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The Action Foundation
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Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning Officer
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Description
About The Action Foundation
Since 2009, The Action Foundation (TAF) has delivered health and inclusive education services to over 20,000 children and youth with disabilities through our outreach centers and partnerships with public and community-level schools and health facilities. We are dedicated to improving the quality of life for Children and Youth with Disabilities (CYWDs) through programs that cover their entire lifecycle—from early years to adolescence and adulthood.
Job Summary
The MEL Officer supports high-quality monitoring, evaluation, accountability, and learning across TAF projects. The role drives data quality and timely reporting, strengthens adaptive management, and embeds disability-inclusive, gender-responsive MEL practices.
The MEL Officer will work closely with program teams, partners, and stakeholders to build a culture of data-driven decision-making and continuous improvement. The role also provides technical support on research, evaluations, and assessments while ensuring compliance with donor reporting requirements and best practices in MEL.
A. Monitoring & Data Systems
● Implement project MEL plans, indicators, targets, and data collection schedules in line with log frames/results frameworks.
● Configure and maintain digital data systems (e.g., Kobo, Google Workspace, SQL/Excel workbooks); develop forms, checks, skip logic, and user guides.
● Ensure data quality through routine DQA (completeness, accuracy, timeliness, consistency); manage source documents and secure data storage.
● Support partner/community data flows; provide troubleshooting and on-site accompaniment.
B. Evaluation, Studies & Learning
● Coordinate baselines, midlines, endlines, and periodic outcome reviews; support sampling, tools, fieldwork, and ethics.
● Clean and analyze data using available tools/systems to produce digestible dashboards and visualizations
● Document evidence and lessons; co-facilitate pause-and-reflect sessions, After-Action Reviews, and adaptive work-planning.
C. Reporting & Grant Compliance
● Prepare accurate, timely monthly/quarterly/annual MEL sections for donor and management reports; maintain an indicator performance tracking table (IPTT).
● Consolidate partner reports and verify evidence; ensure alignment with donor/GoK requirements and TAF standards.
● Support results storytelling (case studies, outcome briefs, Most Significant Change).
D. Capacity Strengthening & Safeguarding
● Train staff, volunteers, and partners on MEL tools, disability-inclusive data, and ethical data collection (including informed consent and safeguarding).
● Promote age/sex/disability-disaggregated data (e.g., Washington Group questions) and Do-No-Harm principles.
E. Stakeholder Engagement & Other
● Liaise with county/national stakeholders (e.g., MoH, MoE, social services) on data sharing and alignment.
● Any other duties aligned with the role.
Deliverables
● Approved MEL plans/tools and functioning digital data collection system.
● Monthly DQA summaries and action logs.
● Up-to-date dashboard and data repository.
● Timely, high-quality inputs to donor and internal reports.
● Capacity-building sessions with attendance records and pre/post assessments.
Qualifications & Experience
● Bachelor’s degree in Statistics, Public Health, Social Sciences, Development Studies, Economics, or related field (Master’s is an advantage).
● 3+ years of MEL experience in NGOs or development programs (health, disability inclusion, livelihoods, education preferred).
● Hands-on experience with Kobo Excel (advanced), and at least one analytics tool (Power BI)
● Strong understanding of results frameworks, indicator protocols, sampling, and basic qualitative methods (KII/FGD, thematic coding).
● Familiarity with GoK data systems and donor reporting (e.g., USAID, FCDO, EU, UN agencies) is an asset.
● Demonstrated experience applying disability-inclusive and gender-responsive MEL.
Skills & Competencies
● Analytical rigor; data visualization and communication skills.
● Training/facilitation and partner accompaniment.
● High attention to detail, integrity in handling data, and confidentiality.
● Proactive, organized, able to manage competing deadlines.
● Strong interpersonal skills; respectful engagement with persons with disabilities and diverse communities.
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