring content to the audiences’ interests, ranks, and relevant utility of information.
    Understands the Mission’s expectations and minimize Mission input and edits, ensuring quality timely products are delivered.
    Produce thought leadership research pieces based on information gathered from program M&E, learning, and research and analysis activities; both for client based and external consumption.
    Oversee and provide quality assurance for short- and long-term research and analysis initiatives requested by USAID, including research contracted out to specialist entities and not necessarily aimed at informing programming.
    Remain up-to-date on all USAID directives, regulations and policies relevant Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Learning (MERL) and collaborating, learning, and adapting (CLA) and incorporate these policies and technical approaches into the programming cycle.
    Collaborate with USAID and program stakeholders to enable effective data usage through participatory, reflective analysis, and learning approaches.
    Ensure efficient coordination with grantees, partners, local authorities, UN/INGOs as relevant.
    Work closely with MERL team to assure they are trained, coached and provided sufficient tools and resources to use MERL data in management decision-making.
    Lead the team in leveraging existing knowledge products in order to increase efficiency and effectiveness.
    Facilitate the promotion of program quality minimum standards, including GESI MEL approaches, in particular the collection and analysis of sex, age, and socio-disaggregated data
    Oversee the design and development of the project MEL system and tools and support data analysis to promote evidence-based programming.
    Ensure high quality and timely submission of all required research and MEL reports, including analysis of data for indicator calculation, summary of learning agenda findings, etc.
    Directly manage the MEL Manager.
    Other tasks as assigned by supervisor.

    Education & Minimum Qualifications:

    Bachelors’ Degree in international development or another relevant field required, Master’s Degree preferred.
    A minimum of six (6) years’ direct experience in Research, Analysis, Monitoring and Evaluation, and/or Learning as to inform programming
    Prior experience on USAID-funded programs. Prior experience with OTI-funded projects or projects with a grants component highly preferred.
    Experience in developing countries, including in conflict-affected environments; experience in Somalia a plus.
    Demonstrated skill with program design, including assessments, proposal development, indicator selection and MEL planning.
    Demonstrated skills and experience with facilitating program design processes, results frameworks, theories of change, and overall program logic.
    Demonstrated knowledge of and experience with operational research and analysis methodologies, including quantitative and qualitative methods.
    Experience designing and overseeing practical and effective monitoring systems, including in a remote, virtual management context
    Strong technical research and writing skills
    Strong communication skills; able to work remotely with a geographically dispersed team.
    Ability to work on a team as well as independently: demonstrated skills in staff leadership, training, and problem-solving.
    Strong cross-cultural skills-ability to work, mentor, and build the capacity of national and international staff.
    Innovative problem-solving skills.
    Willingness to work 50% of the time in Somalia.
    Professional fluency in written and spoken English.

    Core Competencies:

    TEAMWORK: Works cooperatively and effectively with others to achieve common goals. Participates in building a culture characterized by inclusion, trust and commitment.
    COMMUNICATION: Effectively conveys information and expresses thoughts professionally. Demonstrates effective use of listening skills and displays openness to other people’s ideas and thoughts.
    ADAPTABILITY: Adjusts planned work by gathering relevant information and applying critical thinking to address multiple demands and competing priorities in a changing environment.
    CUSTOMER/CLIENT FOCUSED: Anticipates, monitors and meets the needs of customers and responds to them in an appropriate and responsive manner.
    DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION: Conveys respect for diverse individuals and perspectives; models inclusive behavior and treats everyone fairly.
    PROFESSIONALISM: Displays appropriate and ethical behavior, integrity and personal presentation in the workplace always; demonstrates respectful communication for others, both verbal and non-verbal.

