Monitoring and Evaluation Facilitator, Nairobi, Kenya
Closing Date: Tuesday, 31 August 2010

MONITORING AND EVALUATION FACILITATOR

Plan
Plan is an international humanitarian child centered community development organization, without religious, political or government affiliation. Plan is committed to protecting and promoting child rights, and to improving the lives and futures of poor children, their families and communities through a child-centered community development approach.

Closing date: 31 Aug 2010

Location: Kenya
Additional location information: BASED IN NAIROBI DEVELOPMENT AREA

Plan's urban program in Nairobi covers 4 divisions of Nairobi West and Nairobi East districts. The successful candidate will be responsible for supporting the Development Area (DA) in program/project planning, information gathering and synthesis, reflection and reporting processes. The incumbent will report to the Area Manager. This is a 2 year contract with the possibility of renewal
Key responsibilities

    * Facilitate development of DA's participatory monitoring and evaluation systems;
    * Train staff and partners in participatory M&E processes to develop programs;
    * Institutionalisation of corporate monitoring and evaluation tools at DA level;
    * Provide measurement and assessment of performance in order to effectively manage outcomes and outputs of Plan interventions;
    * Maintenance/administration of the corporate projects monitoring system;
    * Consolidation/sharing of successes (best practices) and lessons learnt on a regular basis;
    * Facilitate community based information sharing and dissemination of evaluations and other special studies;
    * Facilitate partner capacity assessment;
    * Enhance children participation in planning, program design, monitoring and evaluation.

Qualifications, experience and skills

    * At least a Bachelor's degree in social sciences (sociology, anthropology, economics);
    * 3- 5 years hands on experience in community based monitoring & evaluation;
    * Working knowledge of Logical Framework Approach(LFA), Outcome Monitoring(OM) and strategic planning;
    * Good understanding of Human Rights Based Approach to development(HRBAD)programming;
    * Experience in participatory approaches such as PLA, PRA,PAR;
    * A good understanding of child rights;
    * Demonstrated skills and experience in use of statistical packages(SPSS, EPI STATA);
    * Analytical, negotiation, facilitation and influencing skills;
    * Ability to work in a multi-disciplinary and multicultural environment and communities at all levels;
    * Innovative and independent thinker;
    * Knowledge and experience in Most Significant Change (MSC) approach or critical stories of change will be an added advantage.

How to apply

If you meet the requirements for any of the above positions and would like to be a part of it in our commitment to children, please send a detailed and updated curriculum vitae, cover letter, current remuneration and contacts of three professional references, including your current/latest line manager to

jobs.plankenya@plan-international.org

to be received by latest 31st August 2010. Your email (OR ENVELOPE) should bear the title “MONITORING AND EVALUATION FACILITATOR - NAIROBI DA” as the subject.

Reference Code: RW_88NF6T-62