Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Learning Coordinator at Aga Khan Foundation

The Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) is a private, not-for-profit international development agency, which was founded in 1967 by Prince Shah Karim Al Hussaini, Aga Khan IV. AKF seeks to provide long-term solutions to problems of poverty, hunger, illiteracy and ill health in the poorest parts of South and Central Asia, Eastern and Western Africa, and the Middle East...

 

Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Learning Coordinator

  • Job TypeFull Time
  • QualificationMBA/MSc/MA
  • Experience5 years
  • LocationNairobi
  • Job FieldData, Business Analysis and AI  , Project Management 

Roles and Responsibilities:

M&E planning and coordination

  • Lead development and implementation of M&E frameworks, indicators, protocols, and tools for all projects for efficient and effective tracking of programme’s progress.
  • Leads on M&E tools and processes, including development of comprehensive M&E plan, establish indicator tracking system, design measurement tools, reporting processes, and execute data collection, analysis, and reporting.
  • Coordinate project related evaluations, surveys, and studies.
  • Designing consultancy TORS for project evaluation, surveys, and studies
  • Supervise consultants conducting evaluations, surveys, and studies in all programme areas.

Programme reporting

  • Coordinate production of high-quality M&E reports for donors and AKF management
  • Ensure reporting deadlines are met and communication of relevant notifications to program leads for timely reporting.
  • Track reporting writing and provide targeted support to staff and partners to meet set submission deadlines.
  • Coordinate core sector indicator reporting and validation in liaison with the Global MERL leads
  • Timely updating on quarterly basis, the Awards Information Management Systems (AIMS)
  • Reporting the annual Global Reach System (GRS) data for Kenya.

Partner coordination responsibilities

  • Serve as the focal point for coordinating MERL activities across project partners.
  • Support partners in developing and implementing their MERL frameworks in alignment with program objectives.
  • Conduct regular MERL check-ins with partners to provide technical support and identify capacity needs.
  • Facilitate joint learning sessions to share best practices, challenges, and program insights.
  • Develop a centralized data repository for aggregating and synthesizing partner reports and findings.

Quality assurance

  • Coordinate quality assurance activities of the programme including conducting regular programme quality assessments, partner assessments, routine field monitoring visits and supervision of all related projects data collection.
  • Responsible for managing the data collection and coordination with the Country team (and consultants if necessary) ensuring a high quality of data collected and the use of evidence to inform adaptive management.
  • Conduct routine quality control checks of M&E work, overseeing that planned monitoring and evaluation activities are taking place as planned.

Knowledge management

  • Promote sharing of lessons learned from programme monitoring and evaluation to improve future programme selection, design, and implementation.
  • Document lessons learnt and good practices and share them with the broader organisation.
  • Manage and mentor the projects staff on MERL processes.
  • Provide training, coaching, and mentoring to partners on M&E activities.

The requirements

  • Master’s degree in Monitoring & Evaluation, Social Sciences, Public Policy, Development Studies, or a related field.
  • Minimum 5 years of experience in MERL roles within education, health and socio – economic development.
  • Extensive knowledge of Results-Based Management (RBM), including how to develop logic models and SMART indicators.
  • Demonstrated ability in design and implementation of surveys and qualitative studies.
  • Proficiency in use of statistical packages (e.g., SPSS or STATA) is desirable.
  • Proficiency in Mobile Data Collection systems (e.g., Kobo Collect, SurveyCTO, etc) is desirable.
  • Committed to acting ethically and upholding safeguarding standards towards all staff, volunteers, and beneficiaries of the organisation.
  • Excellent communication and report writing skills.
  • Strong interpersonal and people’s management skills
  • Proven ability to build the capacity of internal teams and project partners in MERL.
  • Strong coordination and stakeholder management skills.

Method of Application

Interested and qualified? Go to Aga Khan Foundation on krb-xjobs.brassring.com to apply

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