NGO JOBS

Organization: GRM International
Country: South Africa
Closing date: 02 Feb 2014

• Opportunity to work in a highly visible and successful program
• Gain experience and contribute to Australia Awards, one of Australian Aid’s flagship programs in Africa covering 50 countries
• Highly collaborative environment with a strong management team

About the role

The Manager – M&E will play a leading role in the implementation of the M&E Strategy, including coordination of M&E resources to ensure efficient administration of all surveys, data collection for reporting and other qualitative and quantitative activities. The Manager – M&E will have three full time direct reports, covering both Nairobi and Pretoria hubs.

Key responsibilities include:

• Manage the implementation of the Monitoring and Evaluation Strategy for Australia Awards as outlined in the approved Strategy document
• Coordinate the overall work of M&E Officers (Pretoria and Nairobi) to ensure delivery of activities planned in the annual plan
• Manage and quality assure the production of statistical country reports and the overall monthly statistical report on Award figures
• Quality assure all data outputs produced by the M&E Officers, including ad hoc reports, to be provided to the client
• Oversee data management in the Scholar Database to ensure M&E Officers are keeping the data updated and of as high quality
• Assist the M&E Specialist in overseeing the implementation of M&E studies. Studies planned for 2014 include the annual outcomes study and cluster studies
• Manage logistics for such studies
• Draft data collection tools, conduct analysis of data (both qualitative and quantitative data) and contribute to report writing for M&E studies and formative assessments
• Perform analysis of periodic survey data and draft corresponding reports
• Ensure standards are met in analysis and reporting as per client’s requirements
• Together with the M&E Specialist, work on key reporting deliverables, ensuring quality of data and information across
• Participate in re-engineering of M&E systems with a view to achieving maximum efficiency and quality in analysis of data and reporting. This includes the annual review process of the M&E Strategy

About You

Selection criteria

• Master’s degree (preferred), minimum Bachelors (Honours) in Evaluation, Social Science or related field (highly desired). Bachelor’s degree in a relevant area coupled with a minimum of five years of experience in a similar role may be acceptable;
• Experience in the field of monitoring and evaluation, preferably with exposure to donor funded programs;
• Knowledge of monitoring and evaluation concepts, tools and processes (both quantitative and qualitative), as well as an understanding of project administration
• Ability to interpret data, to identify and analyse problems and offer solutions;
• Strong analytical skills and demonstrated ability to prepare data collection instruments, analyse and summarise data and interpret results for the benefit of program improvement;
• 3-5 years’ experience in working with and managing large databases;
• Field work experience as part of team conducting studies;
• Experience managing small teams;
• Evidence of superior written and verbal communication skills including demonstrated report writing skills;
• Fluency in written and spoken English
• Microsoft Office and computer skills to an advanced level, in particular excel.

Personal Qualities:

• The successful candidate must be able to work independently, operate under pressure to tight deadlines, and be able to multi-task.  The appointee will be outgoing and comfortable meeting people and representing the organisation externally, and will be enthusiastic, reliable, flexible and well-organised.

How to apply:

Interested?

To apply please email your covering letter addressing the selection criteria below and resume to Alma.banu@grminternational.com with the subject: Manager Alumni Engagement – Australia Awards. Without the covering letter, your application will not be considered.

Applications close on 2nd February 2014