Financial Reporting Center Jobs M&E Assistant Manager

Strategic Management, Monitoring & Evaluation Assistant Manager at Financial Reporting Center

Vacancy No. FRC/17/2017

Position Description

Reporting to the Director Corporate Affairs, HR & Administration, he/she will be responsible for driving FRC’s strategy management process from strategy formulation, review, alignment, communication and implementation; undertaking monitoring and evaluation of FRC’s performance in line with the strategy mission, vision and values.

M&E Assistant Manager Job Responsibilities

• Initiate and drive the process of strategy formulation and development/review through an in-depth strategic and situational analysis of external and internal operating environment.
• Provide guidance to FRC in the design of the strategic plan and ensure it is aligned to the Centre’s mandate.
• Conduct organizational reviews to identify strengths and weaknesses and evaluate operational effectiveness.
• Identify strategic opportunities and risks and prepare reports, advising management on appropriate course of action.
• Design and implement a monitoring and evaluation framework for FRC in liaison with other heads of departments.
• Undertake effective periodic monitoring, evaluation and reporting of the organisation’s activities as outlined in the strategic plan and annual work plan.
• Formulate a timetable and process for review of the strategic plan, and advise on redevelopment in the run up to the next strategic period.
• Make recommendations based on emerging trends, expansion opportunities, threats, and internal business process improvement.
• Manage and develop organization’s KPI infrastructure in order to facilitate analysis and reporting of performance against plans and budgets as well as strategic objectives.
• Provide support to the rest of the departments in the organization in the formulation of individual department strategies.
• Supervise regular data collection through implementing partners and ensure quality of the data by random verifications and validations.
• Oversee the recording, management and preservation of monitoring and evaluation data in a safe and accessible way.
• Manage and support the monitoring and evaluation officer in his/her work with teams as well as providing M&E support directly as required.
• Actively manage staff performance, development and succession planning, addressing issues appropriately as they arise.

Qualifications for the M&E Assistant Manager Job

• Bachelor’s Degree in a Social Science, Administration, Information Management, Project Management, Finance or other relevant academic background.
• Four (4) years in similar management experience, in strategy development and implementation; monitoring and evaluation.
• A Master’s degree in Strategic Management or its equivalent from a recognised institution will be an added advantage.
• Membership to a professional body in the field will be an added advantage.

Additional Skills and Competencies

• Understanding of the FRC’s responsibilities together with a working knowledge of Kenya’s anti-money laundering and counter terrorism financing regime.
• Track record of providing intellectual leadership, delivering high quality results with notable achievements.
• Sound advisory capability.
• Excellent analytical and reporting skills.
• Strong persuasion and negotiation skills.
• Strong business acumen / business orientation.
• Quality and management certification / process re-engineering certification (6Sigma; Lean etc.).
• Project Management certification (PMP or Prince 2) (desirable).
• Good level of proficiency in Windows Excel and quantitative analysis.
• Experience in program design and M&E plan development.
• Ability to design M&E tools, surveys, surveillance systems, and evaluations.
• Demonstrated ability to train and build capacity of others.
• Excellent proven interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills.

How to Apply

Interested applicants who meet the above requirements are advised to submit their applications via email to the email address esdfrc@kpmg.co.ke quoting the reference number of the vacancy on the subject line.

The application shall include:

1. A detailed CV
2. Current and expected remuneration
3. Contact information of three references
4. Scanned Copies of academic and professional certificates

Candidates will be required to obtain and submit copies of clearance certificates from the following organizations:

1. Kenya Revenue Authority
2. Higher Education Loans Board
3. Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission.
4. Criminal Investigation Department e) Credit Reference Bureau.