{"id":93306,"date":"2026-03-27T08:02:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T08:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/job\/roving-mearl-coordinator\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T08:02:44","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T08:02:44","slug":"roving-mearl-coordinator","status":"publish","type":"job_listing","link":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/job\/roving-mearl-coordinator\/","title":{"rendered":"Roving MEARL Coordinator"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:<\/p>\n<p>Capacity Development and Humanitarian Surge Support.<\/p>\n<p>\tCore Technical Competency Development to strengthen staff capacity in MEARL Components across the field offices ie indicator design and IPTTs, data collection and management, and field data analysis for decision-making.<br \/>\n\tRapid MEARL Surge Deployment to provide timely technical support to new project start-ups, underperforming\/high-risk projects, and during staffing gaps.<br \/>\n\tStart-Up and Stabilization Support to ensure strong MEARL system set-up and stabilization during early project phases or recovery periods.<br \/>\n\tEmbedded Capacity Strengthening through delivery of hands-on support through on-the-job coaching and direct technical engagement with project teams.<br \/>\n\tStructured Mentorship &amp; Skills Transfer to field MEARL Staff, implementing mentorship approaches that build sustainable MEARL competencies within teams.<\/p>\n<p>Quality Uplift Initiative &amp; Monitoring Systems Strengthening.<\/p>\n<p>\tLead Quality Uplift Implementation driving the rollout of Quality Uplift Initiatives across projects to enhance overall MEARL performance.<br \/>\n\tStrengthen Monitoring Systems, improve indicator tracking, monitoring frameworks, and routine data review processes.<br \/>\n\tInstitutionalize Quality Benchmarking through establishment of regular (monthly\/quarterly) quality review mechanisms across projects.<br \/>\n\tEnsure Action-Oriented Follow-Up, track and enforce implementation of corrective actions from quality reviews.<br \/>\n\tIdentify and Address Systemic Gaps by diagnosing cross-project weaknesses and implement targeted improvement plans to standardize quality monitoring.<\/p>\n<p>Institutionalize and Operationalize a Real-Time Needs Assessment and Data Collection (Evidence Generation).<\/p>\n<p>\tLead Real-Time Needs Assessments (RTNA) Roll-out &amp; Institutionalization through adoption and integration of RTNA methodologies across projects and program cycles across the field locations.<br \/>\n\tStrengthen Rapid Assessment Design supporting field teams to develop fit-for-purpose, context-specific rapid assessment tools aligned to program needs.<br \/>\n\tPromote and support use of digital platforms (eg, Kobo, ODK) for efficient real-time data capture and build field team capacity to analyze and translate real-time data into actionable insights.<br \/>\n\tPromote and ensure RTNA findings directly inform program design, targeting, prioritization, and ongoing adaptation.<\/p>\n<p>Community Engagement and Accountability System Strengthening.<\/p>\n<p>\tSupport the review of the country office accountability function and implement the accountability priority actions and improvement plan in line with the 10-Point Accountability Systems Uplift plan.<br \/>\n\tSupport development and dissemination of information products (briefs, policy summaries, evidence snapshots) tailored to diverse audiences and community.<br \/>\n\tFacilitate the establishment of context-specific feedback and complaints mechanisms, ensuring feedback informs advocacy and program adaptation.<br \/>\n\tManage the complaints and feedback database, ensuring timely, quality responses and analysis that strengthens the program.<\/p>\n<p>Systematize Data Quality Assessments (Audits).<\/p>\n<p>\tStandardize DQA Frameworks and Processes and lead the implementation of consistent Data Quality Assessment methodologies and tools across all projects across the field locations.<br \/>\n\tStrengthen Core Data Quality Dimensions, enhancing systems and processes to ensure data accuracy, consistency, completeness, and timeliness.<br \/>\n\tMitigate Data Quality Risks through identification and resolution of systemic issues including indicator inconsistencies, weak validation processes, and reporting discrepancies.<br \/>\n\tInstitutionalize Data Validation and Verification across the field locations, embedding routine data verification, cleaning, and validation protocols within project monitoring systems.