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  • Knowledge Management Specialist Data & Report Coordinator

    Knowledge Management Specialist Data & Report Coordinator

    Overview:

    The purpose of the Sudan Monitoring Project (SMP) contract is to provide third-party monitoring, evaluation, and special studies services for United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (BHA) funded humanitarian program activities in Sudan. These services will continue to prioritize monitoring, verifying, and analyzing trends in programs implemented in Sudan’s South Kordofan and Blue Nile regions (also referred to as the “Two Regions”). USAID/BHA is seeking a Knowledge Management Specialist to help develop, manage and maintain project communications.
    This position is open to residents of Nairobi, Kenya
    To support USAID/BHA, IBTCI is requesting for a full-time Knowledge Management Specialist for an anticipated five-year assignment based in Nairobi, Kenya.

    Responsibilities

    Essential Duties/Tasks and Responsibilities:

    Ensure effective operation and upkeep of communication sharing platforms for all relevant stakeholders, including consortium members, USAID/BHA, and implementing partners (IPs).
    Oversee all external communications related to the project, ensuring consistency and alignment with project goals and objectives.
    Coordinate and oversee the implementation of the dashboard Short-Term Technical Assistance (STTA), ensuring timely and accurate reporting.
    Collaborate in the development and review of learning content, ensuring relevance, accuracy, and effectiveness.
    Work closely with the Data and Reporting Coordinator to identify data that needs to be translated into visualizations for enhanced understanding and decision-making.
    Provide supervision and guidance to the Learning Coordinator to ensure efficient and effective execution of their duties.
    Undertake any other tasks as assigned by the project leadership, contributing to the overall success and effectiveness of the project.

    Qualifications

    Minimum Requirements:

    5 years relevant professional experience in monitoring and evaluation and learning, including experience closely related to knowledge management, organizational learning, and other related fields.
    Demonstrated experience in developing, implementing, and supporting successful KM and organizational learning practices, processes, and policies.
    Proven facilitation and collaboration skills working with multi-level stakeholders, including technical and subject matter experts, government agencies, partners, and others;
    Experience with dashboards, data visualization, web platforms, electronic communications, social media, and knowledge management principles;
    Strong applied knowledge of the MS Office Suite (Word, Outlook, Excel, and PowerPoint) and Google applications
    Ability to work well under pressure and in fast-paced environments, balancing competing priorities and demands.
    Oral and written fluency in English and Sudanese-Arabic required.

    Education:

    A Bachelor’s Degree. Master’s degree is highly preferred

    Preferred Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

    Context-specific knowledge and experience in Sudan.
    Familiarity with USAID, BHA, or USG work environments is helpful but not required.

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  • Regional Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Advisor (Re-Advertisement)

    Regional Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Advisor (Re-Advertisement)

    Job Description

    The Regional Monitoring, Learning and Evaluation Advisor is responsible for ensuring a holistic and systemic approach to measuring and analyzing changes resulting from CRAFT, harvesting results of the interventions and external positioning.

    The RMLE Advisor will:

    Feed into quality implementation in the three countries in the different workstream, seeking for synergies, overarching learnings, and proof of concepts
    Supervise the CRAFT’s monitoring, learning and evaluation (MLE) work, including developing and continuously enhancing the framework, systems and tools. 
    Coordinate the data collection, verification, and analysis, by working with SNV technical advisors and consultants for coherent evidence gathering, knowledge product development, and dissemination.
    Ensure quality control and timeliness of BC support and TA and MLE deliverables, and execution of knowledge agenda

    Key responsibilities:

    Ensure the implementation of the CRAFT M&E strategy:  Coordination of the country-based teams; coordination, monitoring and support of the implementation of the M&E strategy vis-à-vis consortium partners and national execution teams.
    Provide quality assurance of the implementation of CRAFT: provide guidance to the countries on verification of activities, data quality assurance, monitoring of project performance, assurance of compliance with the requirements of the donor’s reporting; as such, oversees that the IATI (International Aid Transparency Initiative) and GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) standards must be respected.
    Lead the reporting of program results: responsible for high quality, accurate and reliable reporting of results at national and multi-country level. Verify and consolidate M&E data as well as reports from national projects.
    Contribute to learning, action research and knowledge development: support the learning and knowledge management strategy designed and implemented throughout the programme.
    Ensure synthesis, analysis and documentation on innovations, learnings and sharing of project insights and results 
    Ensure that the implementation teams and partners master the approaches and tools necessary to feed the M&E system.
    Ensuring the measurement of gender and social inclusion aspects: Ensuring that the results of gender analysis are integrated into the M&E strategy. Supporting national teams to ensure appropriate gender measurement and social inclusion
    Maintain the monitoring and evaluation database and the program dashboard, coordinate with the service provider.

