Monitoring, Evaluation, Research & Learning Senior Program Officer

CBM (registered as CBM Christoffel-Blindenmission Christian Blind Mission e.V.) is an international development organisation committed to improving the quality of life of persons with disabilities in the persons communities of the world. Based on our Christian values and more than 100 years of professional expertise, we address poverty as a cause and a consequence of disability. We work in partnership to create an inclusive society for all.
This position is only filled locally. With contractual conditions of the respective country. An expatriation is not intended.

•  Support the Chief of party in implementation of the project by ensuring quality implementation and monitoring
• Conduct periodic project monitoring visits and supportive supervision.
• Support in landscape analysis on disability as maybe required.
• Support documentation, analysis and reporting of project progress; maintain project data in accessible formats through regular and timely progress reporting.
• Coordinate timely submission of agreed upon reports as per reporting schedule and protocol.
• Ensure the smooth operation of the MERL plan, support effective communication across project activities and timely execution of MERL-related deliverables.
• Oversee the design and implementation of MEARL and adaptive learning data collection approaches, tools, quality assurance plans, and analysis. 
• Work with technical teams, project staff, partners, and local stakeholders to develop appropriate indicators, assess the project's progress, and use results to inform continual improvement of performance.
• Supervise the design and implementation of the project's MERL training for project partners.
• Conduct process and result evaluation to address key disability mainstreaming systems issues and generate innovative ideas to test; facilitate learning activities like pause and reflect or feedback loops to learn and adapt implementation approaches based on findings.
• Conduct regular project monitoring visits, data review meetings and data quality audits to track progress against target
• Oversee development and quality of technical deliverables, including required narrative and statistical reports.
• Produce and present data analytics reports to clients and partners.
• Represent the project in external forums to share and promote the learnings of project activities.
• Ensure relevant knowledge, project lessons learned, and other learning are internalized, documented, and shared with relevant stakeholder  
   

      Other

• To comply with all safety and health procedures and requirements at CBM and, at all times ensure your own safety and health and that of other persons who may be affected by your acts or omissions at CBM;

• Carry out your role-specific responsibility to safeguard children and adults at risk (as guided by CBM's respective policies)
• Ensure that all activities conducted within scope of work or as an employee with CBM comply with the IT and data protection principles

• Bachelor's degree in international development, evaluation research, statistics, data analytics, governance, or a related discipline required; master's degree strongly preferred
• Minimum 5 years of experience designing and implementing MERL strategies with a focus on governance or inclusion indicators for similar donor-funded programs in developing countries/Kenya
• Technical expertise in program monitoring and evaluation using mixed methods, preferably with experience evaluating in innovative ways and evaluating program innovations.
• Prior experience designing and conducting quantitative and qualitative research in relevant fields and contexts, and strong analytical skills (e.g. using statistics software, relational databases, and/or other software for analysis, visualization, and reporting).
• Experience with systems thinking approaches and the use of systems aware measurement approaches.
• Experience in utilizing digital solutions for data collection and analysis preferred.
• Proven track record of developing and managing USAID-compliant MERL plans and past experience with adaptive learning approaches.
• Experience working in a leadership role and engaging with a diverse set of stakeholders.
• Strong communicator, excellent verbal communication and writing skills.
• Demonstrated leadership, versatility, and integrity.
• Understand english both oral and written communication skills is required, strong preference for proficiency in a second language (Kiswahili).

 

Please apply exclusively online via our applicant portal (see APPLY NOW).
A letter of motivation, CV and relevant (work) references complete your application.   Shortlisting will be done on a rolling basis, and only short-listed candidates will be contacted.   We look forward to receiving your application! 

Your contact person: Ms. Regina  Kagwiria , Tel.:

We would like to further promote diversity in our teams and therefore welcome applications from people of different ethnic and social backgrounds, religions and world views, different ages and genders, and especially from people with disabilities.