AJIRALEO TANZANIA |
AJIRA TANZANIA 2019 / NAFASI ZA KAZI 2019
Vacancy title: Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Manager [ Type: FULL TIME , Industry: Nonprofit, and NGO , Category: Management ]
Jobs at: Asante Africa Foundation
Deadline of this Job: 3rd June 2019
Duty Station: Within Tanzania , Dar es Salaam , East Africa
JOB DETAILS:
Asante
Africa Foundation – Tanzania (AAF-Tz ) is a non-profit organization
based in Arusha Tanzania . Our mission is to educate and empower the
next generation of change agents whose dreams and actions transform the
future for Africa and the world. Asante Africa Foundation believes in
the power of knowledge as a catalyst to help young people create a
future where they can live their potential.
Our work addresses the root causes of why children are not in school
and paves the way for success in the classroom and beyond. Our programs
are built upon three key pillars: create Access to Education, enhance
Learning in the Classroom, and prepare youth for Life Beyond the
Classroom.
PURPOSE OF THE JOB
The
MEL Manager will lead all the MEL aspects of Asante Africa programs
including developing, refining the existing M&E system, data
collection, management and reporting, generate and disseminate learning
from the project, data analysis and utilization – use the data to inform
project implementation, donor reporting and the project contribution to
the overall programs change ambition This also includes overall data
quality assurance for the projects..
Duties and Responsibilities
•
Provide strategic MEL leadership and direction to the team implementing
programs in all aspects of M&E and information management;
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Ensure that M&E data and results continue to inform program
strategy by working with program leadership to understand and devise
strategies to implement results which maximize program impact;
• Ensure the continuation of the highest quality of data collection and highest rigor of analysis;
•
Support programs to create creative and innovative M&E learning
systems with build-in feedback loops which directly inform program
managers and enable iterative improvements to program implementation, as
well as feed into the broader organizational M&E system and
strategy;
• Be responsible of MEL deliverables to donors and programs;
• Use existing resources train M&E and program teams in the area of monitoring and evaluation and report writing;
•
In consultation with Program Coordinators, develop, review and update
project results frameworks and ensure that they logically capture the
hierarchy of objectives, outcomes, outputs and indicators for the key
thematic areas;
• Work with senior management to address shortfalls in M&E that affect program implementation and conduct internal DQAs
Job Specifications
Qualifications: Education/Knowledge/Technical Skills and Experience
Education and Skills
•
Bachelors’ degree in Social Sciences, Project Management, Education or a
related field from an accredited academic institution with at least
five years of relevant professional experience; or
• Masters’ degree in the above fields with at least three years of relevant professional experience (Preferred).
• Proven data analysis skills and abilities and recognized as an expert in this field by external organizations
Read Also: Experience
• At least 5 years of experience working in the field of monitoring and evaluation at a national level NGO with multiple programs. Proven success in designing, implementing, and operating M&E system from project initiation to close out is required.
• Strong conceptual knowledge about theories of change, logic model, gender and youth program indicators, M&E plan, data quality assurance and data utilization.
• Strong analytic and organizational skills; strong creative and innovative thinking skills;
• Proven ability to work effectively in a complex collaborative environment, including government stakeholders.
• Strong data analysis skills with proven research experience in designing, conducting or supervising a qualitative and quantitative research.
• Experienced in data organization (Ex. Excel, R, Python etc.) and data analyses (Ex. STATA, SPSS etc.) software. Desirable to have experience in data visualization using Tableau software or similar tool, experience in digital data collection tools (Ex. KoBoCollect, Survey Monkey, ODK etc.) and Salesforce data management.
• Geographical experience of working in East Africa localities ( Esp. Tanzania and Kenya)
Communications: Excellent verbal and written communication skills are essential both in English and Kiswahili.
Managerial Competencies
• Leadership: provides a clear sense of direction, leads by example and demonstrates the ability to carry out the organization’s vision; assists others to realize and develop their potential.
• Empowering others & building trust: creates an atmosphere of trust and an enabling environment where staff can contribute their best and develop their potential.
Values
• Inclusion and respect for diversity: respects and promotes individual and cultural differences; encourages diversity and inclusion wherever possible.
• Integrity and transparency: maintain high ethical standards and acts in a manner consistent with organizational principles/rules and standards of conduct.
• Professionalism: demonstrates ability to work in a composed, competent and committed manner and exercises careful judgment in meeting day-to-day challenges.
Core Competencies
• Teamwork: develops and promotes effective collaboration within and across units to achieve shared goals and optimize results.
• Delivering results: produces and delivers quality results in a service-oriented and timely manner; is action oriented and committed to achieving agreed outcomes.
• Managing and sharing knowledge: continuously seeks to learn, share knowledge and innovate.
• Accountability: takes ownership for achieving the Organization’s priorities and assumes responsibility for own action and delegated work.
• Communication: encourages and contributes to clear and open communication; explains complex matters in an informative, inspiring and motivational way
Job application procedure
Interested candidates should send their CV, cover letter and contacts of three referees (PDF into one (1) document) with Ref: Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Manager to humanresources@asanteafrica.org / etesha@asanteafrica.org / zkipuyo@asanteafrica.org on or before 03st June 2019.