Monitoring and Evaluation Officer at Biovision Africa Trust (BvAT)

Biovision Africa Trust (BvAT) is a not-for-profit organization established in Kenya in 2009 by the Biovision Foundation for ecological development in Switzerland and supported by the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE) in Nairobi. The Trust’s goal is to alleviate poverty and improve the livelihoods of smallholder farmers in Ke...

 

Monitoring and Evaluation Officer

  • Job TypeFull Time
  • QualificationBA/BSc/HND
  • Experience5 years
  • LocationNairobi
  • Job FieldData, Business Analysis and AI 

Job Purpose:

The overall purpose of this job is to support the organization in monitoring and evaluation of the organization’s programmes and projects through using and maintaining sound M&E systems, databases and tools and ensuring they are functioning appropriately.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Ensure appropriate monitoring and evaluation systems for the organization and for BvAT programmes are in place and functioning satisfactorily.
  • Develop data collection tools and ensure their effective use by programme managers and co-implementing partners.
  • Participate in the development and use of results matrix by co-implementing partners to capture all the relevant aspects of programmes and projects.
  • Provide technical support to organization and co-implementing partners in development and use of realistic work plans and work schedules.
  • Provide technical support to co-implementing partners to ensure effective and efficient project implementation, monitoring and evaluation.
  • Provide technical support in data collection, management, analysis and interpretation to aid decision-making.
  • Ensure that the M&E databases are optimally used to store, analyse and present relevant information to the organization, donors and other key stakeholders.
  • Undertake Data Quality Audits (DQA) for quality and reliable information and decision making.
  • Monitor programme and project activities, outputs and progress towards the anticipated results and report on the findings.
  • Support the project managers in the preparation of quarterly, bi-annual and annual progress reports.
  • Document findings via case studies and lessons learnt to provide advice to the management for scale up and improvement.
  • Undertake any other relevant tasks that may be assigned by the supervisor.

Working Relationships

Internal Relationships: Executive Director, Project Managers and other staff.
External Relationships: Country Implementing Partners of BvAT regional programmes, Consultants, Organic Agriculture member organisations, etc.

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Statistics, Economics and/or Project Management.
  • A course/certificate in Monitoring and Evaluation.
  • Minimum of at least 5 years of experience in the field of M&E.Additional qualification in IT or Computer Science with hands-on ICT skills is a must.

Required Skills and Competencies:
Technical Skills

  • Data management
  • Knowledge in use of mobile data collection tools and analytical software like STATA
  • Report writing skills.
  • Computer literacy

Behavioural Skills

  • Fluency in oral and written Swahili and English
  • Have strong relationship management.
  • Excellent time management.
  • Team player with excellent negotiation, communication, and interpersonal skills
  • Planning skills

Responsibility for finances and physical assets:

  • The jobholder has accountability for the laptops and office assigned furniture.

Decision making:

  • The jobholder has no final authority on key decisions in the department other than routine decisions related to execution of work.

Information:

  • The job holder has access to confidential information – Bio data such as age, level of education, Income, etc, of stakeholders.

Working Environment:

  • The job is office based with minimum travels to partner countries and field offices in Kenya.

Method of Application

If you believe you qualify for this position then please apply with your CV and cover letter as one file indicating a summary of your key qualifications and expected salary and benefits to careers@biovisionafricatrust.org  and Cc. info@biovisionafricatrust.org  with the job title: Monitoring and Evaluation Officer, on the subject line to be received not later than 16th February, 2024. We will not accept applications without a CV and cover letter. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews.

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