Programme monitoring officer at ERIKS Development Partner 196 views0 applications

ERIKS Development Partner is a Swedish NGO promoting children’s rights. ERIKS’ vision is to change the world by giving children the opportunity to realize their ambitions and enjoy their rights. The NGO, founded in 1967, is based on Christian values. ERIKS carries out development projects by promoting the rights of the child to education, health and protection. In addition, it responds to humanitarian crises. ERIKS works in partnership with national NGOs to build the capacity of civil society and for more relevant, effective and sustainable implementation of its actions. In East Africa, ERIKS operates in four countries; Uganda, Kenya, South Sudan and Tanzania. Much of the work is funded by the Swedish International Development Agency (Sida) through the Swedish Mission Council (SMC). Since 2010, ERIKS has a regional office for East Africa in Kampala, Uganda, with a Regional Representative (RR), a Program Monitoring Officer (PMO), a Financial Monitoring Officer (FMO) and a Financial & Administration assistant. The regional office provides close monitoring and support to partner NGOs in the region, in collaboration with the East Africa Program Coordinator (PC) based at ERIKS headquarters in Sweden. For more information about ERIKS, see https://erikshjalpen.se/eriks/about-us/.

OUTLINE OF THE POSITION

The assignment of the Programme Monitoring Officer’s (PMO) consists of regular monitoring of the interventions supported by ERIKS, capacity building of the implementing partner organizations and networking. The PMO will be based in Nairobi at a host organisation and be part of the ERIKS East Africa office in Kampala reporting to the Regional Representative. The PMO will have supervising responsibilities mainly in Kenya and South Sudan. The PMO will take up duty in October 2018 or as per agreement.

JOB DESCRIPTION

You will:

• Be well acquainted with the rules and procedures of ERIKS and convey them to the implementing partner organizations and development partners.
• Contribute to the elaboration of an efficient reporting and monitoring system of the interventions supported by ERIKS in the region and represent ERIKS for any events.
• Analyse the regular reports submitted by the implementing partners.
• Write reports for periodical operational assessments of the implementing partner organizations.
• Make field visits to the sites of the current interventions and write field reports.
• Monitor the implementation of recommendations given to the implementing partners.
• Supervise compliance with agreements and contracts signed between ERIKS and the implementing partners.
• Assist the EAT in conducting organisational assessments
• Assist the PC in analysing the project proposals submitted by the implementing partner organizations.
• Elaborate TORs for mid-term reviews and final evaluations and identify consultants for their execution.
• Evaluate the implementing partner organizations’ capacity building needs and function as advisor and mentor.
• Develop networking between implementing partner organizations, peer NGOs and national networks and authorities.
• Assist EAT in institutional fundraising and communication. QUALIFICATIONS

Education:

• University degree in project administration and management, development, social sciences, Human Rights, sociology or equivalent.
• Masters Degree in humanities is an added advantage.

Experience:

• Professional experience in project design and management. Professional experience in the field of project monitoring/evaluation in an international agency or a well-established national NGO
• Understanding of Human/Children’s Rights and experience in Child Rights Programming.
• Work experience in Institutional Fundraising.

Competence:

• Well acquainted with the following computer software (Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook)
• High capacity in reading, writing and communicating in English.
• Well informed about the development context in Kenya in particular and all the four East African countries of intervention. (Focus countries will be Kenya and South Sudan with regular interventions in the other East African countries).

Ability:

• Ability to work independently and in team.
• Willingness to travel extensively within the region in some hard to reach areas.
• Attitude of listening and creativity.
• Flexibility and ability to take initiative.
• Interpersonal competence and ability to network and maintain good partnership relations.
• Capacity to work with national and international organizations, authorities and various management structures.
• Capacity to gather, summarize and present information in a professional and convincing way.
• Aptitude for planning, foresight and problem solving.
• Capacity to work under pressure and time limits.
• Leadership ability and a high level of emotional intelligence.
• Ability to facilitate training and capacity building plans for implementing partner organisations.

CONDITIONS FOR EMPLOYMENT

• Share the basic values, the vision and the mission of ERIKS.
• Determined to develop and maintain the good image of ERIKS.
• Be a person of excellent integrity and decline every form of corruption and mismanagement of funds.
• Available to make frequent field missions in the four countries concerned.