JOB DETAILS:
Monitoring Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Officer will be responsible for developing organization MEL system, he/she will support development of monitoring evaluation and learning in collaboration with project staffs. He/She will work alongside Project Manager (PM), Project Officer (PO) to manage development and implementation of Monitoring Evaluation and Learning (MEL) process that uphold Lake Victoria Drowning Prevention Project (LVDPP). MEL Officer is expected to provide technical support to Project Officers (POs) and Community Project Assistants (CPAs) as well as the organization in general.

Main Duties
• Manage and support MEL activities.
• Supporting development of the MEL framework including indicators and baseline data, and data collection tools for of the Lake Victoria Drowning Prevention project.
• Monitoring and Reporting.
• Training the Filed Project Officers and Community Field Assistants in using the MEL tools, including
• using tools for digital data capture if needed.
• Undertaking field monitoring visits on a regular basis (e.g. monthly, Quarterly) Planning and
• organizing M&E data collection.
• Collecting and analyzing monitoring data (both quantitative and qualitative).
• Storing and managing monitoring and evaluation data, information and documentation for the
• project, as evidence and accountability to donors and partners.
• Supports the design, development and implementation of the M&E strategy in line with tools.
• Supports the process analyzing and writing monthly, quarterly, semi-annual and annual project
• performance reports and their submission in stipulated deadlines and support other project staff and partner in report writing skills;
• Assessments, Surveys and Evaluation.
• Supervising the monitoring and evaluation activities undertaken by Field Project Officers.
• Designing and carrying out surveys, interviews, focus group discussions, lessonlearning exercises/workshops, or other relevant studies
• Reporting on M&E data, results and learning to internal and external stakeholders.
• Learning, Accountability and Capacity Building.
• Consolidate evidence from drowning prevention interventions and documenting lessons learnt,
• best practices and trend analyses of reducing drowning risk factors. Provide technical input in designing a Result Based Management project and drafting fund-raising
• proposals.
• Collect and document change or success stories from Project interventions and share with Project yeam
• Contribute to project fund raising initiatives.
• Development of feedback mechanism.
• Ensuring the views of men, women, fishers, fish processors and other community stakeholders are captured through project monitoring.
• Develop project feedback mechanism system.
• Performing other assigned duty.
• Consolidate evidence from drowning prevention interventions and documenting lessons learnt,
• best practices and trend analyses of reducing drowning risk factors. Provide technical input in designing a Result Based Management project and drafting fund-raising proposals.
• Collect and document change or success stories from Project interventions and share with Project yeam
• Contribute to project fund raising initiatives.
• Development of feedback mechanism.
• Ensuring the views of men, women, fishers, fish processors and other community stakeholders are captured through project monitoring.
• Develop project feedback mechanism system.
• Performing other assigned duty.

Person Specification
• Graduate degree in social science, international development, project management or other
• relevant areas, M&E postgraduate added advantage
• Minimum 3 years' experience of working in monitoring,evaluation and learning in donor funded
• Organization
• Minimum of at least three (3) years of experience in design and implementation of monitoring,
• evaluation and research systems;
• Minimum of 2 years of providing training, and in a supervisory and/or management role, in
• monitoring and evaluation.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
• Computer skills - MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Internet and statistical packages such
• as SPSS, STATA, Epi Info and others related packages.
• Skills and experience in water safety, search and rescues, drowning prevention will be added
• Advantage
• In-depth knowledge of the M&E and preferably minimum three years of experience in Non-profit making organization

Skills
• Analytical and problem-solving skills
• Skills and experience in report writing
• Excellent communication skills appropriate to the audience
• Proficient computer skills and use of relevant accounting packages
• Skills around fisheries sector, water safety skills
• Good English language skills (oral /written)
• Behaviors
• Hardworking with capacity to work independently with minimum supervision Honest, integrity,
• open and transparent personality.
• Be able to Respect all groups of people in the community and culturally sensitive Persuasive and able to work with different cultural settings
• Working with the project team and ensure project results are achieved timely without
• compromising with quality.
• Working in fishing community including in the fishing islands
• Plan and schedule own work, interpreting instructions and selecting appropriate methods/tools
• for delivery.
• Operate in a high-pressure deadline-driven environment with professionalism.
• Managing donor grants with strict reporting deadlines.
• Note: Experience of working in fisheries sector (water safety and drowning prevention awareness and skills) will be added advantage to candidates for all posts.

Submit your CV and cover letter describing your professional, skills and experience related to emedobeatrp@gmail.com