Monitoring & Evaluations Assistant – E4Impact Africa

Contexte

E4Impact Africa Foundation is inviting applications for a Monitoring & Evaluations Assistant position in Nairobi, Kenya. The opportunity is suited to experienced monitoring and evaluation professionals with a background in donor-funded programmes, data analysis, gender-responsive programming, grant management, and enterprise development. The successful candidate will support the Foundation’s Monitoring and Evaluation system, helping track programme performance, verify milestones, analyze data, document learning, and contribute to donor and consortium reporting.

E4Impact Africa Foundation is a spinoff of the E4Impact Foundation, an initiative launched by ALTIS Graduate School of Business and Society at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan, Italy. Since 2010, E4Impact has supported more than 10,000 entrepreneurs across 20 African countries through incubation, acceleration, investment-readiness training, and access to finance.

Missions et responsabilités

• Developing and implementing M&E frameworks, tools, and methodologies.
• Tracking programme milestones, fund performance, and gender outcomes.
• Collecting and analyzing qualitative and quantitative programme data.
• Conducting financial market analysis related to women-led enterprises and Challenge Fund performance.
• Preparing periodic M&E and market analysis reports.
• Supporting donor and consortium-level reporting.
• Verifying enterprise milestones linked to grant disbursements.
• Maintaining grant tracking logs and documentation.
• Identifying delays, risks, and underperformance.
• Supporting transparent, milestone-based grant disbursement.
• Guiding grantees on financial accountability and reporting requirements.
• Operationalizing and refining the Logframe and existing Theory of Change for the Challenge Fund.
• Establishing measurable, gender-sensitive indicators disaggregated by age and sex.
• Facilitating reflection and learning sessions involving grantees, partners, and E4Impact staff.
• Documenting lessons learned, success stories, and case studies.
• Facilitating knowledge-sharing forums across partners and stakeholders.

Profil recherché

• Bachelor’s degree in Monitoring & Evaluation, Statistics, Economics, Development Studies, or a related field (Master’s strongly preferred).
• 5–8 years of experience in M&E for donor-funded programmes.
• Practical experience designing and implementing M&E systems and working with gender-sensitive indicators and reporting.
• Experience in monitoring and evaluation of donor-funded programmes, gender-responsive programming, financial market analysis, and fund performance tracking.
• Experience with challenge funds, innovation funds, accelerators, or other grant-making mechanisms.
• Experience working with entrepreneurs, MSMEs, and youth- or women-focused initiatives.
• Knowledge of donor compliance, budgeting, reporting, results-based management, and risk management.
• Strong analytical, data interpretation, reporting, documentation, strategic planning, and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Ability to manage diverse workloads, work under pressure, train and support partners on M&E systems, and engage effectively with stakeholders.

Conditions et avantages

• Duty Station: Nairobi, Kenya.
• Contract Type: Local.
• Contract Duration: Annual, subject to renewal based on performance.
• Desired Start Date: 1 November 2026.
• Extensive travel within the assigned county, including rural areas, may be required.
• Fluency in the local dialect is listed as an advantage.
• Commitment to youth employment, women’s economic empowerment, diversity, equity and inclusion, safeguarding, and safe environments.
• Successful applicants will be required to pass background checks.

Dossier de candidature

• CV
• Cover letter
• Combined as a single PDF document

Comment postuler

Interested candidates should prepare their CV and cover letter as a single PDF document and submit the application by email. The email should use the subject line: “Monitoring & Evaluations Assistant”. Applications should be sent by email by 20 October 2026. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.