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• Setting
  up the system: Develop the overall framework for project M&E in
  accordance to the project and document M&E plan.
• Conduct
  readiness assessment regarding M&E.
• Identify
  the requirement for collecting baseline data, prepare terms-of-reference
  for and arrange the conduct of a baseline survey, as required.
• Clarify
  M&E responsibilities of different project personnel.
• Contribute
  to the development of the annual work plan, ensuring alignment with
  project strategy, agreement on annual targets and inclusion of M&E
  activates in the work plan.
• Clarify
  process for monitoring and evaluations on sub-grantees.
• Prepare
  detailed M&E budget.
• Prepare
  calendar of M&E activities.
• Identify
  other M&E staff that the project needs to contract.  Guide
  recruitment.
• Implementation
  of M&E: Oversee and execute M&E activities included in the
  Annual Work Plan, with particular focus on results and impacts as well as
  in lesson learning.
• Based
  on the annual work plan and in particular the programs budgets, design the
  framework for the physical and process monitoring of project activities.
• Promote
  a results-based approach to monitoring and evaluation, emphasizing results
  and impacts.
• Assist
  in the development of project reports.  Guide staff and executing
  partners in preparing their progress reports in accordance with approved
  reporting formats and ensure their timely submission.  This includes
  quarterly progress reports, annual project reports, inception reports, and
  ad-hoc technical reports.
• Prepare
  consolidation progress reports for project management including
  identification of problems, causes of potential bottlenecks in the project
  implementation, and providing specific recommendations.
• Check
  that monitoring data are discussed in the appropriate forum and in a
  timely fashion in terms of implications of future action.  If
  necessary create such discussion forums to fill any gaps.
• Undertake
  regular visits to the field to support implementation of M&E and to
  identify where adaptations might be needed.
• Foster
  participatory planning and monitoring by training and involving primary
  stakeholder groups in the M&E of activities.
• Facilitate,
  act as resource person, and join if required any external supervision and
  evaluation missions.
• Monitor
  the follow up of evaluation recommendations
• Identify
  the need and draw up the ToRs for specific project studies. Recruit, guide
  and supervise consultants or organizations that are contracted to
  implement special surveys and studies required for evaluating project
  effects and impacts.
• Organize
  (and provide) refresher training in M&E for project and implementing
  partner staff, local organizations and primary stakeholders with view of
  developing local M&E capacity.
• Lessons
  learned: Design and implement a system to identify, analyze, document
  and disseminate lessons learned.
• Consolidate
  a culture of lessons learning involving all project staff and allocate
  specific responsibilities.
• Ensure
  that ToR for consultants recruited by the project also incorporate
  mechanisms to capture and share lessons learned through their inputs to
  the project, and to ensure that the results are reflected in the reporting
  system described above.
• Document,
  package and disseminate lessons not less frequently than once every 12
  months.
• Facilitate
  exchange of experiences by supporting and coordinating participation in
  any existing network projects sharing common characteristics
• Identify
  and participate in additional networks, for example scientific or
  policy-based networks that may also yield lessons that can benefit project
  implementation.

• The
  applicant should hold a Bachelor’s Degree in Development Studies or any
  relevant discipline (public health, health sciences, or the social
  sciences, etc.). A masters degree is an added advantage.
• At
  least five years’ experience in the M&E of U.S government funded programs
  or other donors.
• Significant
  experience and demonstrated practical skills in monitoring and evaluation
  of voice and accountability programs;
• Demonstrated
  ability and skills in analysis and report writing – a written sample will
  need to be submitted.
• Excellent 
  knowledge  of  monitoring  and evaluation principles and
  practices is essential;
• Knowledge
  and significant experience in the development and implementation of
  monitoring and evaluation frameworks and systems required for community
  development programs are essential.
• Experience
  in design and implementation of Monitoring and Evaluation systems in
  advocacy, community mobilization, or policy/accountability projects.
• Demonstrated
  knowledge of management information systems.
• Five
  years + field based work experience, conducting M&E on large,
  multi-regional public-health programs and working with management to
  integrate research findings into project direction.
• Research
  skills — surveys, focus groups, knowledge, practice and coverage studies —
  data analysis, and how to make effective presentations.
• Knowledge
  of LQAS, 30-cluster sampling survey methodology preferred.
• Statistical
  software such as SPSS, EPI INFO, and other statistical tools preferred.

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