    Qualifications

    Academic qualifications in relevant field required; preferably related to innovations and business management/international development. (Master’s degree is an added advantage)
    Minimum of 6 years of work experience in providing advisory on inclusive business development, gender and social inclusion, and inclusive innovation preferred.
    A strong understanding and experience in managing M&E processes and data for adaptive management.
    Experience working in Agriculture and preferably Climate Change and private sector development. 
    Excellent skills in data management and learning tools/systems;
    In-depth knowledge of results-based management (RBM), and theory of change (TOC) management, including baseline and disaggregated data (gender, income group, etc.) and their usage in implementation and M&E
    Strong evidence-based writing skills
    Ability to effectively engage with the private sector and civil society;
    Highly motivated self-starter with strong organizational skills;
    Strong strategic decision-making and excellent communication skills (written and oral), including reporting and presentation skills;
    Fluency in both written and spoken English;
    Willingness and ability to travel to project locations.

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  • Director of Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning Chief of Party Director, Finance & Administration

    Director of Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning Chief of Party Director, Finance & Administration

    About the Role:

    The Director-MEL will be accountable for designing, executing, and maintaining systems to track, report, assess, and monitor progress toward the Digital Health Ecosystem project’s outputs/performance targets, objectives, and goals. You will have primary responsibility for ensuring high-quality and accurate data compilation, verification, validation, and reporting on project outputs that are responsive to US Government reporting and learning requirements. You will coordinate with the Deputy Chief of Party and project staff to ensure high-quality service delivery, reporting to the Chief of Party and may have additional matrixed reporting lines and will also supervise the project’s MEL staff.

    Key Responsibilities:

    Strategic Work Plan Development and Execution:

    Lead the drafting of MEL-related sections of project work plans and reports.
    Oversee implementation of MEL-related activities according to approved work plans and budget constraints, ensuring adherence to deadlines and financial parameters.

    Design and Management of MEL System:

    Lead the creation, execution, and refinement of the project’s Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) system.
    Develop and put into action data collection processes to meet both project-specific and donor-mandated indicators.
    Establish and track project targets, ensuring the timely and accurate collection of data.

    Data Reporting Oversight:

    Generate all necessary project data reports, including submissions for quarterly/annual reports.
    Compile and submit monthly reports to donors and project stakeholders, facilitating the sharing of interim and final data for various reports and project updates.
    Drive data analysis to inform discussions on project performance monitoring.

    Performance Monitoring and Analysis:

    Frequently and accurately monitor progress against key project indicators and objectives of the project.
    Conduct thorough analysis and present findings to project leadership, identifying areas for improvement, risk areas or potential challenges.

    Facilitation of Learning Initiatives:

    Collaborate with project leadership and technical staff to craft a comprehensive project learning agenda.
    Develop and deploy tools and materials to gather data and insights that address learning objectives.
    Assist in analyzing data to draw meaningful conclusions and share findings through various mediums such as briefs, presentations, and publications.

    Collaboration & Capacity Building

    Provide technical guidance and capacity building to project sub-awardees, ensuring consistent and effective use of data collection and reporting protocols.
    Lead regular data quality audits of sub-awardee data and offer support for participation in donor or government audits.
    Act as the project’s representative in MEL/data-related forums and meetings, fostering alignment with government reporting standards.
    Maintain strong collaborative ties with other technical team members to address data-related requirements effectively.
    Assist the project in fulfilling miscellaneous internal and external data requests on time.

