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Project Background

The Ending Drought Emergencies: Climate Proofed Infrastructure for Improved Water Supply and Sanitation in Arid and Semi-Arid Lands Areas (EDE-CPIRA) is a four-year water project being implemented by SNV Netherlands Development Organisation (SNV) and the Water Sector Trust Fund (WSTF) with the support of the Government of Kenya and the European Union. The project target areas are the eight Arid and Semi-Arid Counties of West Pokot, Baringo, Kitui, Kilifi, Kajiado, Mandera, Samburu and Taita Taveta Counties. EDE-CPIRA’s overall project objective is to identify, plan and progressively address in a coordinated and comprehensive manner the deficit of climate-proofed water supply and sanitation infrastructures and their maintenance at national, county and community level. SNV’s specific objective in this project is to improve the functionality and climate resilience of rural water systems by structuring Public Private Community Partnerships. This requires improving the operations and maintenance and commercial viability of selected rural water systems within the eight target counties. The approach is based on a pilot project implemented by SNV in Western Kenya that brought about structural changes in traditional water service delivery by setting up partnership management models with government entities, users of service, civil society organizations and private sector. The successes of which led to the Government’s adoption and publication of the rural water guidelines by the Water Services Regulatory Authority[1]

The EDE-CPIRA project seeks to scale the best practices from the pilot by engaging in intensive capacity development activities with the eight county government authorities, private sector, solution providers to provide practical solutions through practical service delivery models that address water delivery challenges in communities in the ASAL context.

[1] WASREB Rural Water Guidelines - https://wasreb.go.ke/downloads/Guideline%20on%20Provision%20of%20Water%20for%20Rural%20and%20Underserved%20Areas.pdf

The Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist will lead and coordinate the Monitoring and Evaluation activities for EDE-CPIRA project. S/he is expected to have the experience and capabilities necessary to lead the measurement, monitoring, evaluation, and learning of the project’s activities, while ensuring that all programme components are results-oriented and that all project team members are focused on achieving the project targets and KPIs. S/he will be responsible for providing technical leadership in Monitoring and Evaluation. S/he will develop the result measurement and management systems, approach and tools, and lead the implementation of the results chains and indicators for the program. S/he will be responsible for to provide the programme management team with tools to effectively track project progress and achievement, and to perform a mid-term and end-line project evaluation with sufficient information to assess the programme’s success.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate the review and implementation of the result measurement and management system.
• Lead in reviewing and updating the log frame and result chain of the project.
• Coordinate the review of project KPIs for each intervention.
• Develop tools for assessing performance of community managed water systems
• Develop performance tracking templates with support of the technical team
• Train water committees on using of the reporting tools.
• Periodically collate data sets, track, and analyse performance of community water systems.
• Prepare quarterly, semi-annual, and annual reports under the guidance of the Team Leader
• Support the county water departments on performance updates of water systems.
• Perform mid-line and end-line surveys.
• Lead in the production of documentation, KPI reporting and sharing of key results and learning along the interventions.
• Facilitate periodic project reviews and learning forums, ensure proper documentation of findings and learnings.
• Ensure that Monitoring and Evaluation provide ongoing evidence and inputs for improving the programme interventions.
• Contribute to project reporting for donor and other stakeholders.

1. First degree in monitoring and evaluation, statistics or Economics, Population studies, Development studies (a Masters’ degree in the same will be considered an added advantage).
2. 5-7 years’ experience in performing M&E roles with demonstrable experience in handling large data sets especially in handling data manipulation and exploratory analysis. (Experience in EU reporting standards and systems will be an added advantage).
3. Demonstrated experience using a mix of informational sources and M&E/research methods to analyse project progress, communicate findings to a range of external and internal stakeholders, and apply M&E results and learning to work planning.
4. Preferable background in/understanding of the Water and Sanitation sector.
5. Experience in catalysing programmatic learning and adaptive management with donors, NGOs, contractors, or international organisations.
6. Demonstrated experience in knowledge management.
7. Practical experience with creating survey tools and conducting field data collection.
8. Experience with innovative digital data systems, tools and devices, platforms.
9. Preferably experienced with statistical software packages such as SPSS, Stata.
10. Proven ability to teach/mentor others such as stakeholders or partners.
11. Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
12. Good organisation and planning skills.

Contract Type: Consultancy contract

Contract Duration: 1 year with possibility of extension.

Desired start date:ASAP

Qualified and interested candidates are invited to send their applications (Cover letter and CV) through the "I'M INTERESTED" tab on this page on or before 28th October 2022.

NB:

•    Only shortlisted candidates shall be contacted.
•    We do not appreciate third-party mediation based on this advertisement.
•    Applicants are not required to undertake any medical checks before selection or pay any money at any stage of the recruitment process.