ASSISTANT MONITORING & EVALUATION OFFICER

I Choose Life -Africa ( ICL ) is an NGO
which carries out HIV and AIDS
prevention, care and support
intervention among students in
institutions of Higher learning .

The Assistant M& E Officer will provide
support to the assigned program,
directly overseeing and implementing
all M& E systems using planning ,
monitoring and controlling processes .

The Assistant M& E Officer will in
consultation with the program use
data to develop new ideas for
research based or project
expansion.
He/ She will be involved in
competitive proposal development
and concept development for
programming and research. The
specific tasks of the officer include the
following :

RESPONSIBILITIES:
PLANNING
Plan projects in consolidation with the
PM in order to accomplish its goals
within constraints such as time, cost
and agreed quality standards
Schedule tasks , deadlines and
milestones for all stakeholders and
resources
Create Program and departmental
work plans
Create detailed chart of milestones for
all program Outputs
Develop and maintain relevant
database of data and serve as a hub
of data that may be required by the
engaged Auditors and or other
stakeholders

EVALUATION, REPORTING & CAPACITY
BUILDING : SPECIFIC DUTIES AND
RESPONSIBILITIES
General Monitoring and Evaluation on
assigned projects
Participate in the Design , data
collection and analysis of surveys and
routine data
Support end of Project Evaluation
focusing on M& E aspect of projects
close out
Participate in innovative and
standardized research
Spearhead and coordinate the
development and timely submission of
monthly reports for the donor, as well
as other required reports by
synthesizing the project activity
reports from all the project activities .
Track progress of Project
implementation and make
recommendation to the Management
Synthesize, analyze data and write
summary reports by program based
on the M& E results and provide a
monthly M& E report to the project
manager
In accordance with donor
requirements, create or maintain
procedures for capturing and
publishing monthly, quarterly, and
annual project reports
Ensure evaluations of trainings and
outreach activities are conducted and
reports written and submitted to the
Project Manager and the relevant
persons
Participate in the training of Healthy
Choices facilitators and Family Matters
Programs
To work closely with M & E colleagues
to design activities to strengthen the
capacity of ICL staff in Project M&E
methodologies through provision of
technical support e .g . skills
assessment, training and appraisals .
Hence, the M& E Officer will be
expected to conduct internal capacity -
building programs for ICL staff on
Monitoring & Evaluation .
Execute M& E activities included in the
Annual Work Plan, with particular
focus on results and impacts as well
as in lesson learning .
Proposals
Grant proposal writing
Work with the Program team to
estimate costs & budgets
Partners Management
Obtain, discuss and follow-through
with feedback from Head office and
partners
Work with head office and Partners to
keep project focused within scope
Ensure Partners’ expectations are met
and exceeded in terms of quality of
product and service delivered .

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS ,
COMPETENCIES & SKILLS
Bachelors Degree in Statistics, or other
related fields
Minimum two ( 2) years experience
with participatory monitoring and
evaluation which may include
designing and conducting survey
exercises , data collection ( key
stakeholder interviews , focus groups ,
surveys, and secondary data analysis
techniques ), and data management
Experience in donor -funded projects
Demonstrable experience in
performing statistical analysis and
interpreting results correctly
Excellent command of computers and
statistical software, especially
experience with MS Access and SPSS
or STATA.
Ability to manipulate large
data sets.
Ability to work independently and to
take initiative
Service- oriented attitude towards
work- - providing positive and timely
feedback to colleagues and staff of
partner institutions
Excellent verbal and written
communication skills in English ,
including the ability to present
materials in meetings and at
conferences and to write project
documents (including evaluation
design plans , results frameworks, data
collection and data analysis plans , and
progress reports )

If you feel you are the right candidate,
please send your CV and cover letter
quoting your current and expected
salary to hr@ichooselife.or.ke to
reach us on or before 25th July ,
2011 .

The subject line of your
application should be ‘Assistant
Monitoring and Evaluation Officer ’
only.