Position Title: Project Monitoring and Evaluation Manager

Vacant positions: 1 person

Type of contract: Fixed term

Working location: Kigali

Supervisor: Senior Project Lead

Deadline: 26^th May 2025

BACKGROUND OF THE ORGANIZATION

SOS Children’s Villages Rwanda is an independent, non-governmental social development & child-focused organization. The Organization supports vulnerable children and young people in four locations of Kigali, Byumba, Kayonza and Nyamagabe. SOS Rwanda applies a holistic right-based approach to improve the quality of vulnerable children’s life and their families. The family strengthening program supports in the prevention of child family separation and SOS leverages on its impact to scale up interventions that promote child rights, child protection, family economic wellbeing and enhanced gatekeeping.

SOS Children’s Villages in Rwanda, through SOS Norway acquired funding from Heimsterden to implement the Children in street situation (CiSS-Seruka) project aiming to reintegrate 7800 children from street situation back to their families and communities. The project will be implemented in 6 districts in Rwanda addressing the critical factors that push children from their homes to streets and the factors for recidivism. SOS Children’s Villages Rwanda therefore seeks to recruit one Competent Monitoring and Evaluation Manager to support the implementation of the Project activities across its program locations.

MISSION OF THE POSITION

JOB PURPOSE

• The Project Monitoring and Evaluation manager will provide overall data management,
• Statistical reporting and ensuring data collection tools are utilized accordingly for the program.
• He/she will ensure timely and accurate collection and reporting of programmatic data within their respective cohorts and categories.
• The Officer will manage and ensure high performance of program databases (PDB2),
• ensuring minimum standards and requirements are met.
• S/he will ensure data quality as well as quality assurance and reporting, generate learning from project implementation to inform decision making

 Duties and Responsabilities:

• Contributes to program quality according to SOS standards including quality assurance and quality improvement initiatives.
• Support improvement of M&E systems and processes for effective and efficient data quality management
• Create data storage and retrieval systems, troubleshoot database issues, and implement database recovery procedures and safety protocols.
• Contribute in improving production of timely and accurate program reports to stakeholders
• Assist in designing formative and evaluative research and provide technical assistance in data collection, analysis, and report writing.
• Establish standard operating procedures and quality assurance for database management systems and including capacity planning, data maintenance and security policy.
• Assist designers with creating user interfaces for business application prototypes and participate in quality assurance exercises.
• Collaborate with other team members to coordinate development of new datasets.
• Provide data request needs for the program.
• Support training of program staff on designed data tools

REPORTING

• Provide analyzed monthly, quarterly, semi-annual and annual statistical reports in a timely manner.
• Document lessons learned and success stories
• Contribute to the preparation of program and activity reports on a monthly, quarterly, semi-annual and annual as per SOS templates and guidelines.
• Coordinate routine data quality assessments, provide routine reports and submit to National M&E Manager
• Additional responsibilities as assigned

REQUIRED QUALIFICATION

• Bachelor’s degree in Project management, Monitoring and Evaluation, Community development, Statistics, Social Sciences and or Development studies. A Master’s degree will be an added advantage

• At least 5 years’ experience in Monitoring and Evaluation functions 

REQUIRED COMPETENCIES

• Good strategic and analytical thinking and ability to interpret data and provide advisory on strategic interventions
• Ability to generate learning and program evidences for quality improvement and decision making.
• Advanced computer skills in Excel, Word processing, Database management, SPSS or other statistical packages
• Advanced knowledge with database design and management and experience maintaining a computerized databases a plus.
• Excellent writing, interpersonal, and teamwork skills.
• Fluent in English both written and spoken; excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Familiar with donor monitoring and evaluation requirements is a must.

How to Apply:

If you believe you are the right candidate for the above position, please send your detailed application package including an application letter, CV with three traceable references and copies of academic certificates) to sos.recruitment@sos-rwanda.org and properly fill the application form found via the following LINKnot later than the 26^th May, 2025.at 5:00 pm Kigali time.

N.B: Please mention in the subject of your e-mail the name of the position applied for.

Female Candidates are encouraged to apply and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

 “SOS Children’s Villages Rwanda/ International holds strict child safeguarding principles and a zero-tolerance policy for conducts of sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse in the workplace and other places where the organization’s activities are rendered. Parallel to technical competence, recruitment, selection and hiring decisions will give due emphasize to assessing candidates value congruence and thorough background checks, police clearance reference check processes.”

Done at Kigali, on 14^th May, 2025

Jean Bosco Kwizera

National Director