Candidates will be required to meet the following criteria:

• Bachelor’s degree in social sciences, international development, statistics, measurement/evaluation, or a related field.
  
• Minimum of 5-8 years of experience in monitoring and evaluation, preferably in a youth development or international development organization.
  
• Strong quantitative and statistical analysis skills
  
• Strong understanding of M&E frameworks, TOC development, and impact measurement
  
• Proven experience in data management, analysis and reporting
  
• Experience developing and monitoring impact measurement frameworks
  
• Proficiency in M&E software and tools such SurveyCTO, Kobo Collect
  
• Team player with the ability to work independently and collaboratively in a
  
• diverse and multicultural environment.
  

• Lead the refinement of the Project Theory of Change and implementation of the associated Impact Measurement framework and data collection tools
  
• Lead the preparation of quarterly narrative progress reports and coordinate DOT’s responses to report feedback
  
• Oversee the daily work of the M&E Officer and participate in Leadership Team meetings
  
• Oversee monthly reporting activities, ensuring M&E templates are completed accurately
  
• Analyze data, including the utilization of AI tools and produce regular summary reports, with an emphasis on data visualization
  
• Provide technical support guidance to the POs and Innovation Partners in data collection, analysis and reporting.
  
• Oversee cleaning, validation and preparation of data from the Project technology platform for upload onto the M&E system ensuring that data is accurate, complete and up-to-date.
  
• Conduct regular reviews of program activities to assess what is working and identify areas of improvement and provide actionable recommendations for program adjustments based on data analysis and feedback
  
• Design and deliver capacity-strengthening activities e.g virtual workshops,
  
• knowledge sharing sessions etc based on the identified needs of Innovation partner organizations.
  
• Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of capacity-strengthening activities adjusting as needed to maximize impact
  
• Document lessons learned and best practises to inform future rounds of implementation and contribute the Project’s learning approach in collaboration with the Learning & Innovation Team
  
• Develop data collection tools (surveys, interview guides, FGD guides) for outcome monitoring and analysis
  
• Oversee deployment of outcome survey data collection
  
• Conduct analysis of quantitative outcome data and qualitative outcome data collection, and create outcome performance report narratives
  
• Collaborate with program lead and program officers to ensure alignment between the impact measurement framework and project objectives.
  
• Lead the development of monitoring and evaluation strategies and plans for new initiatives related to the project
  
• Collaborate with the technology team to enhance technology solutions for accurate and real live data for reporting purposes