Description
About
Drakkar
Drakkar Ltd is a Rwandan business based in Kigali. As Rwanda’s exclusive
distributor for Pearson, the leading publisher for English language school
books worldwide, Drakkar’s main activity is selling and distributing books to
schools, higher educational institutes, teachers, students and other customers
in need of learning books.
Drakkar Foundation
grew out of Drakkar Ltd with the hope of expanding our educational and
community activities. Drakkar was recently awarded with a USAID grant to run a
20 month literacy project in the Southern Province. Through this project, we
will distribute Kinyarwanda readers to Primary Schools, and train teachers how
to use those books in their classrooms to teach literacy. We will also host a
story writing competition.
About the
position
This is a full-time position we need to fill as soon as possible. We are
looking for someone to fill the role of Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist
for this USAID project. The M&E specialist will design assessments and
evaluations, oversee data collection, and ensure that both the performance
monitoring plan and results reporting meet the requirements of USAID. The specialist
will be the main project point person, working in coordination with the Project
Manager and other staff. Previous project management experience with USAID is a
great advantage.
Responsibilities
- Provide
overall management for the design and implementation of the program’s
M&E system, including baseline, mid-term, and end-of-term evaluations - Serve
as the primary point person for all monitoring and evaluation related
work, as well as oversight of and planning of program operations - Develop
a detailed Performance Monitoring Plan with associated indicators - Manage
the information-gathering process for quarterly and annual results and
performance reports, in addition to other briefings, summaries, papers,
presentations, etc. for various audiences as needed. - Ensure
that monitoring and reporting occur in a timely fashion and all deadlines
are met - Document
good practices, lessons learned trends, cross-cutting policy and
implementation issues, etc. - Serve
as an in-house journalist researching and collecting content and stories
about the project’s achievements.
Who are we
looking for?
We are looking for an experienced M&E professional with significant
experience with USAID reporting and preferably experience in project
management. This is a relatively small project and our ideal candidate could
combine the roles of Project Manager and M&E Specialist. We need to fill
this role in the immediate future, so we are also open to the possibility of a
short-term M&E consultant, while we search for the ideal candidate.
Required
qualifications include:
- Advanced
degree with a minimum of 3 years of experience working in M&E,
preferably in a management role - Proven
experience in M&E of USAID projects - Extensive
knowledge of USAID reporting requirements, indicators, policies and
guidelines - Demonstrated
capacity to oversee development and implementation of work plans - Demonstrated
experience in writing development project reports and evaluations and
concise technical documents (We will ask to see examples of these.) - Experience
managing/supervising staff - Ability
to work in diverse settings with a broad mix of people, including
government officials, NGO staff, primary school teachers and students,
etc. - Knowledge
of the education sector and literacy projects is a significant advantage - Strong
computer skills, including proficiency with Excel - Fluent
written and spoken English. This position requires
extensive writing of extremely technical documents. French and/or
Kinyarwanda are an advantage
How
to apply
If you would like to
apply, and you have both M&E and USAID experience, please send:
– A recent CV
– A cover letter
explaining why you are a good match for this position
– A sample of a PMP,
work plan, or project report you authored.
to our current
Project Manager at: jenny@drakkarfoundation.org
Applicants will be
reviewed on a rolling basis.
