Regional Project Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability

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Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya Danish Refugee Council (DRC) Full time

The Danish Refugee Council (DRC) is a humanitarian, non-governmental, non-profit organisation founded in 1956 that works in more than 30 countries throughout the world.


Overall purpose of the role:
This role has a regional focus and ensures compliance to DRC procedures and guidelines within the whole regional area. The role contributes to the development of regional strategies, which are translated into action plans and day-to-day tasks. The role provides support and/or technical guidance to country operations while overseeing activities with regional scope.

Key responsibilities:
Monitoring and Evaluation

Assist the Regional Project Manager in developing strong indicators and logical frameworks for new projects

Support the Regional Project Manager with the active implementation of their Monitoring & Evaluation plans, ensure Monitoring & Evaluation plans are updated timely and Monitoring & Evaluation findings are in place for all donor reports.

Coordinate with field staff to develop tools and methods to improve data collection for example, surveys, assessment and beneficiary data
Link with data and grants management tools developed to collect information and profiling. Support team to use these tools on all projects activities levels.
Organize, participate and collect field data and process/analyze this data
Take part and carry out assessments, evaluation and any other form of survey or review of projects
Undertake field trips and do physical observation on ongoing projects Guide the regular sharing of the outputs and the Monitoring & Evaluation findings with projects staff and implementing partners
Capacity build, train and support sectors and field staff to improve the field monitoring or any other monitoring needs
Review the questionnaires developed for the assessments by the field team
Develop and strengthen DRC's Monitoring & Evaluation department including coordinating recruitments, capacity building and performance management
Take the lead in supporting of all external evaluation consultancies of large DRC projects

Accountability

Coordinate the design and implementation of accountability systems for DRC projects working closely with relevant managers
Build the capacity of staff to plan and implement effective accountability systems for the country programme
Strengthen the beneficiary and feedback complaint mechanism and set-up new systems

Learning and project quality

Donor focal point for Monitoring & Evaluation components of projects
Participate in project Kick-off meetings, Quarterly Review meetings and Close-out meetings in order to highlight cross-project components aimed at replicating good practices and strengthening synergies between projects or programmes
Regularly present key Monitoring & Evaluation findings to the Senior Management Team for further development
Support DRC's aim for further strengthened integrated programming and actively propose ways of achieving this using Monitoring & Evaluation finding

As Coordinator the post-holder is responsible for the following:

Responsible for coordinating strategy and operations within a specific discipline in a region or country
Usually has technical line responsibilities within a given discipline, for both strategy and operations
Provides expert advice and support to set strategy and assure operational quality and compliance.

About you
In this position, you are expected to demonstrate DRC's five core competencies:

Striving for excellence:
You focus on reaching results while ensuring an efficient process.

Collaborating:
You involve relevant parties and encourage feedback.

Taking the lead:
You take ownership and initiative while aiming for innovation.

Communicating:
You listen and speak effectively and honestly.

Demonstrating integrity:
You act in line with our vision and values.

Qualifications and Experience

Master's degree in relevant field (development, social research preferably with a focus on monitoring and evaluation as well as compliance issues)
Minimum of 5 years of work experience within the field of monitoring and evaluation
Experience working with International NGO's, UN agencies, line ministries and/or local authorities in migrants/refugee settings in complex emergencies
Experience working in monitoring and evaluation of relevant programme sector
Experience in developing/ guiding information management systems for large humanitarian programs
Experience in participatory assessment and community-based monitoring approaches
Clear understanding of Core Humanitarian Standards (CHS);
Experience with capacity building of staff, and in convening and facilitating trainings and workshops
Full professional proficiency in English including excellent analytical and report writing skills

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