Manager, Monitoring & Learning (Kakamega) NGO Job BRAC
BRAC
Job description
Project Management Jobs. BRAC Jobs. Manager, Monitoring & Learning leading M&E frameworks and program evaluation, requiring a degree in Social Sciences or Statistics and 5+ years M&E experience in an NGO setting.
Job summary
The Monitoring & Learning Manager will lead the Kenya country M&L team, ensuring effective monitoring and learning processes across BRAC Maendeleo Kenya’s programs. This role involves analysing regular monitoring data using quantitative and qualitative methods and generating reports for country leadership and program teams to support evidence-based decision-making. The M&L Manager will oversee the implementation of the country’s monitoring and learning systems, ensuring data quality, effective data management, and adherence to the relevant policies, procedures, and guidelines. Additionally, s/he will play a key role in fostering a culture of collaboration and learning within the program teams. The Monitoring & Learning Manager will also support programmatic decision-making by providing strategic and operational insights and by advancing fundraising through data-driven reporting, assessments, and proposal development, ensuring alignment with donor requirements and organisational priorities.
Key Duties/Responsibilities
- Provide leadership in managing and implementing Monitoring & Learning (M&L) activities throughout relevant project cycles, ensuring efficiency and effectiveness in alignment with BRAC International’s M&L policies, procedures, practices, and reporting guidelines.
- Ensure country teams utilise appropriate Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) systems and tools.
- Provide strategic direction for developing and maintaining M&E systems and implementing new initiatives at the country level.
- Collaborate with the senior management team to identify and pursue strategic opportunities for program expansion.
- Lead mandated monitoring activities and assessments.
- Ensure the quality of collected data by managing tools and methods to assess data accuracy across all indicators.
- Organise and oversee data quality assessments, jointly develop corrective measures and action plans, and follow up on the action plans.
- Contribute to donor reports by providing high-quality project data interpretation and report inputs.
- Lead the M&L team in strategically preparing and reviewing M&E calendars and work plans.
- Ensure the M&L team actively participates in joint monitoring visits.
- Support BI’s digital programmatic activity reporting and monitoring platform by ensuring necessary support at the country level. Maintain strong collaboration with the country IT, BI IT, and T4D teams.
- Support is needed to conduct pause-and-reflect sessions to promote adaptive management and document the lessons learnt for program design and implementation in collaboration with the knowledge management focal point.
- Orient new program staff on the key M&L resources.
- Provide mentoring and capacity-building support to staff to enhance their skills and ensure the achievement of annual performance and development goals.
- Any other tasks assigned by the supervisor
Safeguarding Responsibilities
- Ensure the safety of team members from any harm, abuse, neglect, harassment, and exploitation to achieve the program’s goals on safeguarding implementation
- Act as a key source of support, guidance, and expertise on safeguarding for establishing a safe working environment
- Practice, promote, and endorse the issues of safeguarding policy among team members and ensure the implementation of safeguarding standards in every course of action
- Follow the safeguarding reporting procedure in case any reportable incident takes place, and encourage others to do the same
Education, Experience and Skills
- A university degree in Social Science, Social Studies, Development Studies, Statistics, Economics/Methods, or equivalent experience in monitoring and evaluating programs is required.
- A minimum of 5 years’ work experience in project/programme MERL is required, with a preference for M&E in youth, empowerment, SRHR, education, and livelihood programs.
- Must have extensive experience in qualitative and quantitative data collection methods and analysis
Experienced in establishing and managing monitoring, evaluation and learning systems. - Ability to organise, interpret, and present information effectively in both oral and written forms for diverse audiences, offering solid analysis to support sound decision-making.
- Excellent interpersonal and teamwork skills, with high proficiency in communication, presentation, and reporting.
- Advanced computer skills, including proficiency in analytical software such as Excel, SPSS, STATA, or R, as well as data visualisation tools.
- Strong analytical and organisational skills.
- Familiarity with web-based survey tools, such as Google Forms, ODK, Kobo, or CommCare, is desirable.
- Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to thrive in a multicultural team environment.
- Results-orientated, capable of working under pressure and meeting tight deadlines.
- Experience in supervising teams.
- Prior experience with donor-funded or development projects is an advantage.