    Qualifications:

    Graduate degree (Master’s or higher) in public health evaluation, public health, epidemiology, statistics, demography, or related field.
    Minimum of 8 years of experience in MEL of USAID-funded programs of similar scope and size, with at least 4 years in a senior/coordination role.
    Demonstrated experience in developing and maintaining data collection systems in Kenya at health facility and community levels, including providing technical assistance to community and facility-based health providers on data compilation and reporting.
    Proven ability to develop and implement quality assurance and project performance monitoring systems, with demonstrated experience applying analytical skills to use data to identify and inform shifts in project implementation for improved quality and impact.
    Proven experience leveraging new technologies and software to strengthen MEL.
    Excellent proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel; PowerPoint, Microsoft Word, Outlook) required; experience with DHIS2, Tableau, and/or other database or data visualization software strongly preferred.
    Experience working in Kenya is preferred.
    Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with full proficiency in English.

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  • Monitoring, Evaluation, Research & Learning Director

    Monitoring, Evaluation, Research & Learning Director

    CBM seeks to recruit Monitoring, Evaluation, Research &Learning Director based at the CBM Kenya Country Office. The position holder will provide overall strategic direction in the design, management, implementation, technical leadership and overall quality assurance for the USAID Jumuisha project. They will provide technical oversight, quality assurance of the project reports and develop necessary M&E systems and tools. Ensure monitoring of key deliverables, coordinates data collection. Communicates M&E strategy to all staff, provides advisory and technical guidance to managers and staff.

    This position is only filled locally. With contractual conditions of the respective country. An expatriation is not intended.

    These are your responsibilities

    Design and oversee the implementation of the overall AMEL/MERL strategy and M&E plan to track program activities and results against targets.
    Ensure the smooth operation of the MERL plan, support effective communication across project activities and timely execution of MERL-related deliverables.
    Oversee the design and implementation of MEARL and adaptive learning data collection approaches, tools, quality assurance plans, and analysis.
    Lead the design, contracting, and implementation of monitoring surveys, research, and evaluation activities including assurance of close coordination with USAID for the USAID implemented MERL activities such as baseline, mid-term and endline evaluation studies.
    Lead overall project research efforts, including collaborating with local and regional partners to conduct implementation research to inform project practice and respond to context-specific evidence needs.
    Work with technical teams, project staff, partners, and local stakeholders to develop appropriate indicators, assess the project’s progress, and use results to inform continual improvement of performance.
    Supervise the design and implementation of the project’s MERL trainings for project partners.
    Conduct process and result evaluation to address key disability mainstreaming systems issues and generate innovative ideas to test; facilitate learning activities like pause and reflect or feedback loops to learn and adapt implementation approaches based on findings.
    Oversee development and quality of technical deliverables, including required reports.
    Produce and present data analytics reports to clients and partners.
    Represent the project in external forums to share and promote the learnings of project activities.

    Other

    To comply with all safety and health procedures and requirements at CBM and, at all times ensure your own safety and health and that of other persons who may be affected by your acts or omissions at CBM;
    Carry out your role-specific responsibility to safeguard children and adults at risk (as guided by CBM’s respective policies)
    Ensure that all activities conducted within scope of work or as an employee with CBM comply with the IT and data protection principles

