Job Announcement: Monitoring & Evaluation Officer

Published May 14, 2021 · Updated May 14, 2021

RACIDA is a regional non-profit organization headquartered in Kenya and with country programs in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia. RACIDA’s goals are to provide humanitarian assistance, build resilience, and promote peace and security.
Since its founding in 2001, RACIDA has worked to build the capacity of (Agro) pastoral communities living in Arid and Semi-Arid lands across the Horn of Africa in preventing and mitigating the impact of hazards of communities at risk. Anchored by a Community Managed Disaster Risk Reduction (CMDRR) approach and guided by our belief that the communities we work with should be at the center of their own development trajectory, we implement practical programmed that enable (Agro) pastoral development, empowerment and wellbeing.
M&E Officer Position Overview
The Monitoring and Evaluation Officer, as part of RACIDA’s Fankisha Kukabili Janga Improving First Responders Sector in Kenya, will be responsible for the design, coordination, and implementation of monitoring and evaluation research, and learning frameworks supporting RACIDA’s humanitarian and first response operations in Kenya. The M&E officer will develop systemic monitoring frameworks to improve the qualitative and quantitative data
collection undertaken by RACIDA in the implementation of humanitarian and development RACIDA M&E Officer ToR programming. In particular, the M&E Officer will support in coordinating and implementing Rapid Assessments, Post Distribution Monitoring (PDM), Household Dietary Diversity Surveys (HDDS), as well as in the collection or project implementation data and indicator tracking in sectors of WASH, Nutrition, Food Security and Livelihoods, Shelter, among others.
Duties and Responsibilities
The M&E Officer will have the following duties and responsibilities:
– Ensure the development and implementation of project monitoring plans, using appropriate monitoring and data analysis tools.
– Assist in the development and/or finalization of project work plans, ensuring adherence to project activities and timeframes as relevant.
– Collaborate with staff and implementing partners on qualitative monitoring to provide relevant information for ongoing evaluation of projects activities, effects and impacts.
– Develop overall M&E framework for project, including mid-term project reviews, impact assessments, final evaluations, and project Performance Monitoring Plans with relevant data collection systems.
– Guide regular sharing of relevant and timely information, outputs and outcomes with senior management, implementing partners and primary stakeholders.
– Provide guidance and compile project monitoring reports on monthly, quarterly, semiannual, and annual basis.
– Organize capacity building activities for Project Officers and Project Managers on monitoring tools, data management, data analysis, report writing, and the like.
– Provide ad-hoc support to project teams throughout Kenya and regional programs in Ethiopia and Somalia.
– Identify and formulate MEAL findings, lessons learned, and recommendations for decision-making processes, project development, and project implementation and design reviews.
– Other duties as necessary and appropriate.
Requirements for the Position
– A minimum Bachelor’s Degrees (plus 4 years of experience) in Monitoring and Evaluation, Economics, Econometrics, Nutrition, Dietetics, Public Health, Public Policy, International Relations or another relevant field.
– Master’s degree or equivalent qualifications (plus 3 years of experience) is preferred.
– At least 3-4 years of progressively responsible programming experience in Monitoring and Evaluation, of which at least two years should involve direct implementation of Nutrition and Health programming.
– Demonstrated experience taking critical inputs, feedback and assessments from within the project and external partners to inform changes in project approaches.
– Demonstrated skills in project coordination and report writing.
– Experience designing, adapting & applying M&E systems for USAID projects preferred.
– Experience in governance/nutrition/health sectors is advantageous.
– Ability to travel to Northern Frontier counties (Mandera County, Wajir County, and the like) is required.
Application Details
Interested candidates, who meet the above requirements, should submit a CV and Cover Letter only to jobs@racida.org with the subject of the email as “M&E Officer Kenya”. The closing date for applications is 19th of May, 2021 at 5:00 PM EAT and application will be reviewed on a rolling basis.