CIFOR-ICRAF
The Senior Manager Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (ME&L) will be a compelling leader and leading expert in the field of evaluation, able to foster and steer high quality initiatives at AWARD. He/she shall oversee the monitoring, progress review and assessment of Outcomes for AWARD interventions and activities. He/she will work closely with the Programs, Training and Communications Units at AWARD to provide technical support on knowledge generation and dissemination of best practices. The Senior Manager ME&L will develop and manage ME&L plans, shape the learning agenda, design frameworks, tools, and/or toolkits and coordinate the implementation of ME&L systems to track progress on the achievement of outcomes and impact. He/she will also advise on the program/project’s overall approach and support the design, planning, implementation and reporting on various projects/programs while also supporting the development of strategic partnerships and collaborative relationships.
Duties and responsibilities
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More specifically, the Senior Manager, ME&L will:
- Lead the development, management
and updating of AWARD ME&L tools, strategy/frameworks and systems; - Coordinate the design,
implementation and reporting of ME&L activities under the different AWARD
initiatives and programs to track outcomes and impact; - Integrate gender into AWARD
ME&L systems and ensure the application of gender-responsive data
collection and analysis methods; - Provide technical
backstopping for project/program’s progress tracking; - Review and advise on
project/program’s overall approach and adjustments, and prepare regular and ad
hoc updates; - Lead the development of gender-responsive
indicators and ensure sex and age -disaggregated data is regularly generated,
compiled, analysed and adequate recommendations are formulated; - Support the implementation
of quality assurance and control protocols and ensure internal consistency and
validity of project/program’s monitoring checks to enable improved capturing
and narration of programmatic results and impact; - Contribute to technical
donor reporting using appropriate formats; - Contribute to proposal
development and grants’ negotiations including design of high quality ME&L
inputs, to ensure successful proposals; - Contribute to the review of
existing grants’ overall performance and indicators against achieved cumulative
results and make useful recommendations for performance improvement; - Facilitate inclusive and
gender-responsive MEL and research approaches, processes, data and findings through capacity development
of AWARD staff, and periodic meetings with partners and stakeholders; - Coordinate the dissemination
of findings/lessons learnt/best practices internally and externally through seminars,
international conferences and other relevant forums; - Supervise and coordinate
unit staff members and consultants, including coaching and mentoring others in
the unit and overall team; - Serve as a member of the Senior
management and support the strategy design, identification of strategic
partnerships in the agricultural research and development sectors; - Perform any other tasks as assigned.
Requirements
Person
specification
The ideal candidate
for the role of Senior Manager ME&L (Monitoring, Evaluation and
Learning) should demonstrate the following qualifications, skills,
knowledge and experience:
Education
- Master's degree or
higher in a relevant field such as Monitoring and Evaluation, Development
Studies, Social Sciences, or related disciplines.
Knowledge and
experience
- Relevant work
experience in international agricultural sector of at least 10 years,
with not less than 5 years in a management role for ME&L; - Experience working in various
countries on the African continent in the development/agricultural sector. - Extensive
knowledge of gender and social inclusion analysis frameworks and in integrating
gender into ME&L systems, including the identification of indicators to
track gender specific outcomes and results; - Demonstrated understanding
of gender considerations in agriculture, social and policy-related issues, and
opportunities for Africa’s agricultural development; - Sound expertise in Monitoring
and Evaluation and Reporting of international donor-funded
programs/initiatives; - Extensive knowledge of
gender-responsive ME&L concepts/systems/approaches, research design, data
management, quality assurance and control procedures; - Experience
in developing different project/program logic tools such as the Theory of
Change, Logical framework and Results framework - Ability to establish
goals and priorities, to plan, coordinate and effectively monitor tasks,
milestones and target achievements; - Sound experience in
technical/donor reporting, knowledge management, capacity building and
facilitation; - Track record of
published ME&L studies/reports and information products and dissemination
to various audiences; - Ability to forge and
maintain effective working relationships with staff members, partners and
stakeholders; - Excellent command of
the English Language, knowledge of French language is an added advantage; - Ability to work
independently and proactively as a team member; and - Ability to understand
expectations, work with competing deadlines and strong commitment to personal
and organizational accountability.
Education, knowledge and experience
•Master’s degree or higher in a relevant field such as Monitoring and Evaluation, Development Studies, Social Sciences, or related disciplines.
•Relevant work experience in international agricultural sector of at least 10 years, with not less than 5 years in a management role for ME&L;
•Experience working in various countries on the African continent in the development/agricultural sector.
•Extensive knowledge of gender and social inclusion analysis frameworks and in integrating gender into ME&L systems, including the identification of indicators to track gender specific outcomes and results;
•Demonstrated understanding of gender considerations in agriculture, social and policy-related issues, and opportunities for Africa’s agricultural development;
•Sound expertise in Monitoring and Evaluation and Reporting of international donor-funded programs/initiatives;
•Extensive knowledge of gender-responsive ME&L concepts/systems/approaches, research design, data management, quality assurance and control procedures;
•Experience in developing different project/program logic tools such as the Theory of Change, Logical framework and Results framework
•Ability to establish goals and priorities, to plan, coordinate and effectively monitor tasks, milestones and target achievements;
•Sound experience in technical/donor reporting, knowledge management, capacity building and facilitation;
•Track record of published ME&L studies/reports and information products and dissemination to various audiences;
•Ability to forge and maintain effective working relationships with staff members, partners and stakeholders;
•Excellent command of the English Language, knowledge of French language is an added advantage;
•Ability to work independently and proactively as a team member; and
•Ability to understand expectations, work with competing deadlines and strong commitment to personal and organizational accountability.
Terms and conditions
•This is a Globally Recruited Staff (GRS) position. ICRAF offers competitive remuneration in USD currency, commensurate with skills and experience.
•The appointment will be for a period of 2 years, inclusive of a 6-month probationary period, with the possibility of extension contingent upon performance, continued relevance of the position and available resources.
•Previous applicants need not apply as we have your application in our database
•The duty station will be in Nairobi, Kenya.