MEAL Officer Needed

We are looking for an experienced MEAL Officer to support our program staff in Kenya to maintain a culture and practice of reliable planning, monitoring, evaluation, accountability, knowledge management and reporting. This includes developing, updating and coordinating MEAL activities and events, capacity building of HelpAge staff, network members and partners in MEAL, and promoting MEAL knowledge transfer internally and externally. The role is based in Nairobi. Candidates must have the right to live and work in Kenya.

Specific Job Responsibilities

MEAL Tool Development and Data Management

• Develop and implement a robust monitoring and evaluation system that will ensure tracking of project/ program results at different levels (outputs, outcomes, and impact).
• Develop/adopt an integrated database of all country projects/ programs and ensure accountability through regular data updates, data integrity and working in collaboration with the data processors.
• Work with program officers and managers to ensure the collection of relevant and appropriate data needed for an effective MEAL system which will be utilized in monitoring strengths, weaknesses and gaps in existing projects/ programs and services and for reporting on donor commitments.
• Review existing data collection tools for the current country programs and projects.

Monitoring and Reporting

• Maintain and update the overall indicator results frameworks for the country projects and programs.
• Develop Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) plans for all projects and proposals and ensure the same is followed up during implementation.
• Ensure all grants have updated work-plan and performance management plan (PMP) in tandem with all approved proposals, regularly reviewing and updating as needed.
• Carry out regular data quality assessments/audits for MEAL data based on agreed indicators to guide decision making.
• Provide alert to the respective staff on corrective actions required to avoid delays in implementation, including flagging operational issues and risks requiring timely actions.
• Review monthly progress reports from network members/partners and ensure they have evidence to back-up and provide feedback to the respective staff.
• Collate/prepare country reports related to internal reporting such as the quarterly and annual reports.
• Ensure that cross-cutting issues such as participation, gender, age and disability are effectively addressed/ mainstreamed in all project/program implementations as part of ensuring accountability according to HelpAge SADD (Sex, Age, Disability Disaggregated Data) framework.

Assessments, Surveys, research and Evaluation

• Adhere to accountability requirements by initiating baseline surveys for new projects/programs and conducting relevant evaluations for ongoing projects to meet HelpAge standards.
• Ensure that HelpAge Kenya office learns from all final evaluations of completed projects for decision making and improvement of project designs.
• Lead and/or coordinate all country assessments, evaluations, research, and performance evaluation tasks including planning and reporting on the same.
• Assist in the development of Terms of Reference (TOR) for external surveys and consultant recruitment and selection.
• Coordinate the review all survey reports prepared to ensure quality and accurate reporting.

Learning, Accountability and Capacity Building

• Conduct country monitoring of all AFD/BHOPA II implementation monitoring that meet laid down standards on a regular basis.
• Provide relevant evidence for learning from projects.
• Share learning and provide constructive comments to colleagues in order to ensure program quality.
• Ensure (SADD), Accountability and Gender standards are consistently adhered in program delivery.
• Build capacity of staff through training to ensure adoption of new data monitoring tools and quality of data collected.
• Keep abreast of new approaches and tools on MEAL and provide training to HelpAge staff as requested. Enable staff to monitor and evaluate their own efforts, gather relevant data and produce required progress reports.

Person Specification

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Science, Public Policy, Statistics, Economics, Monitoring & Evaluation, Demography, Development Studies, life/health sciences or related field.
• Master’s degree will be an added advantage
• Minimum of three (3) years’ MEAL experience in population ageing, development, or humanitarian programs
• Demonstrated experience in data processing and management of large-scale surveys.
• Demonstrated experience of statistical packages and/ or data analysis software (e.g. SPSS, SAS, Epi Info, Stata etc.) and advanced computer skills (word-processing, spread sheets, and databases).
• Strong experience in conducting research studies including the entire evaluation cycle, from design and formulation to implementation, analysis and presentation of results and recommendations.
• Must be results-focused and able to work under pressure and tight deadlines.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work well within a multi-cultural team environment.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Technical knowledge and experience in implementation of gender and disability sensitive approaches is a plus.
• Knowledge and experience in implementing of either health care or social protection program is an added advantage.
• Current and ongoing right to live and work in Kenya

At HelpAge International, we believe in the importance of empowering our people to be change makers and leaders at all levels. We expect our people to embrace and live our values, challenging themselves every day to identify issues that are most important to older persons and their communities, and to make an impact that matters.

In addition, as an HelpAge employee you are expected to:

• Work collaboratively, building mutual trust and respect, with external organizations and partners to achieve our strategic aims and objectives; being accountable for the work you do together
• Adapt to new directions or opportunities arising within the organization and in your work area; being flexible in your role, constantly using the feedback to learn more and evolve further.
• Lead behavioral and cultural change through embracing a supportive, collaborative and highly inclusive environment where everybody feels supported, respected and engaged
• Extend HelpAge’s reach and impact, by creating and identifying new business development opportunities and building relationships with new partners.
• Lead and promote a culture of including the voices of older people across our support, convening and thought leadership roles, in a way that is transformative, empowering and highly inclusive of those marginalized by gender, economic status, disability and other factors of discrimination.

Safeguarding

HelpAge International is committed to safeguarding the communities with which we work, our partners, staff, and any others who we come into contact with.

Therefore, you will also be responsible for:

• Preventing harm and abuse from our people, operations, and programs to anyone that encounters our work.
• Reporting all safeguarding incidents you see, hear, hear about or suspect, using our internal reporting mechanism.
• Complying with all safeguarding framework policies and practices.
• Completing mandatory training courses relating to our safeguarding policy framework and complying with HR vetting procedures.

How to apply

To be considered, please email your application to helpAge-hr@helpage.org before the closing date.

Due to the high volumes of applications, kindly note that we shall only be able to contact those candidates that have been shortlisted for interview.

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If you have any queries regarding any vacancies, please email helpAge-hr@helpage.org

Closing date: Friday 3 September 2021 at 0900 (GMT+1)

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