<br \/>\n\tStrengthen documentation and data management practices to meet donor requirements and support internal and external audits.<\/p>\n<p>MEARL Engagements and Coordination.<\/p>\n<p>\tRepresent Save the Children in relevant MEARL coordination platforms to share evidence and strengthen key systems focused on MEARL as required.<br \/>\n\tFacilitate key strategic monitoring initiatives across the field locations as required and support field locations on delegated engagements with stakeholders.<br \/>\n\t\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>BEHAVIORS (Values \u200b\u200bin Practice\u00a0)<\/p>\n<p>Accountability:<\/p>\n<p>\tHolds self accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modeling Save the Children values<br \/>\n\tHolds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities &#8211; giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved.<\/p>\n<p>Ambition:<\/p>\n<p>\tSets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages their team to do the same<br \/>\n\tWidely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others<br \/>\n\tFuture oriented, thinks strategically and on a global scale.<\/p>\n<p>Collaboration:<\/p>\n<p>\tBuilds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, Members and external partners and supporters<br \/>\n\tValues \u200b\u200bdiversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength<br \/>\n\tApproachable, good listener, easy to talk to.<\/p>\n<p>Creativity:<\/p>\n<p>\tDevelops and encourages new and innovative solutions<br \/>\n\tWilling to take disciplined risks.<\/p>\n<p>Integrity:<\/p>\n<p>\tHonest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates highest levels of integrity<\/p>\n<p>QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS<\/p>\n<p>\tMinimum of a Bachelor&#8217;s Degree in a Relevant Sector; Statistics, Development Studies or Social Sciences preferably with Post Graduate training in M&amp;E or Project planning and Management.<br \/>\n\tMinimum of 5 years working experience in monitoring and evaluation working experience (preferably within a humanitarian and development focused organization).\u00a0<br \/>\n\tProficient in both quantitative and qualitative data management methodologies with a focus on data systems strengthening and capacity building.<br \/>\n\tSkills in data analysis and visualization principles and software (STATA, SPSS, Advanced Ms Excel, NVivo, ATLAS.ti, Power Bi etc.).<br \/>\n\tExperience promoting participation of children, community members and leaders and\/or facilitating focus group discussions (especially with beneficiaries including children).<br \/>\n\tFamiliarity with mobile data collection platforms (ie CommCare, Kobo Collect, ODK etc).<br \/>\n\tExperience with monitoring and evaluation techniques to assess the quality and effectiveness of program strategies for program learning.<br \/>\n\tChild Rights: Promotes an enabling environment for participation, and accountability to children\u00a0<br \/>\n\tExcellent communication skills, results oriented and self-driven.<br \/>\n\tProficient in speaking and writing English<\/p>\n<p>Apply Through:<\/p>\n<p>hcri.fa.em2.oraclecloud.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_promoted":"","_job_location":"","_application":"http:\/\/hcri.fa.em2.oraclecloud.com","_company_name":"Save the Children","_company_website":"http:\/\/www.savethechildren.org\/","_company_tagline":"The Save the Children Fund, commonly known as Save the Children, is an international non-governmental organization that promotes children's rights, provides relief and helps support children in developing countries","_company_twitter":"","_company_video":"","_filled":0,"_featured":0,"_remote_position":0,"_job_salary":"","_job_salary_currency":"","_job_salary_unit":""},"job_listing_region":[692],"job-categories":[699,693,703],"job-types":[687],"class_list":["post-93306","job_listing","type-job_listing","status-publish","hentry","job_listing_region-nairobi","job-type-full-time"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-listings\/93306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-listings"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/job_listing"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"job_listing_region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job_listing_region?post=93306"},{"taxonomy":"job_listing_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-categories?post=93306"},{"taxonomy":"job_listing_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-types?post=93306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}