Title: Monitoring & Evaluation Lead
Positions: 1
Reporting to: CEO
Start date: Immediately
Contract duration: 12 Months
Application deadline: Open until position is filled
About us
At Teach For Kenya (TFK), we believe that every child in Kenya, regardless of their socio-economic background deserves an opportunity for an excellent education. Our mission is to build a movement of diverse and capable leaders who will work to end educational inequity in our country. We recruit, train, and place top university graduates and young professionals in high-need primary schools across Kenya to serve as full-time teachers committed to transforming the education outcomes of less-privileged children through significantly improving their achievements and aspirations in a 2-year teaching fellowship.
Through the highly selective, highly rigorous Fellowship, participants (Fellows) develop critical knowledge and a first-hand understanding of the education system in Kenya and the challenges it faces. With intensive training and support from TFK, Fellows help transform the lives of their students while enhancing their own leadership skills. Alumni of the program (and, over time, their students) will become the next generation of Kenyan leaders in education, business, non-profits, medicine, law, government, journalism, and other fields. Informed by their experience, they will work from inside and outside the education system to affect the fundamental changes necessary to ensure quality and equitable education for all children.
As a growing, non-profit organization working towards an ambitious goal in a challenging environment, we are looking for an exceptional individual who embodies our core values, is self-driven, is a strategic thinker, and is a skilled manager to join our dynamic staff and help fulfill our mission.
Role Summary
Our organization thrives on the impact that we are able to see in our placement communities. We are looking for a team member who will help us communicate this impact to both our internal and external audiences to make data driven decisions around the improvement of our program and to gain additional financial and in-kind resources needed to sustain our organization. The Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Lead will be responsible for the design, coordination and implementation of the monitoring and evaluation activities for all of TFKs programmes. In addition He/she will develop a systematic monitoring framework to improve the qualitative and quantitative evidence gathered by TFK. He/she will also provide technical assistance to the coaches, fellows, partners and programs leads in reporting analyzed information for decision making purposes.
This position requires you to be a self-starter, savvy communicator, teamplayer, multitasking skills, ability to meet tight deadlines, passionate about community development, knowledgeable about analytical tools i.e. Salesforce for data analysis and presentation purposes and committed to deliver on assigned tasks.
Key Responsibilities
Primarily responsibilities include but not limited to:
- To design a comprehensive monitoring and evaluation framework against Teach for Kenya’s Theory of change and strategic vision.
- To design and develop tools to gather data & information required for measuring short term and long term impact of our work on our students, classroom, community (local and national), Fellows and Alumni.
- To be the lead on Teach for Kenya’s Learning loop – a mechanism by which we inform our work by learning from our Fellows as well as our team members’ successes and achievements. ● To lead the implementation of the monitoring and evaluation activities – including collection, compilation, documentation as well as leading, training and supporting the team of additional personnel involved.
- Based on the evaluation results, present an analytical report to the different teams not only highlighting achievement and outcomes but strong recommendations on areas of learning and growth to further strengthen the movement.
- To collaborate with different teams – mainly recruitment, training, and alumni leadership to design internal evaluation and monitoring mechanisms that feed into the organization’s larger M&E Framework.
- Provide relevant training to the managers on M&E – designing, implementing, compiling and analyzing to draw relevant learning.
- To be the key person in designing and implementing team evaluation, appraisal and satisfaction surveys as well as be the main lead for any external evaluations.
- Work with the communications manager to strategize the dissemination of relevant reports to different stakeholders
Job Description :
Data Collection 40%
- Collect data on a regular basis to measure achievement against the performance indicators and assess risks and issues and provide solutions where applicable;
- Maintaining and monitoring project plans, project schedules, data collection schedules and evaluating expected outcomes vs actual impact
- Oversee implementation of M&E systems through regular field monitoring visits and tracking of Key Performance Indicators on respective projects
- Coordinate program review meetings to facilitate dialogue and learning on project/program implementation with Teach for Kenya’s program partners;
- Conduct data quality assurance in partner schools and prepare reports.
- Review the quality of existing data in the project subject areas, the methods of collecting it, develop baseline data for each project component and for all project indicators. ● Maintain and administer the M&E database i.e. SKIZA platform/Salesforce
Data Analysis 40%
- Preparing necessary presentation materials in an easily digestible format for collected for our various audiences including but not limited to donors, staff, fellows, board members, government partners etc
Capacity Building 10%
- Identify capacity needs in the areas of basic service delivery for the project staff and strengthen their capacity to deliver quality services
- Undertake pro-active on the job training and staff development. Train and Mentor project staff on effective project planning and management methodologies
- Conduct support supervision and provide feedback to the project staff.
Communication 10%
- Provide the Program Officer with management information she/he may require. ● Support organization staff in building a data mindset
- Follow through and tracking data collection schedules as per TFKs calendar of events
Other roles
- Build strong relationships with school leaders and mentors in order to establish lasting partnerships.
- Support organizational research into teacher effectiveness through data and evidence collection
- Support other departments on achieving organizational goals as needed.
- Ensure all data on participants and their schools is accurate and kept up to date. ● Perform other such duties as may be assigned and work independently with a minimum of supervision.
Competencies
- Data Analysis
- Ability to perform a variety of conceptual analyses required for the formulation, administrationand evaluation E
- Ability to work in a team and good interpersonal skills.
- Collaboration and Communication: Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to workcollectively in a multicultural environment.
- Data collection methodologies.
- Ability to plan and manage surveys.
- Data quality assessments and oversight. .
Key Performance Indicators
- Error free, Complete, and reliable M&E reports
- % of rolled out surveys as per plan
- Accurate presentation of data
- Success rate of program work-plans as per partner requirements
Qualifications – Education, Experience, Skills, and Beliefs
- First level university degree in statistics, demographics, public policy, internationaldevelopment, economics, or related field. Advanced certificate in M&E, statistics or economics preferred
- Minimum of three (3) years of professional experience in an M&E position responsible forimplementing M&E activities of international development projects
- Strong belief in Teach For Kenya’s vision, mission and core values.
- Excellent team player that is willing to work collaboratively with other stakeholders and todevelop a high performing team.
Application Process:
Interested candidates should submit their resume, cover letter, and contact information for three professional references to [email protected]. Please include “M&E Lead” in the subject line. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews. Also complete this form M&E Lead Profiling Template – Google Forms.
Teach for Kenya is an equal opportunity employer and encourages applications from qualified individuals regardless of race, gender, age, or disability. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all staff.
