Academy for Educational Development (AED)
Closing date: 11 Jun 2010
Location: Kenya
Location: Kenya
The Academy for Educational Development (AED) is seeking to recruit a Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist for the Teacher Education and Professional Development (TEPD) program. TEPD is a Ministry of Education (MOE) program supported by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and implemented by AED. The goal of TEPD is to build capacity of public primary and secondary Teacher Training Colleges (TTCs) to be effective teacher training institutions in Kenya. TEPD will also coordinate introduction of ICT in teacher training under the Accelerating 21st Century Education (ACE) program, which is a public/private partnership initiative. Position is based in Nairobi with travel up to 35% to TTCs and schools.
Responsibilities
- Manage the monitoring of all activities of the different components of the program through the collection of data; including development of tools, compiling the data into a database, preparing reports, and developing dissemination strategies.
- Lead the development, baseline, and implementation of the Performance Monitoring Plan (PMP).
- Prepare quarterly and/or annual data reports to USAID based on PMP data collected, and report on progress, accomplishments or potential setbacks to COP.
- Work closely with the MOE on joint visits to TTCs and schools, and through information sharing between the TEPD M&E system and the MOE EMIS system.
- Work directly with sub-grantee to ensure that the data and information gathered through their M&E approach is linked to the larger TEPD M&E system.
- Identify opportunities and mechanisms for program improvement based on monitoring and evaluation findings in collaboration with program staff and local partners.
- Provide support for designing and implementing a learning measurement tool as part of the ACE activity.
- Provide support for gathering data and information for input into TEPD policy studies, including a study to measure institutional-level change at the teacher training colleges as a result of the TEPD Program.
Qualifications
- Master's Degree minimum, PhD preferred in Education or Evaluation or equivalent, and experience in Education Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, Statistics, or related fields. Experience in teacher training would be an added advantage.
- 7-10 years relevant experience in project and program evaluation, research, survey implementation. (Experience in evaluation a must; field experience highly desirable.)
- USAID or other donor-funded program experience preferred.
- Demonstrated ability to work within a results-oriented team.
- Excellent oral/written communication skills in English.
- Computer skills including Excel and relevant statistical packages (SPSS).
How to apply
Interested individuals should send a cover letter specifying their interest and qualifications for this position and their CV to ecaregionaloffice@aed.org before June 11, 2010. We thank all individuals for their interest in AED; however only those selected for interviews will be contacted. AA/EOE/M/F/D/VReference Code: RW_85UJA6-45