Summary
Date Posted: Thursday, May 28, 2020 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
World Vision is an international Christian relief, development and advocacy organisation working in almost 100 countries world-wide to create lasting change in the lives of children, families and communities to overcome poverty and injustice.
Reporting to: Program Director – Ark 2030
Grade Level: 15
Purpose of Position
The MEAL Advisor will establish an effective monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning system, with roles to develop, review and implement a robust Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability & Learning framework and tools to facilitate measurement of progress; enhance compliance of Ark 2030 Program with World Vision and consortium partners’ standards, policy frameworks and best practices in achieving efficiency and accountability as per donor requirements .

Major Responsibilities
Program Planning (25%)
• Ensure that Program is planned/designed in accordance to the agreed partners/donor standards by providing requisite tools including templates, guidelines and review tools.
• Provision of ARK 2030 Program partners with strategic direction in the planning/designing processes
• Together with the Program team and consortium partners, organize and facilitate Strategic/multiyear Plans/designs and budgets for the overall Program.
• Coordinate and support ARK 2030 consortium members to generate designs and plans for their components of the Program in their respective counties and Program sites.
• Together with ARK 2030 consortium (WVK, ICRAF, CARE, CRS, JUSTDIGGIT, TNC) partners, review and update log frames, M&E Plans, Program indicators and periodic targets and detailed implementation plans.
• Support develop clear and implementable work break down structure for respective Program activities
• Together with the identified partners identify and document the geographical coverage of each partner and produce a RS/GIS activity /Program map.
• Together with the finance team, ensure realistic scheduling of Program activities and budgets.
End Results Expected
• Functional monitoring framework, M&E Plans and tools in place.
• Project targets met
• Program plans/ Work break downs and timely implemented
• Project Maps in place.
Implementation, co-ordination and quality assurance (25%)
• Coordinate the successful roll out and implementation of all MEAL related initiatives among the partners
• Coordinate and convene the partners’ technical advisory teams (TATs)
• Support the Program partners to develop appropriate implementation strategies for the Program.
• Develop and disseminate clear business processes for respective MEAL components and Program implementation planning procedures/ business processes for partners
• Develop and support implementation of Program MEAL annual calendars
• Lead the process of organization capacity assessments for potential local partners.
• Lead national partner capacity building initiatives on Planning, M&E, Accountability and Learning
• Ensure that respective consortium staff are provided with requisite MEAL technical support to perform.
• Coordinate the successful roll out and implementation of all MEAL related initiatives for the Program among partners.
• Coordinate inter-county exchange meetings on M&E for lessons learnt and upscale to regional programme level intervention
• Develop fully cross-functional and effective working relationships between and amongst key local partners, Secretariat and consortium (WVK, ICRAF, CARE, CRS, JUSTDIGGIT, TNC) partners,
• Coordinate effective implementation and delivery of measurements (Characterizations studies, Baseline and Evaluation Surveys) in collaboration with key partners.
• Coordinate and facilitate timely review and sharing of all Program documents; plans/designs and reports.
• Support all field level Programs to implement, monitor and evaluate interventions as per standards and procedures of the donor.
• Ensure that business processes, standards and policies developed in coordination with other implementing partners are effectively implemented by all partners.

Job Skills: Not Specified

Qualification, Skills and Abilities
• Degree in Natural Resource Management, Agriculture, Agri-business management, Agro-forestry, Range land Management, Dryland Agriculture, Environmental studies, Climate Change or equivalent
• Post graduate training in M&E or Statistics or related field
• Minimum of 5 Years of professional experience in program planning, monitoring and evaluation of multi-agency livelihood and Resilience grants in Pastoral and or Agro-pastoral regions;
• Strong conceptual and analytical skills and expertise in working with online program design and monitoring systems, research design, execution, analysis and interpretation skills and experience in the use of complex statistical tools and systems and Management Information systems
• The holder of this position must be a results orientated person who can handle a heavy work load as well as manage and satisfy multiple and at times conflicting organizational, donor and other stakeholder demands;
• Experience in the execution of development cooperation projects and consortiums;
• Deep understanding and ability to work in fragile often interfaith community contexts.
• Good understanding of Sustainable NRM models e.g. FMNR and other Evergreen Agriculture, Tree based value chains, Market systems strengthening’s, Disaster Management, Peace Programming and Governance,
• Must have skills and ability to provide training and mentorships.
• S/he must be a self-starter, able to work under minimum supervision and maintain good relationships.
• Practical experience working with local communities, government, private sector, institutions and traditional authorities in pastoral and agro-pastoral ASAL regions;
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, networking and representation skills.
• Proven leadership qualities, problem-solving and negotiation skills, and evidence of successful team player

Job Education Requirements: Not Specified

Job Education Experience: Not Specified

Work Hours: 8

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