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Seeking Specialist for Capacity Building, Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning Services – KENYA
NORC is seeking well qualified candidates located in Kenya for an anticipated, four-year Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) contract with Porticus Foundation. Porticus and grantee partners will carry out two Challenge Programmes. These programmes aim to improve inclusive education systems for children in displacement and children on the margin in ten countries, Brazil, Bangladesh, Colombia, Haiti, India, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Peru, and Uganda.
Position Duties and Responsibilities
The MEL Specialist will provide technical assistance on monitoring and evaluating project activities. The MEL Specialist will provide short term support to local and global grantees (up to six) implementing education-related interventions, with a particular focus on Children in Displacement and Children on the Margin (out-of-school and at high risk of dropping out of school). Activities will take place in Kenya over a four-year period.
The MEL Specialist will be based in Kenya and support NORC and grantee partners staff with the development of project and activity-level indicators, theories of change, and MEL plans to be incorporated into the Challenge Program MEL framework. S/he may be tasked with capacity building of grantee staff, reviewing monitoring and evaluation data, including baseline data collection and performance indicator data, and integrating participatory approaches and local actors into MEL activities. S/he will also be responsible for serving as liaison with the local Client office.
The MEL Specialist may also assist NORC with data quality audits and site visits to assess data quality and activity performance and may be asked to support an evaluation.
Required Qualifications
- Master’s degree with a minimum of 5 years of experience designing and implementing monitoring systems of complex development projects or bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 8 years of experience.
- Professional experience working in Kenya.
- Experience in indicator development (including context indicators), data collection and analysis, data quality assessment.
- Experience developing theories of change, results frameworks, and M&E plans for international development programs.
- Experience in the area of education, displaced and out of school children, and socio-emotional learning.
- Knowledge of the local education system.
- Experience with learning, training and other capacity building activities.
- Excellent teamwork, interpersonal, communication, presentation, and facilitation skills; and
- Fluency in written and spoken English and Kiswahili.
Preferred Qualifications
- Kenyan candidates preferred.
- Experience in participatory approaches to MEL
- Experience applying GESI approaches to MEL
How to Apply: Interested candidates should email a CV and cover letter to [email protected] with MEL Specialist – KENYA in the subject line.
