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Program Overview
Background
ACORD (Agency for Cooperation and Research in Development) is a Pan Africa organisation working for Social Justice and Development in Africa. ACORD has offices in Nairobi and London and operates in 17 African countries, delivering development programmes on livelihoods, peace building, gender and the Right to Health. ACORD is also implementing Pan-African programmes focused on agriculture, food sovereignty, women’s rights and community social peace. We work in alliance with organisations worldwide to achieve our aims.
Job Summary and Overall Purpose
- The Programme Quality and Learning Manager is responsible for coordinating the development/strengthening and implementation of a comprehensive organisational monitoring & evaluation and knowledge management system to enhance monitoring, quality control, evaluation, impact and learning in order to improve internal processes, results delivery and accountability at various levels.
- The Programme Quality and Learning Manager is also responsible for putting in place mechanisms to take stock of current practices in all areas of work, provide guidelines in the promotion of learning methods and best practices across the organisation.
- S/He shall also support the impact assessment of ACORD’s programmes through the development of assessment tools for feasibility studies at the onset of programme/project implementation and the assessment of the impact of programmes/projects on the lives of beneficiaries.
- S/He shall coordinate the capacity building of ACORD staff at the Secretariat and in Area Programmes in the use of monitoring tools and promote awareness of learning methods and best practices across the organisation.
Required Qualifications
- Masters in Monitoring and Evaluation, Social Sciences/Development Studies or any other related field.
- 5 years’ experience in knowledge management, M & E at management level with an International
- Non-Governmental Organisation (INGO) in Africa and or globally;
- Strong experience in Strategic Planning especially in Funding Policy Formulation and Planning;
- 5 years of People Management experience
- Bilingual: English-French spoken and written is an essential requirement for the position
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