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M&E Manager

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Nairobi, Kenya
Full-time

FHI 360 is currently recruiting for the position of Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Manager for an anticipated project, East Africa Building Resilience in Civil Society (BRICS) Phase II. BRICS II will implement a holistic approach to preventing Violent Extremism (VE) including working with national and subnational authorities to improve their ability to prevent VE, working with and in at-risk communities, conducting research to inform VE interventions and facilitate dialogues among stakeholders. It is anticipated that this program will focus primarily on Kenya, with a secondary focus on Tanzania and Mozambique and a third line of effort in Uganda and Ethiopia. The M&E Manager will play a lead role in the design and implementation of a comprehensive M&E plan with appropriate indicators, implementing systems to safeguard the collection and management of program data, and recommending changes to annual work plans or data collection techniques as needed. S/he will also train staff and partners as well as liaise with the stakeholders on M&E reporting requirements, project learning strategies, and protocols for modifying the M&E plan.

Areas of Responsibility: 
  • Manage and coordinate implementation of M&E for the project across thematic areas. 
  • Supervise and provide guidance to relevant project staff.
  • Lead development of quality assurance systems for the project to ensure data quality.
  • Ensure appropriate data collection tools and systems are in place and are being used correctly by staff and partners to collect required and accurate data for performance, monitoring and evaluation.
  • Oversee and guide development of the project’s management information system and database.
  • Identify M&E technical assistance (TA) needs of partners, facilities and/or government counterparts and provide/organize TA through training, mentorship, and/or on-site supervision.
  • Participate in program monitoring visits/forums with other project staff as necessary.
  • Ensure all relevant project staffs are aware of and adhere to funder and government monitoring, evaluation and reporting guidelines and requirements.
  • Continuously review and analyze collected data and advise program management on needed program revisions. 
  • Contribute to progress reports for the funder and other program deliverables as required. 
  • Advise and promote best practices in data management and M&E among project staff and partners.
  • Perform other related duties as assigned by supervisor.
Educational Background: 
Bachelor’s degree in social science, statistics, evaluation science or other related field (advanced degree preferred);
Skills/Experience: 
  • Minimum of five years of relevant professional experience managing monitoring and evaluation for complex development activities in conflict-affected regions; experience with M&E on projects aimed at preventing violent extremism preferred.
  • Demonstrated ability to work effectively with communities, civil society, local government representatives and other stakeholders
  • Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively in English, both verbally and in writing
  • Demonstrated ability to coordinate monitoring, learning, and evaluation processes across multiple technical offices, local stakeholders and geographic conflict-affected regions
  • Experience with complex monitoring and evaluation procedures as well as with complexity-aware monitoring and evaluation models is desired.
  • Experience working with donor programs and familiarity with DFID/UK approach to monitoring, evaluation and learning is preferred.
Compensation/Benefits: 

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Fhi 360

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Headquarters: 
Washington, DC, United States
Annual Budget : 
More than $500M
Founded: 
1974
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To improve lives in lasting ways by advancing integrated, locally driven solutions for human development.

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…sustainability comes from improving the capacity of individuals and countries to address their needs.

…in partnerships with governments, civil society organizations, the private sector, and communities.

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Listing Stats

Post Date: 
Jan 25 2019
Active Until: 
Feb 25 2019
Hiring Organization: 
Fhi 360
industry: 
Nonprofit