Job
description
Purpose of
Position:
This is a management
level position supporting the management of the interventions of the Children’s
Programmes, Community Engagement and Quality Assurance Groups. Your main role
will be to lead and facilitate; Monitoring & Evaluation, Baseline &
Evaluation Surveys, Data Management, Reporting, Documentation and Networking.
You will ensure that Mkombozi places quality and organisational learning at the
heart of the organisation, and to ensure that we remain accountable and true to
our mission and vision, to our stakeholders and to ourselves. This will be done
through a variety of measures, in view of the local context and national and
international standards. You will support the Director and the Management Team
in making strategic and operational decisions, and are directly accountable to
the Director. He/she will supervise the Research Officer and volunteers in the
M&E department. He/she will spend at least 25% of time carrying out M&E
related fieldwork.
You will coordinate
the activities required to meet quality standards, enable Mkombozi to assess
its progress and impact on a regular basis, promote organisational learning and
capture the perspectives of our stakeholders using Mkombozi’s Monitoring &
Evaluation (M&E) systems. As a member of the Programmes Coordinators’ team,
you will facilitate consultative reflection meetings, monitoring, evaluation
and reviewing of expected and unexpected results, timely report writing and
preparation and review of strategic operational plans.
Key
roles and responsibilities:
- Ensure
that meaningful indicators and benchmarks are established, tracked, and
revised as appropriate - Provide
guidance and technical support to the programmes coordinators and ensure
that the designing and implementation of programmes are in line with
Mkombozi’s mission and methodologies - Oversee
monitoring and evaluation of programmes, and ensure timely writing of
organisational monthly, bi- annual and annual monitoring and evaluation
reports - Contribute
to and participate in strategy development efforts in the form of
proposals, partner briefings and the development of strategic and
operational plans - Take
the lead in further developing and implementing the Most Significant
Change (MSC) technique and the Social Return on Investment (SROI) approach
to M&E at Mkombozi, which together with Result Based Management
constitutes Mkombozi’s M&E systems - Strengthen
and improve Mkombozi’s M&E system using other methodologies as
appropriate, with a particular focus on capturing the voices of Mkombozi’s
different stakeholders - Facilitate
the development and maintenance of systems for ongoing data collection and
analysis, including the Mkombozi database - Assist
in facilitating and be a point person in the research that takes place at
Mkombozi, in collaboration with research teams. - Develop,
document and review M&E systems and tools. - Work
with the Finance department in strengthening value for money of
activities.
Education,
Experience and Skills Required
- Masters
degree in M&E, international development, social sciences, or other
relevant field; - Minimum
of 3 years of relevant development programming experience, including at
least 2 years of experience in monitoring and evaluation systems
(including developing indicators, instruments and qualitative and
quantitative methodologies). - Training
and/or experience in quantitative and/or qualitative social science
research methods, required - Experience
in data management and in using database programs (preferably EpiInfo,
SPSS and Access) for data entry, analysis and reporting. - Experience
in designing and conducting impact assessments, preferred - Experience
in training and field use of qualitative data collection methods such as
PRA/PLA, Appreciative Inquiry and focus groups discussions, preferred. - Experience
and skills in using Microsoft Word and Excel and experience in desktop
publishing software required. - Fluency
in English both written and oral communication skills. Knowledge of
Swahili is a plus. - Cross-cultural
communication skills, ability to build positive relationships across
cultures - Ability
to work as a good team player
How
to apply
Send your
application by e-mail or post as per details provided below. Please include a
resume and cover letter, clearly demonstrating how you meet the qualifications
of this specific position. We thank all candidates for their interest, but due
to the volume of applications received, only those who are short-listed will be
contacted. Remember, Mkombozi is an equal opportunity employer.
Applications will be
reviewed and candidates will be interviewed on a rolling basis.
The Director
Mkombozi
P.o. Box 9601
Moshi-Kilimanjaro
Email: info@mkombozi.org or director@mkombozi.org
