Summary
Date Posted: Friday, March 11, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Lead, USAID/Kenya and East Africa Mission’s Localization, Inclusion and Sustainability Activity,

Proposal Objective:
The USAID/Kenya and East Africa (USAID/KEA) Mission’s Localization, Inclusion and Sustainability (LIS) Activity aims to support USAID/KEA’s staff and stakeholders to be more efficient, effective, transparent, inclusive and skilled in achieving development outcomes. This activity will ensure that the Mission’s Country Development Cooperation Strategy (CDCS) is implemented with a heightened focus on working with local partners, elevating local voices, and co-creating programs with local partners, including marginalized populations, girls and women, and youth.

The Activity has the following objectives:
1. Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL): Strengthen monitoring, evaluation, verification, and data utilization to improve development results.
2. Organizational Development (OD): Improve systems, coordination, collaboration and OD to enhance institutional learning and program effectiveness.
3. Capacity Building: Provide capacity building services to empower and enfranchise local actors.
4. Strategy: Support strategy development, implementation, and process management to enable continuous planning, delivering, assessing, and adapting of development programs.
5. Logistics: Provide logistical support to ensure productive and efficient operations.

Position Description:
SI is seeking a MEL Lead for the upcoming USAID/KEA LIS Activity. This will be a senior technical position on the project, reporting to the Chief of Party (COP), and will be responsible for overseeing and managing technical work under Objective 1 of the Activity. This position will be full-time for the duration of the five-year project and will be based in Nairobi.
**Please note: This is a local position. Only candidates with Kenyan citizenship will be considered.

Responsibilities:
• Lead the design and development of services and activities under the MEL component of the project.
• Develop scope/budget/timelines for assigned activities.
• Provide technical assistance and support to addressing USAID’s gender and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion objectives.
• Manage teams including full-time staff and consultants.

Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree in social sciences or related field.
• At least eight years of management experience in MEL on international development projects.
• Experience working on USAID projects strongly preferred.
• Fluency in written and spoken English required; fluency in Kiswahili strongly preferred.
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Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 96

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

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