Tupande MEL Manager

Job Description

Requirements

• Qualifications:
• A Bachelors degree in a relevant field of study (e.g., economics, statistics etc.)
• A Master’s degree in a related field is an added advantage
• Strong academic or professional experience designing and implementing evaluations and analysing data (e.g. with large scale data collection and field team management).
• Knowledge of evaluation concepts and mastery of experimental and quasi-experimental evaluation designs.
• Strong analytical skills, especially the use of statistical techniques leveraged in impact evaluation measurement strategies (e.g. propensity score matching, difference in difference, regression discontinuity, etc.).
• Knowledge of statistical software, such as Stata or R.
• Strong project management skills with the ability to oversee multiple projects with various levels of complexity at the same time.
• A clear and compelling written communication style with an eye for design and visual presentation.
• Ability to engage with multiple partners in a diplomatic manner and have strong relationship building skills.
• Leadership experience, including managing a team.
• A willingness to commit to living in East Africa for at least two years – this is a long–term, career–track role.
• The ideal candidate will have at least five years demonstrated experience working in the developing world, or be a country national from our program or operations.
• Proficiency in English is required, Swahili is an added advantage

Responsibilities

• Directly Oversees MEL Strategy and Execution within Tupande:
• Independently lead in-country or program-level impact evaluation and studies of interest to the program. Represent MEL work within Tupande and One Acre Fund and ensure stakeholders clearly understand the actionable results presented.
• Full ownership of the most complex workstream(s) while also overseeing all other work streams within the country. This will include:
• Developing evaluation plans - from outlining the theory of change to determining the study designs, and implementation plan.
• Developing data collection tools.
• Ensuring that all projects implemented adhere to MEL’s minimum must do’s.
• Establish and continuously improve frameworks, processes and procedures for quality assurance, monitoring, analysis, and reporting of impact work data in consultation with key stakeholders. Ensure systems established are running in alignement with organisational processes and systems.
• Work closely with the Program teams and other stakeholders to ensure the MEL results and recommendations are understood and acted upon.
• Manage all team leadership matters within the department including overseeing the hiring, development and performance management of MEL staff.
• Oversee the departments’ budgeting and financial management ensuring that growth and efficiencies are explored without compromising team sustainability and data quality.
• Provide direct support to various stakeholders on ad-hoc requests related to study design, analysis, data collection and any reporting that’s tied to MEL data.
• Partner with senior leadership in strategic decision making related to impact work.
• Strengthen availability and use of high-quality MEL data for decision-making at all levels of the organization. Integrate data analysis, reflection & interpretation, recommendation and use with ongoing organizational activities.
• Data Analysis and Reporting:
• Develop or update existing analytical frameworks for all Tupande MEL projects. This would also include exploring analytical efficiencies related to data cleaning, data automation and reporting.
• Own the analysis of all MEL data for Tupande.
• Own all Tupande MEL reporting.
• Contribution to the Advancement of Tupande’s Impact Strategy:
• Contribute to thought leadership in relation to the Impact Strategy including:
• Developing studies that speak to Tupande's impact strategy, including the measurement of new channels and/or any future modifications needed; and
• Exploring new impact opportunities for Tupande.
• Developing studies that speak to Tupande's impact strategy, including the measurement of new channels and/or any future modifications needed; and
• Exploring new impact opportunities for Tupande.
• Contribute to the development of MEL goals based on Tupande’s Impact Strategy.
• Grant or Partner Support:
• Provide targeted support for grant-specific methodology or analytical work including time-sensitive requests, development of Tupande specific MEL plans, annual grant reporting and any other grant related request as needed, with support from leadership.
• Represent Tupande's MEL department in various grant and/or partner meetings.
• Work with various partners on Tupande projects with support from leadership.