Vacancy title:
Monitoring and Evaluation Officer

Jobs at:
Transformational Business Network

Deadline of this Job:
open

Duty Station:
Nairobi, Kenya

JOB DETAILS:
The Transformational Business Network (TBN) is a global movement which catalyses purpose-driven entrepreneurs, helps build impactful businesses and unlocks investments in emerging and frontier markets to create jobs and bring prosperity.

Job Details
Are you passionate about seeing purpose-driven businesses grow? Do you want to see economic development impact poverty in East Africa? Do you want to develop your skills as a researcher?
If you are a high-potential, motivated individual who wants to use your analytic and research skills to make a difference then TBN is the place for you. We support businesses with training, coaching and mentoring and want to ensure a rigorous evidence-based approach to impact.
Preferred start date: 1st August 2018
Reporting to: Training and Coaching Manager

Background

•  Under the overall guidance of the Regional Director and direct supervision of the Training and Coaching Manager, the M&E Officer will be responsible for:
  
•  measuring the impact and effectiveness of our work
  
•  To ensure/monitor satisfaction by collecting feedback from participants and partners
  
•  Analyzing and producing reports & proposals for funders and partners.
  
•  Context analysis & assessment of needs to inform development and improvements in program design.
  
•  Data Collection & Systems Management: 30%
  

Responsible for design and implementation of M&E system of TBNs program

•  Develop and maintain the Management Information System that captures all data from the projects.
  
•  Preparation and revision of data collecting tools
  
•  Responsible for the collection, analysis & presentation of different data in relation to the project activities to inform decision making.
  
•  Donor engagement & Reporting: 40%
  
•  Develop and prepare proposals for partnership and funding
  
•  Prepare and maintain a project plan for funder requirements and timelines
  
•  Ensure thorough familiarity with respective grant awards scope of work and M&E requirements
  
•  Organize impact measurement and evaluation meetings with funders
  
•  Prepare quarterly/annual reports on progress attained for annual audit
  
•  Learning: 10%
  
•  Present findings, progress, goals, problems and other relevant information to the Regional Director, Training and Coaching Manager and other staff meetings.
  
•  Lead in review and dissemination of project reports, results, lessons learned and monitor implementation of changes in improvement areas
  
•  Evaluation & Research: 20%
  o In coordination with program leads, set a research agenda, determine methodology, design data collection, and oversee execution of research and evaluation.
  o Assist in the conduct of high quality and timely evaluation/ impact assessment of key projects/ programmes to assess the achievement of desired outcomes.
  

Corporate Competencies:

•  Demonstrates integrity by modelling TBN’s values and ethical standards
  
•  Promotes the vision, mission, and strategic goals of TBN
  
•  Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability
  

Functional Competencies:

•  Plans, coordinates and organizes workload while remaining aware of changing priorities and competing deadlines
  
•  Establishes, builds and maintains effective working relationships with staff and clients to facilitate the provision of support
  
•  Results Measurement and Learning
  
•  In-depth knowledge on MIS, M&E and development issues
  
•  Excellent knowledge of qualitative and quantitative monitoring and the application of methodology
  
•  Good understanding of social impact measurement and capacity assessment methodologies
  
•  Strong financial literacy, research and analytic capabilities
  
•  Ability to identify significant capacity building opportunities;
  
• Excellent communication skills, especially report writing
  
•  Sensitivity to and responsiveness to all partners
  
•  Ability to lead implementation of new systems
  

Required Skills and Experience
Education:
University Degree, preferably in Business Administration, Economics, Social Sciences or related field.
Experience:

•  At least 2 years of experience in the design and implementation of M&E/MIS in development projects implemented by national/international NGOs/UN bodies/ Government
  
•  Experience in designing tools and strategies for data collection, analysis and production of reports
  
•  Demonstrated research and proposal writing experience
  
•  Proven ICT skills in SPSS, MS Excel, PowerPoint and in the development of MIS software using database software
  
•  Expertise in analyzing data using statistical software
  
•  Ideally experience working with small and medium businesses
  
•  Ideally experience engaging with regional and international funding agencie
  Language Requirements:
  Fluency in written and spoken English

Job application procedure
To apply, please email your CV to adminkenya@tbnetwork.org  .