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RESEARCH, MONITORING AND LEARNING OFFICER

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KAKAMEGA  

Published On: 4th, August 2023

Closes on: 4th, August 2023

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Economist, Project Management/planning

Job Description

The Research, Monitoring and Learning Officer will work in coordination with Project Coordinator and will be responsible for implementing and managing the monitoring and evaluation (M&E) activities according to ICS SP Monitoring and Evaluation protocols including the coordination of externally conducted impact evaluations in order to deliver a high-quality, results-oriented project for an upcoming project aimed at establishing the cost and cost effectiveness of a parenting intervention that aims at improving caregiver wellbeing and optimal development outcomes for children aged 0-3 years


Responsibilities:

    Key areas of responsibility

    • Design, implement, and operate project M&E systems from project initiation to closeout stages
    • Undertake performance measurement, including indicator selection, target setting, reporting, and developing M&E and/or performance monitoring plans and data collection tools
    • Support research design and methodology for project-related research
    • Serve as project liaison for externally-managed evaluations
    • Translate information from research and M and E activities to support communication and dissemination of research findings and lessons learned
    • Monitor the results of the program’s activities; design and implement systematic program learning tools and activities designed to build staff capacity in M and E
    • Improve program performance and utilization of learnings for future programs and resource mobilization
    • Ensure that development results are demonstrated and communicated in ways that assure that ICS SP value is recognized within the development sector and by the public.
    • Contribute extensively to quarterly and annual reports
    • Ensure compliance with donor and ICS SP regulations related to child development programming.

Requirements:

    Qualifications and skills

    • Bachelor’s degree with an advanced certificate in M&E, statistics, research or economics
    • Excellent knowledge of holistic child development, home and school factors influencing child outcomes
    • Minimum of 5 years of professional experience in a M&E position responsible for implementing research, monitoring and learning activities of social and child development projects
    • Top tier research skills, including research design, instrument development, and data collection procedures and data analysis required
    • Knowledge of statistics and psychometrics preferred and familiarity with statistical applications such as SPSS, SAS or STATA
    • Excellent writing skills required: 1) technical writing for project reports and publications, including writing about data from large and small data sets, and writing about child development; 2) persuasive writing for proposals and grants.

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Josephine Mbithe

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