Job
Title: Programme Advisor - Monitoring & Evaluation
(Kenya)
Reporting
to:
Programme Manager Kenya
Based:
Nairobi
with approx. 40% travel to field locations in Kenya
Duration: 4 years
The
Life & Peace Institute (LPI) is an international and ecumenical centre that
supports and promotes nonviolent approaches to conflict transformation through
a combination of research and action that entails the strengthening of existing
local capacities and enhancing the preconditions for building peace.
LPI's
work in Kenya focuses on enhancing the resilience of communities to engage with
conflict in nonviolent and constructive ways, so that sustainable arrangements
for the management of resources are developed and enforced, and at the same
time synergies between local and national efforts are created so that the
pattern of neglect from central power is interrupted and more attention and
resources are devoted to the targeted area, and the current conflicts in the
area targeted by the programme can be transformed.
Purpose
of the Position:You
are responsible for the monitoring and evaluation of the Kenya Programme and of
all projects contracted to Partner Organisations in Kenya.
Description
your tasks and responsibilities:
1.
You support programme and project design, including applications to donors. In
particular, you are in charge of developing project assumptions, writing chains
of results, log frames and detailing how the monitoring & evaluation will
be done.
2.
You keep track of the expected results of the Kenya programme - by monitoring
progress towards expected results through data collection on an annual basis
and more regularly through observation - and you inform the Programme Manager
Kenya (PMK) through reports so that she can make decisions to adjust and
maximise the effectiveness of the programme.
3.
You lead contingency planning by: identifying critical assumptions in programme
and projects; assigning probabilities of being right about the assumptions and
ranking their importance; tracking and monitoring the programme and projects;
setting the ‘triggers’ that will activate the contingency plan; and specifying
alternative response options.
4.
You provide the PMK and other LPI staff with information that is timely,
relevant, easy-to use and cost-effective - the information they need to make
timely and well-informed strategic and operational decisions.
5.
You train partner organisations on all aspects of Monitoring & Evaluation
(M&E), this means that you design training packages and deliver them. In
doing so, you ensure that the capacity lies in the institution and not only in
persons, so that staff rotation will not impair the partner organisation’s
capacity to do M&E.
6.
You accompany partner organisations in monitoring and evaluating the projects
contracted by LPI, in order to build their capacity and, at the same time,
ensure the quality of the monitoring processes and reports produced.
7.
You participate in LPI’s overall development of the PME&L toolkit.
8.
You support the implementation of the Kenya Programme, based on need and as
assigned by the PMK.
9.
You build and maintain good relations with LPI’s partner organisations.
10.
You execute other tasks assigned by the PMK.
Your
line manager is the Programme Manager, Kenya.
You
need to maintain work relationships with all LPI staff in Nairobi, the Partner
Organisations in Kenya, the PMEL advisor in Uppsala and third parties as
needed.
Skills
and qualifications required:
- Professional experience (beyond academic course work) in project management, monitoring & evaluation of peace building and/or development work.
- Experience in the design and implementation of quantitative and qualitative research methodologies.
- University degree in management studies, social studies, education or development studies. Master’s preferred, Bachelor with relevant skills and experience (5+ years) may be considered.
- Strong reporting skills in English language.
- Fluency in Swahili language is a requirement.
- Balanced, mature personality with developed diplomatic skills, able to cope with working in stressful environments.
- Eager and flexible mind, willing to acquire new skills on the job.
- The candidate does not require a work permit to work in Kenya.
To
apply:
Send
a one-page letter detailing your qualifications and interests in the subject
area and a full CV to applications.lpi.nairobi@gmail.com.
Please
state “Programme Advisor - Monitoring & Evaluation, Kenya” as a reference
in your letter of application.
The
deadline is May 18, 2012, at 16.00 EAT.
Only
shortlisted candidates will be contacted.