Background

The Youth Agenda (YAA) is a premier youth organization that works towards a "Just, Equitable and Progressive society in which young people fully enjoy social, economic and political rights and opportunities". This vision is grounded upon the belief that it is possible to realize a globally competitive and prosperous nation with a high quality of life in...

Key Responsibilities

• Support the development, review and use of programme monitoring and data collection tools.
• Support the collection, entry, cleaning and management of programme data.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date programme databases and MEAL records.
• Support programme teams in tracking project indicators, targets, outputs and outcomes.
• Conduct routine data quality checks to identify inconsistencies, gaps and errors.
• Support field monitoring visits, surveys, assessments and other data collection activities.
• Administer digital and physical data collection tools as required.
• Assist in analysing programme data and preparing basic tables, summaries and visualisations.
• Support the preparation of programme, donor and internal monitoring reports.
• Support documentation of lessons learned, good practices, success stories and emerging programme findings.
• Assist in tracking feedback, complaints and responses in accordance with YAA procedures.
• Support programme teams to use monitoring findings to strengthen implementation and decision-making.
• Undertake field travel within Kenya to support monitoring, data collection and programme activities when required.
• Perform any other MEAL-related duties assigned by the supervisor.

Qualifications, Experience and Competencies

• A Diploma or degree in Monitoring and Evaluation or a related field.
• Previous professional experience of at least 3 years in practical experience in monitoring, research, data collection or programme support will be an added advantage.
• Good organisational and time-management skills, with the ability to manage multiple tasks and meet deadlines.
• Willingness and ability to undertake field travel within Kenya for monitoring, data collection and programme activities.
• Commitment to confidentiality, ethical data management and responsible handling of programme and participant information.
• Familiarity with KoboToolbox or other digital data collection platforms will be an added advantage.
• Familiarity with Google Forms, Google Sheets, Power BI, SPSS, R, Stata or other data management, analysis and visualisation tools will be an added advantage.
• Experience supporting surveys, assessments, research, field-based data collection or MEAL databases will be an added advantage.
• Experience working with youth-focused, governance, development or civil society programmes will be an added advantage.
• Demonstrated willingness to learn, adapt to new tools and work in a dynamic programme environment.

• Support the development, review and use of programme monitoring and data collection tools.
• Support the collection, entry, cleaning and management of programme data.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date programme databases and MEAL records.
• Support programme teams in tracking project indicators, targets, outputs and outcomes.
• Conduct routine data quality checks to identify inconsistencies, gaps and errors.
• Support field monitoring visits, surveys, assessments and other data collection activities.
• Administer digital and physical data collection tools as required.
• Assist in analysing programme data and preparing basic tables, summaries and visualisations.
• Support the preparation of programme, donor and internal monitoring reports.
• Support documentation of lessons learned, good practices, success stories and emerging programme findings.
• Assist in tracking feedback, complaints and responses in accordance with YAA procedures.
• Support programme teams to use monitoring findings to strengthen implementation and decision-making.
• Undertake field travel within Kenya to support monitoring, data collection and programme activities when required.
• Perform any other MEAL-related duties assigned by the supervisor.

• Good organisational and time-management skills
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and meet deadlines
• Willingness and ability to undertake field travel within Kenya
• Commitment to confidentiality, ethical data management and responsible handling of programme and participant information
• Familiarity with KoboToolbox or other digital data collection platforms (advantage)
• Familiarity with Google Forms, Google Sheets, Power BI, SPSS, R, Stata or other data management, analysis and visualisation tools (advantage)
• Experience supporting surveys, assessments, research, field-based data collection or MEAL databases (advantage)
• Experience working with youth-focused, governance, development or civil society programmes (advantage)
• Demonstrated willingness to learn, adapt to new tools and work in a dynamic programme environment

• A Diploma or degree in Monitoring and Evaluation or a related field.
• Previous professional experience of at least 3 years in practical experience in monitoring, research, data collection or programme support will be an added advantage.