MONITORING RESEARCH & EVALUATION OFFICER (One Year Fixed Term Contract Based in Kisumu)
Plan is an international, humanitarian, child-centered community development organization without religious, political or government
affiliation. Plan started its operations in Kenya in 1982 and 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.
Plan Kenya is recruiting for the Monitoring Research & Evaluation Officer based at Kisumu Program Unit. The position reports to the
Program Unit Manager. The job holder will be responsible for Banking on Change project planning, information gathering and
synthesis, reflection and reporting processes. Employment is on a one year Fixed Term Contract.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Participate in BoC Implementation Team decision making.
• Provide measurement and assessment of performance in order to effectively manage outcomes and outputs of results.
Enhance organizational and development learning through participatory processes.
• Update of the corporate system (PPM) to reflect project achievements.
• Documentation/sharing of successes (best practices) and failures on a regular basis.
• Participate in development of yearly project budgets and project operational plans.
• Review and/or develop monitoring and reporting tools including but not limited to MIS support function for the project and
based on the internal work plans as necessary.
• Facilitate undertaking of Baseline Survey and End Term Evaluation Exercises as per plans
• Facilitate collection of quantitative and qualitative project progress data on output/results indicators as defined in the project
agreements
• Review Quality of training and service delivery to GS&L Groups
• Investigate opportunities for further studies as well as facilitate the design and undertaking of agreed on operational research
• Facilitate community based information sharing and dissemination systems for evaluation and other special studies. Facilitate
Annual Participatory Program Review and Reflection and documentation of lessons
• Enhance children participation in planning, monitoring and evaluation.
• Based on monitoring results report project progress in appropriate frequencies to Coordinator, the PM and Implementation
Team.
• Participate in the development of donor reports with the respective Implementation Team members and ensure the reports are
in line with the agreed upon indicators
QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS:
• Bachelors Degree in Development Studies or equivalent from a recognized university
• At least 3 years practical work experience in monitoring & evaluation
• Demonstrated skills in usage of two recognised statistical packages
• Experience in Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation
• Proven understanding of programming concepts and Human Rights Approaches to Development
• Strong analytical and logical ability
• Strong negotiation and influencing skills
• Demonstrated training skills
• Prior experience in GS&L methodology will be an added advantage
• Good administrative, presentation & facilitation skills
• Ability to work in a multi-disciplinary, multicultural environment and with communities at all levels
• Innovative and independent thinker
Plan Kenya is a development organization uniting people to advance the rights of all children. Accordingly, employment is subject to
our child protection standards including appropriate background checks and adherence to our Child Protection Policy.
If you meet the requirements of the above position, please send a detailed and up-to-date CV with current and/or expected
remuneration and contacts of three professional references, including your current/latest supervisor to jobs.plankenya@planinternational.
org to be received latest by 09TH June 2011. Your email should bear the title “MONITORING & EVALUATION
OFFICER-BOC”. We regret that only short listed candidates will be contacted.