Oxfam is a global movement of people working together to end the injustice of poverty.
The current Kenya country strategy (2015 – 2020). Over the next five years, Oxfam in Kenya will significantly shift its way of delivering programmes that adopts an influencing and campaigning strategy to positively impact on the lives of the disenfranchised and poor people. We will be bold yet realistic about our ambition to achieve scale. To deliver this strategy we will invest in the team capacity and skills. Our role will be to convene to build wider coalitions, broker partnerships to help build national institutions capacity, strengthen their networks so that they can lead in shaping up the development agenda by holding governments to account, through a collective citizen ‘s voice. We will invest in strengthening our accountability and measure disaggregated changes we make in the lives of women from those in society in general. We will be more vocal and communicate effectively both internally and externally using digital technology. We will organize ourselves to focus on thematic areas rather than the current geographic focus.
The Role
Report to the MEAL Advisor, the primary responsibility of the role will be to manage the MEAL system to improve programme implementation in the operational areas. The post holder will develop relevant data collection and reporting tools, to ensure that there is standardization of monitoring and evaluation activities
What we are looking for
- Bachelor’s degree in International Development, Project management, Disaster Management, Statistics or closely related fields, with specialized training in monitoring and evaluation, or a combined professional qualification and sound experience
- A minimum of 4 years of direct, “hands-on” working experience in building and operating monitoring and evaluation of projects/programs.
- Familiarity with project cycle management, monitoring and evaluation
- Organised and able to manage own time under guidance and direction from line-manager
- Commitment to Oxfam’s overall aims and beliefs, including strong commitment to gender, diversity issues, equal opportunities and capacity building
Our values and commitment to safeguarding
Oxfam is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behaviour at work including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity and financial misconduct; and committed to promoting the welfare of children, young people, adults and beneficiaries with whom Oxfam GB engages. Oxfam expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment through our code of conduct. We place a high priority on ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate our values are recruited to work for us.
The post holder will undertake the appropriate level of training and is responsible for ensuring that they understand and work within the safeguarding policies of the organisation. All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks, which can include criminal records and terrorism finance checks.
We are committed to ensuring diversity and gender equality within our organisation and encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds to apply.
How to apply
If you are the candidate Oxfam is looking for, please download the full job description and apply online at our member’s organisations website. The closing date is 8th July 2019. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
As part of your online application, please upload your up to date CV and respond to three key questions related to your experience in MEAL. Your application will be shortlisted based on your CV and your responses to the above questions. You need not comment on your suitability against the essential criteria in the job profile.
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