Kenya: Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Officer

Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Officer, Deepening Democracy Programme (Kenya).

Full-time. Based in Nairobi, Kenya with up to 30% travel.

Who we are:

Integrity is an international consultancy and ethical service provider. Based on evidence and learning, we help clients and communities to build trust and understanding as the basis for transformative change. We do not advocate: we listen, comprehend and recommend. We help our clients in government, international development and the private sector to succeed in these challenging environments, while building trust with and giving voice to local people. Our access and trust at a community level, combined with our global perspectives, produce powerful recommendations and deliver positive and sustainable change.

Headquartered in London, Integrity operates regional offices in Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon and Turkey. Our multi-national team of over 50 specialists has extensive experience of delivering complex programmes in fragile geographies across Africa, Asia and the Middle East.

We deliver seven key services: project management and implementation / monitoring, evaluation and learning / research, evidence and analysis / stakeholder engagement / capacity development / risk management / data and knowledge management.

Further information about Integrity can be found at www.integrityglobal.com.

About the programme:

Kenya is the largest economy in East Africa and has for many years been the economic and democratic stronghold amongst conflict and poverty ridden neighbours. However, electoral violence, corruption and a lack of accountability have undermined the Government’s ability to ensure inclusive growth and service delivery. Kenya’s Vision 2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are ambitious, but success is possible where reforms are well-grounded in political and economic realities, sequenced and focused on improving tangible services to citizens. To achieve more inclusive and accountable governance, and ensure effective poverty reduction and better public services, Kenya requires credible and non-violent elections, stronger performance and interaction of formal oversight institutions, and citizens and a civil society that mobilise for improved responsiveness and accountability of officials. DFID has designed the Deepening Democracy Programme (DDP) to support formal accountability institutions, civil society organisations and other accountability mechanisms to contribute to this change.

The combined impact of DDP is more inclusive and accountable governance in Kenya. DDP has two main results areas - electoral and non-electoral accountability. Electoral accountability will be strengthened through (i) supporting more credible elections in 2017 and the future; (ii) improving civic engagement in elections; and (iii) contributing to a more inclusive electoral process for historically marginalised groups (e.g. women).

Non-electoral accountability will focus on supporting state and non-state accountability and oversight institutions on a demand driven basis by (i) strengthening capacity of and facilitating linkages between formal oversight agencies; supporting climate change governance reforms; and (ii) supporting civil society to improve their participation and advocacy on key issues such as planning, budgeting, climate change, and service delivery.

Scope of work:

The Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) Officer will be a key point of contact, support and guidance on M&E for DDP’s grantees. He/she will help meet any capacity building needs these grantees may have in M&E; in particular, he/she will also be responsible for ensuring that selected grantees are capable of project results-capture. The M&E Officer will coordinate closely with the M&E and Learning Officer, the Grants Managers, the Communications and M&E Specialist, and any other DDP technical staff, to ensure that DDP is providing coherent, coordinated M&E guidance and support to its grantees. The M&E Officer will help implement DDP’s Monitoring Approach, ensuring that monitoring data is accessible and digestible to other DDP team members. He/she will report directly to the Monitoring, Evaluation, Adaptation, and Learning Director. The M&E Officer will be based in the Nairobi office, with 30% travel to programme implementation sites in other counties in Kenya.

Terms of Reference:

A. Results-based Monitoring & Evaluation

• Review, validate, and analyse the incoming results data from grantees.
• Perform DDP grantee and programme results-data entry into knowledge management system.
• Support any verifications (i.e. data quality assessments) of reported output-level results.
• Review grantees’ indicator-related processes and provide written and verbal feedback on quality of their indicator reporting, especially for adaptive and qualitative indicators.

B. Delivery-focused capacity development of grantees

• Review and provide feedback on applicant logframes during the proposal development phase and, for successful organisations, revising the logframe during Inception.
• Support grantees in development of M&E systems and results reporting processes and systems, providing clear guidance on how to improve their results capture and reporting, indicator development, data collection, data analysis and storage.
• Mentor selected DDP grantees in monitoring and evaluation.
• Support the capacity development of DDP grant managers on M&E-related issues.

C. Reporting

• Help compile, validate, analyse, and present all DDP logframe-related data for quarterly and annual reporting, as well as the DFID Annual Review.
• Compile narratives around DDP’s key achievements for the quarterly and annual reports, as well as the Annual Review.

Deliverables:

• Up-to-date information on all of information and data in the DDP Knowledge Management system (KMS).
• Quarterly analysis and verification of logframe results reported by grantees.
• Monitoring visits, reports, follow-up with grantees.
• Grantee performance analysis, if required.
• DDP results reports to DFID (quarterly, annually).
• Data collection and analysis for DDP Annual Reviews.

Experience, Education and Competencies:

• Must have at least 5 years of experience in coordinating and implementing M&E for DFID (or other major donors) funded programmes, including practical experience setting up and managing M&E systems for those projects.
• Bachelors degree or its international equivalent in social science, international development or a related field.
• Strong English writing skills required, as well as English fluency generally.
• Proven ability to design M&E methodologies, monitoring plans, results frameworks, as well as ability to quality-assure quantitative and qualitative data collection methodologies and tools.
• Working knowledge of Kenya’s governance sector.
• Strong diagnostic, analytical, and communication skills.
• Must be a proactive trouble-shooter, planner, and communicator.
• Computer proficiency in word processing, databases, spreadsheets.
• Strong interpersonal skills, initiative, and good judgment.

If you are interested in applying for this position, please complete the application form at www.integrityglobal.com/apply and attach a CV and Cover Letter at the bottom of your application.

Closing date for applications: 14 May 2018

Please be advised that only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.

Candidates must have the right to work in Kenya.

Integrity is an equal opportunities employer. And positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity. We will respect your confidentiality and abide by UK data protection laws.