Job Description
Team Leader – DFID Somalia Humanitarian Monitoring and Evaluation Project Team Leader
Time commitment: 180 working-days/year (average of 15 working days per month).
Time frame: 15 June 2016 to 2 March 2018.
Description
- Transtec seeks a Team Leader for the DFID Somalia Humanitarian Monitoring and Evaluation Project which assists DFID in measuring aid effectiveness and generating an evidence base for the continuation of multi-year humanitarian funding. The innovative technology behind this unique funding approach combines a complex set of M&E tools like Real time M&E platform, Remote Sensing, Mobile Data Collection, etc. This position is based in Nairobi, Kenya, with travel to Somalia. Position Summary
- The individual selected for the Team Leader will be based in Nairobi, with travel to Somalia. He/she will be responsible for overall management of the project, including, but not limited to, strategic direction of implementation, quality assurance, budgetary oversight and supervision of staff. Implementation is largely field-based, and focuses on providing continual, on-the-ground performance Monitoring of DFID humanitarian projects and activities in Somalia, as well as the provision of independent Evaluation services. The Team Leader will coordinate and oversee the generation of robust findings on specific results indicators as they relate to current humanitarian priorities of DFID, enabling DFID officials to better meet day-to-day information needs in order to make informed programme management decisions.
Responsibilities
- General oversight of project activities.
- Leading and overseeing project and budget planning.
- Providing guidance in the determination of the needs and overseeing the implementation of monitoring, evaluation, and related activities. Also responsible for developing scopes of work, and negotiating scopes of work as appropriate with DFID and with providers of desired services.
- Recruiting and managing administrative support and professional staff, including consultants, for short-term and long-term assignments, and reviewing their performance.
- Maintaining close and cooperative relationships with DFID Officers and DFID Implementing Partners
- Representing the project at meetings, conferences, workshops, etc.
- Preparing technical, financial, and operational reports as required. • Performing other assignments as designated.
Minimum Qualifications
- Relevant and advanced university degree.
- 15 years’ experience working in International Development.
- 10 years’ experience working as a team lead or Chief of Party.
- Very strong and demonstrated written communication and analytical skills (English language).
- Very strong organisational skills.
- Strong inter-personal and verbal communication skills.
- Experience working in conflict or post-conflict countries.
- Directly relevant and substantive M&E and/or verification experience are preferred but not required.
About the Organization
Transtec puts an emphasis on development processes, acting as a virtuous circle to reach the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Working with local actors and the international community, we deliver quality, context-driven development solutions across the intervention cycle - breaking poverty and building prosperous stable communities.
We are committed to making a difference by ensuring that aid effectiveness constitutes the single and most important focus in our interventions. This is achieved by incorporating Quality Assurance mechanisms at each phase of project and programme implementation and ensuring compliance with requested standards and expected results. In doing so, we build on our 30 years of Knowledge Management maintained by our personnel, projects, programmes and experiences.
We hence provide a full range of high level technical services in project and programme design and management, framework contracts, long term agreements management and cutting edge monitoring and evaluation solutions to multilateral partner organisations including the European Investment Bank, the United Nations (UNDEF, UNHCR, WFP, UNICEF, UNDP), the World Bank, the African Development Bank, and national official development agencies including the UK Department for International Development (DfID), the Belgian Technical Cooperation (BTC), the French Agency for Development (AFD), the Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA), the Swedish International Development Cooperation (SIDA) and the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCA).
We are constantly searching for innovative and creative solutions that will support our interventions.
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