In our endeavour to transform leadership in Africa in theM 21st Century, Strathmore Business School (SBS) has taken the responsibility of influencing leadership of public and private sectors in the continent. This we believe is our overarching mission at SBS; Service to Society through the development of international executive business management and leadership programs. Since its inception in 2005, and coming at a time when the world and Africa face extraordinary challenges, SBS’s mission to develop transformative business leaders is even more relevant. The bewildering rate of change in new ethical and governance challenges increases the demand for great ethical leaders with a passion for excellence.

JOB PURPOSE:

• Ensure the alignment of M&E activities within the program goals.
• Ensure the M&E system demonstrates the impact of the program on MSMEs at the counties for accountability.
• Establish SMART objectives, logic models, monitoring frameworks and evaluation plans for the annual work-planning process.
• Facilitate technical leadership and support towards the project and collaborating with staff in planning and implementing M&E systems and activities, data-based programs, and decision-making.
• Ensure quality through policy compliance, effectiveness, and efficiency of the M&E system, guidelines, and standard operating procedures are being followed.
• Establish methodologies to access valid and reliable information.
• Ensure project development including preparation and management of the MEAL budget, staffing plan, and project design.
• Establish monitoring frameworks for the Kenya SBDC projects, as well as for funding proposals.

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Develop the overall framework for project M&E systems in collaboration with donor and senior project staff, including requirements, reporting, baseline, and evaluation surveys; develop and monitor project management plans to systematically document performance.
• Maintain existing indicator tracking tools; develop additional databases and tracking tools as needed to demonstrate the effectiveness of project interventions.
• Ensure adherence to specific monitoring and reporting requirements for USAID funded projects.
• Analyze data for accuracy, flag validation or quality issues, and contribute to system fixes.
• Supervise the collection of accurate quantitative and qualitative data and maintain quality of the project’s electronic database.
• Analyze quantitative and qualitative data, proactively identifying issues and concerns and supporting decision-making for improved performance.
• Conduct field visits for data validation and to monitor the quality and completeness of data sets; coordinate data collection at project sites to monitor program development and ensure timely compilation and reporting of data; capture and document lessons learned; and champion the scaling up best practices.
• Lead annual program reviews to progress and document good practices and lessons learned.
• Coordinate implementation of beneficiary accountability and feedback mechanisms.
• Lead evaluation events by drafting terms of references, facilitating the development of quantitative and qualitative tools, conducting data collection, leading data analysis and presentation of final reports, and facilitating reflections on key learning.
• Plan and budget appropriately for quality MEAL activities.
• Ensure a unified approach to partner self-assessment and programmatic close-out reporting.
• Ensure quality and timely submission of quarterly reports; manage preparation of additional reports for USG, USAID and other donors as required.
• Aggregate and analyze data from across Kenya SBDC’s information platform to contribute to management decision-making and reporting.
• Ensure quality and timely submission of quarterly reports; manage preparation of additional reports for USG, USAID and other donors as required.
• Generate monthly indicator reports for tracking progress against key indicators as needed.
• Create and integrate graphics in reports and information products to help visualize data in a meaningful way.
• Edit content and presentation of all reporting and deliverables before submission to ensure superior quality and professionalism.
• Contribute to developing and reporting of project reviews, assessments, surveys, and other analytic or evaluation processes and products.
• Coordinate responses to requests for information.
• Promote knowledge management and collaborative learning processes at the project and program levels, generating robust evidence for the project and programmatic learning that leads to action, decision-making, and influence.
•  Promote a culture of reflection, evidence-based learning, and information sharing within the Kenya SBDC, USAID, and County government team, ensuring that learning is incorporated into evolving program plans.
• Build capacity of implementing program staff in MEAL skills relevant to their job requirements and professional development goals.
• Support recruiting, interviewing, and training new M&E staff and/or consultants.

JOB REQUIREMENTS

The post holder will be required to have and to demonstrate evidence of the following qualifications, attributes, and skills:

• Master’s degree from an accredited institution with a minimum of 7 years’ experience in M&E.
• Demonstrate experience in implementing and providing oversight to an organizational M&E system.
• Proven time management and organizational skills, delivering work with a high degree of accuracy and diligence with minimal supervision.
• Demonstrate experience in data analysis visualization software and presentation software e.g., Excel spreadsheets, word processing, and databases.
• Experience in driving better organizational practice through lessons learned over time, necessary.
• Experience in conducting and leading program evaluation, from design and formulation of methodology, analysis and presentation of results and formulation of recommendations.
• Effective written and oral communication skills and the ability to positively discuss and negotiate with stakeholders.
• Demonstrate experience in data processing and solving complex issues through analysis and definition.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office and tech savvy.
• Ability to think strategically and identify ways to improve the Program activities.
• Ability to present complex information in a compelling manner.
• Must be resourceful and take initiative even when given minimal direction.
• Experience in providing advising or technical assistance to small businesses in marketing, management, accounting, or financing.
• Experience working with other NGOs is a plus.