Monitoring & Evaluation Adviser at Youth Alive Foundation

Job Summary

• The M&E Adviser will lead the delivery of top quality M&E processes and provide expert, practical advice to teams, as well provide technical leadership in the roll-out of YAP M&E plan and generating strategic data for program management, reporting and documentation of best practices.

Primary Responsibilities

• Ensure that the quality of program/project Monitoring and Evaluation is of international standard and quality by supporting the development and implementation of appropriate mechanisms to ensure quality.
• Provide direct technical assistance and capacity building in the design and implementation of the program/project Monitoring and Evaluation components of the activities of the organization
• Build capacity of local partners in project monitoring and with program staff and local partners, used program/project monitoring data to modify existing programs and design new programs.
• Provide technical support in evaluation research (including sampling strategies, analysis and presentation of data) to research consultants.
• Analyze M&E data on a monthly, quarterly and annual basis and flag action areas to the project management
• With the support of program staff, plan for and execute M&E, including data collection, developing M&E tools, data management and analysis.
• Support and contribute to the development and implementation of M&E systems.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Master's degree in Monitoring and Evaluation, Social Sciences, Business Administration or International relations and/or development related fields
• At least five (5) years relevant experience in monitoring and evaluation.
• Proven experience of and expertise in designing, commissioning and leading M&E projects and programmes.
• Strong quantitative and analytical skills, and ability to communicate technical information clearly and effectively to both technical and non-technical persons
• Advanced knowledge and experience of standard Monitoring and Evaluation procedures an tools
• Good understanding of donor requirements, with previous experience on either EU, USAID or DFID funded projects being a strong advantage
• Experience working with statistical computer software packages.