Job Summary:

The manager for external M&E work in Kenya will lead all our evaluation work run from our Kenya office, leading business development, proposal development, evaluation design,  and working hands on to run evaluations. This role requires a self-sufficient and energetic person who is able to design and lead the execution of monitoring and evaluation programmes for external clients to a high level of quality, from development of the theory of change through to final reporting. Requires strong business development, including partnership development, skills If you join us you can be based in Kenya and be part of a team of 49 development research and evaluation specialists. Our evaluation work cuts across geographies

Key Responsibilities:

Write proposals for evaluation and TPM work Lead evaluations including liaising with stakeholders, managing projects , analysis and reporting. Ensure high level of customer satisfaction amongst our clients Contribute to the development and upskilling of the evaluation community Develop strong and sustaining client relationships Experience: Experience leading external evaluations – i.e. leading evaluations of third-party projects and  programs is critical. Experience working for a development consulting firm. Expertise in a wide range of evaluation approaches and methodologies,  but must include understanding of complex evaluations involving RCTs  and quasi-experimental designs, and quantitative design, data analysis  and process based evaluations. Strong technical expertise in quantitative survey design, analysis and reporting. Demonstrated expertise developing winning proposals evaluation work  in the development sector. Experience working in the African region. Must have excellent and high quality English language to global  proposal and report writing standards. Ideally based in Kenya and a Kenyan citizen but qualified candidates based elsewhere will also be considered.