Our Vision
Africa s solution to bridging the talent gap.
Job Summary
BrighterMonday Kenya has designed a youth skilling and employment impact project to improve employability of Kenyan youth and transition them into dignified employment. To support this goal we seek a Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist who will play a critical role in designing implementing and overseeing all MERL activities of the project and associated processes. This position is responsible for ensuring that the project meets its objectives effectively by tracking progress assessing impact and providing datadriven insights for continuous improvement. The Specialist will collaborate with project teams to design M&E frameworks develop data collection tools manage databases and analyze quantitative and qualitative data while leading the preparation of detailed reports and presentations to project stakeholders. This position requires expertise in data management stakeholder engagement and adaptive learning approaches to enhance the project s efficiency accountability and sustainability.
Reporting into
Program Lead
Key Responsibilities
Organizational
Develop and implement M&E frameworks tools and methodologies for projects and programs.
Ensure timely and accurate data reporting.
Responsible for ensuring successful Data Quality Assessment(s) evaluations and responding to other adhoc requests for data and information related to project activities.
Manage initiatives to improve project s performance management plans (PMPs) and M&E system design and implementation
Functional
Provide training to staff beneficiaries partners and other relevant stakeholders on the project s M&E systems policies procedures templates and forms.
Assist the project director with stakeholders and key decisionmaker trainings and presentation on the project s activities and results
Conduct onsite monitoring of activities collecting both qualitative and quantitative data
Conduct routine spot checks to ensure data have been accurately collected from project beneficiaries
Design plan and implement baseline and evaluation surveys ensuring high standards of data integrity in data collection management analysis and reporting
As required participate in clientdirected data quality assessment
(DQA) and preparation of report(s)
Verify project results with supporting documentation photographs and success stories (with direct quotes from program beneficiaries)
Ensures that all data from field based activities participants subcontractors and secondary data are input into an established
project database in a timely effective and efficient process
Responsible for all performance data analysis and reporting
Oversees and ensures the learning cycle is respected and institutionalized specifically in regards to period strategic reviews of data for evidence based decision making
Manages the project s performance reporting dashboard
Assist in both offline and online data updating and management
Key Relationships
Project participants
Project implementing partners
All internal and external stakeholders
Social Organisations (NGOs Faithbased Organisations etc)
Community members
KPIs to measure success
Effective MERL planning and management
Efficient data management and quality timely reporting
Indicator tracking and project performance
Learning documentation data utilization and decisionmaking
Requirements
Key Skills & Competencies
Skills
Masters Degree in Statistics Monitoring and Evaluation Economics Development Studies and related fields
57 years of solid experience in an international NGO program/project planning monitoring evaluation and learning with expertise in impactdriven reporting
Proven experience in using Indicator Performance Tracking Table (IPTT) Performance Indicator Reference Sheet (PIRS) Performance Management Plan (PMP) and other M&E tools and processes
Good presentation effective communication networking and partnering skills
Highly skilled in statistical data analysis using computer packages like SPSS STATA Epiinfo MSExcel MSAccess and very much skilled in the use of MSWord
A strong aptitude for organizational change innovation learning team work
Competencies
Good presentation effective communication networking and partnering skills.
Excellent written reporting skills
Strong experience in designing and implementation of complex and innovative M&E system tools and processes and in quantitative and qualitative data processing and analysis
Experience working in a similar position for an NGO or an international organization is preferred
Excellent interpersonal skills including patience diplomacy willingness to listen and respect for colleagues.
Must be capable of working both individually and as part of a team.
Must also be able to create a supportive working relationship among all project teams