Programme Quality Officer
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Contract Type: Fixed term – 2 years
LEVEL: D1 National
OXFAM is one of the world's leading agencies enabling people affected by injustice, poverty and natural disasters to reclaim power over their circumstances. With over 5,000 staff and dedicated volunteers in more than 80 countries, OXFAM combines public campaigning, emergency response work and long-term development programmes for lasting change. The OXFAM Pan Africa programme promotes active citizenship, effective national governance and the realization and enjoyment of fundamental freedoms and human rights. We work with social movements, CSOs and their coalitions, the African Union and Governments to influence, popularise and implement key international and continental policy standards, pledges and human rights instruments. We also support a strong and autonomous Pan Africa campaigning force of coalitions, alliances and social movements around their own objectives.
The Role
You will lead in the development of the Gender Justice Programmes Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) programme framework and also support the development of detailed MEL plans for country projects that the Pan Africa Programme Gender Justice Programme is investing in. You will support the Gender Justice team and partners in utilising the tools and implementing programmes based on the Monitoring Evaluation, Reporting & Learning (MERL) frameworks adopted for the programme. You will provide high quality support to programme staff and partners inorder to strengthen their impact, to strengthen how they communicate the differences we are making and to increase our accountability to the people and communities with whom we work. You will work with others to influence relevant policies and practices, including our own, based on learning from programme experience. You will also coordinate the delivery of agreed work plans or strategies, as well as support the development of Gender Justice reports so they are clear quality reports that demonstrate impact and the change we are making.
The Person
To be successful in this role, you will have a first degree in developmental studies and/or any related studies, coupled with a passion for improving quality for greater and tangible impact and outcomes for poor and vulnerable women and men. You will have in-depth experience of improving effectiveness of development programmes and demonstrating tangible outcomes for poor and vulnerable women and men. You will have strong technical competence and experience in development of MEAL systems and strategies, quantitative and qualitative methods, data analysis, reporting and understanding of contemporary trends and debates in the field including innovative M & E. You will have practical experience of M & E and/or mainstreaming gender in development work with sound understanding of project cycle management in international development. You will be a strategic thinker with good decision making skills. You will be required to have excellent written and verbal communication skills, and be able to speak and write in English.
Are you the one we are looking for?
HOW TO APPLY:
Please read the full job profile and submit your application and CV including a day time contact by applying online using this link: http://bit.ly/1GLsOje
Closing Date 31 March 2015
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
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