Data, Monitoring, and Research jobs at Volunteer Service Overseas (VSO) and Other Companies in Kenya

 
Deadline of this Job: 04 December 2022

Role Overview
The overall purpose of the evaluation is to assess and evidence the impact project interventions have had on primary actors and generate learning around effectiveness of programme approaches and the contribution of the volunteering for development pathways to improve future programmes.
Working at project location – In this role, you will provide on-site support in the project location and/or VSO office, (full-time unless otherwise specified) for a set period of time.

Skills, Qualifications And Experience
• The lead consultant will possess the following :
• Strong experience in Monitoring, Evaluation and Research, preferably within the area of education; inclusion and child protection and a strong bias with working with children
• Strong experience in people centred and rights-based programming at policy, strategy as well as implementation level
• Strong experience in participatory and inclusive assessment/research methodologies and learner centred approaches
• Good understanding of inclusion and the education sector
• Broad experience with multi-county/county evaluations
• Excellent analytical, facilitation, communication and report writing skills.
• At least a Master’s Degree in a relevant field
• A valid Kenyan Certificate of Good Conduct

Deadline of this Job: 05 November 2022

Key Duties & Responsibilities
Promote robust data collection and analysis skills
The MEAL Data Collection and Analysis Advisor will work with country teams to ensure strong and sustainable data collection and analysis practices are in place. The postholder will be expected to independently design data collection (primarily surveys) and analysis guidance and training material, review and support the work of country colleagues and deliver high quality training and remote support to country colleagues and partners on survey design, data collection and data analysis practices. Particular focus will be on:
• Ensuring country colleagues design high quality surveys
• Ensuring colleagues undertake ethical and appropriate data collection practices
• Supporting colleagues on data interpretation and data analysis processes
• Supporting teams on data protection and ethical use of data in MEAL activities
• Being the Data Champion for the PIL team

Support the use of digital technology to facilitate data collection and analysis
The post holder will be responsible for leading the scale up and adoption of technology, where appropriate, to facilitate more effective and efficient data collection and analysis. This involves building relationships with relevant stakeholders in country offices and tailoring support to country colleagues.
Key tasks include:
• Providing tailored support to colleagues on how to translate high quality surveys into a digital survey on CommCare, Trócaire’s preferred data collection platform
• Providing support to colleagues and Trócaire partners on the use of CommCare (and Kobo in certain circumstances) for MEAL data collection
• Establishing processes to gather periodic feedback, monitor usage, track support requests and close-out of projects on the digital platforms
• Documenting case studies on the use of technology for data collection and analysis, highlighting lessons learned
• Managing Trócaire’s global administration of CommCare, this includes managing project spaces, managing users and building check in points with country offices.
• Along with of technology for data collection, the postholder will be responsible for supporting country colleagues with other digital solutions related to MEAL activities including:

Deadline of this Job: 24 December 2022

Responsibilities:
• Establish and maintain relationships with local utilities across East and Central Africa
• Ensure compliance with local regulations regarding infrastructure development projects
• Support engineering and design of on-grid systems to maximize energy efficiency and distribution
• Provide regular reports to client and project leadership on utility relationships
• Obtain buy-in from local utilities and IPPs to enhance access to energy across East and Central Africa

Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience
• Knowledge utilities, IPPs, and public sector stakeholders across East and Central Africa in the energy industry
• Minimum five years’ experience implementing energy programs. Sub-Saharan Africa work experience is preferred
• Excellent analytical abilities, written and oral communications skills
• Fluency in English or local languages required depending on work location
• Demonstrated ability to promptly address ad hoc requests

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