Deadline: 25 May, 2022

Location: Nairobi, Kenya

The International Labour Organisation (ILO) is seeking applications from eligible applicants for the post of Technical Officer, Monitoring and Evaluation.

The mission of the ILO is to promote rights at work, encourage decent employment opportunities, enhance social protection and strengthen dialogue on work-related issues.

Responsibilities

• Assist USDOL-contracted external monitoring and evaluation expert and/or USDOL staff monitoring and evaluation experts in developing the project’s comprehensive monitoring and evaluation plan (CMEP)
• Develop a pre-situational analysis related to the project in Kenya and additional sub-Saharan African countries
• Develop and implement the CMEP, which includes collection, reporting, and analysis of data on project-specific and USDOL-required performance indicators
• Develop project-specific child labour and forced labour definitions as part of the CMEP work
• Support the required performance evaluations and/or other learning/accountability activities, such as externally conducted midterm and final performance evaluations
• Develop an end-of-project analysis of CMEP indicator data and outcomes
• With the support from USDOL OCFT, develop and implement the project’s CMEP including a results framework, an activity matrix mapping activities to outcomes and a detailed monitoring and evaluation plan for the project, with baselines, targets and indicators
• Consolidate inputs into the project’s CMEP and provide technical inputs to private sector in enhancing monitoring and remediation efforts of child labour, forced labour and decent work
• Oversee the implementation and reporting of the project’s baseline survey
• Establish/maintain close relations with national authorities and project partners, especially with respect to monitoring and evaluation activities
• Support the financial management of the project budget, developing and regularly monitoring indicators and targets
• Coordinate monitoring and evaluation of project interventions at regional and national levels
• Prepare and deliver capacity-building for project staff, stakeholders and project partners on monitoring and evaluation of activities
• Prepare progress and ad hoc reports on activities, collect and analyse information on child labour, forced labour and decent work and data gaps
• Provide inputs and data for conferences, seminars, workshops, training sessions and meetings and support awareness-raising and capacity-building activities with data
• Draft, edit in, or translate into local language(s) various documents and reports, ensuring adequate integration of relevant data and progress indicators
• Conduct regular as well as end-of-project final analysis on CMEP indicator data and overall results analysis
• Undertake any other relevant duties requested by the project manager

Requirements

• Advanced university degree in Statistics, Economics, Public Policy, Social Sciences, International Development, or a related field, with substantial specialisation in quantitative analysis
• Bachelor’s degree plus an advanced certificate in Monitoring and Evaluation, Statistics, or Economics (preferred)
• Five years, minimum, of progressively responsible relevant professional experience, with three years, minimum, in a senior monitoring and evaluation position
• Experience working in a USDOL-funded project will be an advantage
• Experience working in the region with projects related to child labour, forced labour and decent work (desirable)
• Excellent command of English and good working knowledge of French
• Proficiency in Swahili will be an asset

To apply and for more information, click here.

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