Options Consultancy Services
Options is seeking a Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Officer for (The Girl Generation: Support to the Africa-led Movement (TGG:ALM) to end Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) . This role supports data collection and analysis, updates the Results Framework, promotes learning, and supports MEL on Communications, Advocacy & Movement-building.
Summary purpose and objective of role
The MEL officer is responsible for supporting the Head of MEL, the programme team and consortium partners in implementing the programme MEL framework, including:
- Supporting the coordination and monitoring of programme MEL activities including data collection and analysis
- Mapping data to the results framework
- Ensuring evidence and learning feeds into programme adaptation and is communicated externally to the wider sector
- Ensuring the Communications, Advocacy and Movement-building team have comprehensive MEL plans for their activities, and support their implementation.
Person specification
- Minimum of five years’ experience in MEL, including data management, in a large scale, multi-country development programme
- Experience in programme performance measurement and developing monitoring, evaluation and learning plans
- Good understanding of programme evaluation and learning cycles, data analysis and presentation of results
- Experience using major evaluation methodologies (qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods) and data collection and analysis methodologies
- Experience in MEL for gender and rights-based programmes, and/or in MEL for communications and advocacy
- Experience providing MEL training to field officers and sub-grantees
- The candidate will be empathetic and emotionally intelligent, as the role involves working closely with women and girls who may have experienced violence.
- Ideally, the candidate will have experience working with consortia, and will have previous experience in MEL for programmes funded by the Foreign Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO) or similar funders.
Other Information
Benefits
Options offers a comprehensive benefits package including 25 days annual leave, Birthday day off, well-being day off, pension, 13th-month pay and generous medical cover.
Other information
- Options is dedicated to equal opportunity for all and recognises that every individual is unique. Whilst we always seek to embrace individual differences and celebrate the diversity of our workforce, we also want to ensure that every team member is suited to their role and that they are given the best opportunity to succeed*.*
- Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and post holders to share this commitment.
- We seek people who are pro-choice, promote diversity and inclusion, are energetic and enthusiastic about Options’ vision.
- Applicants must have the right to work in Kenya
How to apply
- To apply, please fill in the form here.
- Closing date for applications is: 14 March 2024
- Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted for interview. Interviews will be held week commencing 25 March 2024.
- Please note that this role will be subject to full pre-employment background checks including criminal record check, identification check, employment references and right to work verification (where appropriate).
Deadline: 14-Mar-24