Friday, February 17, 2012

IPPF MONITORING AND EVALUATION OFFICER JOB IN KENYA

The International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF), Africa Regional Office is looking to fill the position of Monitoring and Evaluation Officer- National Staff position

The International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) is the world’s largest non-governmental organization working in the field of sexual and reproductive health information and services.

It has 6 Regional Offices, (Western Hemisphere based in New York, East and South East Asia and Oceania Region in Malaysia, Arab World Region in Tunis, South Asia Region in India, European Network in Brussels and the Africa Region in Nairobi, Kenya).

The international secretariat is in London, UK.

The IPPF Africa Regional Office in Africa is made up 38 Member Associations (MAs) working in 42 countries in Sub-Sahara Africa.

The Monitoring and Evaluation Officer will monitor and evaluate all projects within the MAs in the African Region funded through the Global Comprehensive Abortion Care Initiative (GCACI)


Key job requirements are:

To ensure total compliance with reporting requirements in collaboration with other IPPF entities implementing the project

To ensure consistency in approach on monitoring and evaluation for the GCACI in collaboration with the GCACI Team in Central Office.
To build staff capacity at the Member Associations’ level in monitoring, evaluation and reporting.
To support regular data collection, data analysis and prepare reports in collaboration with the GCACI Team in Central Office.
To support the implementation of baseline and other surveys, such as project reviews, and mid-term and end-of-project reviews.
To present to stakeholders - data, lessons learned, best practices, quantitative, qualitative and anecdotal evidence provided by the GCACI activities.


Personal Qualifications:

Degree in social science statistics, demography, development or health related subjects, or equivalent standard of education.
Minimum 5 years experience gained in programme management, including programme monitoring and evaluation or operational research.
Knowledge of sexual and reproductive health issues in Africa
Excellent training and facilitation skills.
Excellent written, analytical, presentation and reporting skills;
Fluent in English and one other language desirable – French, Portuguese.

The post will require significant travel, up to 30%.

Interested candidates should submit a CV including three referees and cover letter indicating educational background, experience, skills and why you think you are the best candidate for the position to: hroffice@ippfaro.org

Competitive remuneration will be negotiated with the successful candidate.

IPPF is an equal opportunity employer.

Closing date: 9th March 2012.

If you do not hear from us by 15th March 2012, please assume that your application has not been successful in this instance.

Check the job profile at www.ippfar.org