    These are your qualifications

    Bachelor’s degree in international development, evaluation research, statistics, data analytics, governance, or a related discipline required; master’s degree strongly preferred
    Minimum 5 years of experience designing and implementing MERL strategies with a focus on governance or inclusion indicators for similar donor-funded programs in developing countries/Kenya
    Technical expertise in program monitoring and evaluation using mixed methods, preferably with experience evaluating in innovative ways and evaluating program innovations.
    Prior experience designing and conducting quantitative and qualitative research in relevant fields and contexts, and strong analytical skills (e.g. using statistics software, relational databases, and/or other software for analysis, visualization, and reporting).
    Experience with systems thinking approaches and the use of systems aware measurement approaches.
    Experience in utilizing digital solutions for data collection and analysis preferred.
    Proven track record of developing and managing USAID-compliant MERL plans and past experience with adaptive learning approaches.
    Experience working in a leadership role and engaging with a diverse set of stakeholders.
    Strong communicator, excellent verbal communication and writing skills.
    Demonstrated leadership, versatility, and integrity.
    Understand english both oral and written communication skills is required, strong preference for proficiency in a second language (Kiswahili).

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  • Academy M&E Associate

    Academy M&E Associate

    The Role

    FFA is looking to hire a full-time M&E Associate to support the ideation and execution of the internal evaluations of our Academy program. The successful candidate will be part of our newly-formed Embedded Impact and Learning team, and will report to the Research and Learning Manager while working very closely with the Academy team to conduct the evaluation of the program and also support various formative and summative research and learning activities to inform future Academy program strategy.

    Responsibilities

    Study design – You will collaborate with different stakeholders, within the Academy team and the Embedded Impact and Learning to identify research objectives and craft a strategy for measuring and evaluating the impact of the Academy program on these areas.
    Tools design: Goal oriented survey design and testing of data collection instruments and revision.
    Contribute to the Design of Data Architecture: Develop a map of all data flows (related to monitoring and evaluation) that will be deployed in the Academy program and create a seamless design for how the data will be collected.
    Data quality control: You will ensure high data quality standards to ensure our impact evaluation is based on accurate and up-to-date information.
    Data analysis: You will contribute to the analysis and triangulation of qualitative and quantitative monitoring data and share findings with the Academy team and senior leadership for learning, accountability and decision-making purposes.
    Literature Review: Conduct ongoing literature review to understand best practices on hybrid and e-learning entrepreneurship programs and feed it back to the Academy design through recommendations.
    Data Visualization: Create BI dashboards to show the progress of the implementation of Academy programs in real time (monitoring progress) as well as early outcomes as the data comes to support day to day business decisions.
    Reporting and Recommendations – You will compile M&E results in different reporting formats on progress of project implementation, evaluation outcomes, and recommend corrective actions to the various stakeholders. Develop shareable/actionable knowledge products (e.g. slide decks, research factsheets, one-pager overviews, case studies, etc) for internal and/or external use.
    Reflection Sessions Coordinate internal reflection and learning sessions with FFA Academy team and senior leadership at the end of each cohort training to capture insights and ensure that learning gets shared and taken up within the organization.

    Candidate Profile

    Minimum of three years of relevant experience, including at least 2 years in a similar role
    Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in social sciences, international development, or other relevant field
    Strong command of research and evaluation and/or impact measurement methodologies and approaches, including theories of change, logic models, evaluation frameworks, survey research/ lean data approaches, etc
    Experience deploying a variety of qualitative and quantitative research and evaluation methodologies and tools to help organizations (preferably in the business of training/capacity building) measure/understand their impact
    Demonstrated ability to use data and evidence and apply learning to drive improvements in performance (exploring interesting questions isn’t enough; you have to be able to identify the areas where research and evaluation will lead to an improvement in FFA’s impact/ways of working)
    Appetite for collecting and analyzing data to produce meaningful reports to diverse stakeholders and audiences
    Project management experience, including running multiple projects simultaneously
    Excellent oral and written communication skills to deliver presentations and reports to a range of stakeholders in a clear, inspiring and confident way
    Strong relationship management skills; the ability to establish effective working relationships with people at all levels, internally and externally
    A self-starter who thrives in an autonomous role, with excellent prioritization, self-organization, and execution skills and ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment against deadlines
    Strong critical and creative thinking skills; a proactive approach to solving problems
    Experience in data visualization tools like Power BI, google studio, QlikView or Tableau is a plus

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