Academy M&E Associate

Academy Monitoring and Evaluation Associate

About Us

Founders Factory Africa (FFA) exists to create a thriving African startup economy that drives prosperity across Africa. We are venture builders dedicated to solving some of Africa’s biggest challenges and capitalizing on its incredible potential by leveraging market and tech opportunities. We seek to build an ecosystem that supports authentic innovation and our goal is to be the best growth engine for entrepreneurs across Africa and beyond. We believe by supporting entrepreneurship and innovation, we will unlock employment opportunities and drive inclusive growth across the continent. Since 2019, we have supported 60+ African ventures with investment capital alongside hands-on support backed by 50+, full-time, experts covering engineering, product development, growth, corporate partnerships, and investment. In 2023, we created an internal impact-driven venture that will directly create youth and gender-focused employment opportunities through tech-enabled learning.

Our Culture

Our goals are audacious, and we want to work with people who share our passion for pursuing transformation at scale. We believe that good ideas can come from anywhere - not just the top - and we love to build our way out of uncertainty. At FFA, you will work with and meet outstanding and diverse talent from across the continent and help us build a collaborative, inclusive, and supportive network. You will work faster (and learn faster) than you ever have before. With offices in Johannesburg, Lagos, Nairobi, and London, we are building an ambitious, talented, and passionate team, ensuring that Founders Factory Africa is the continent’s best partner for founders.

The Role

FFA is looking to hire a full-time M&E Associate to support the ideation and execution of the internal evaluations of our Academy program. The successful candidate will be part of our newly-formed Embedded Impact and Learning team, and will report to the Research and Learning Manager while working very closely with the Academy team to conduct the evaluation of the program and also support various formative and summative research and learning activities to inform future Academy program strategy.

Responsibilities

Study design - You will collaborate with different stakeholders, within the Academy team and the Embedded Impact and Learning to identify research objectives and craft a strategy for measuring and evaluating the impact of the Academy program on these areas.

Tools design: Goal oriented survey design and testing of data collection instruments and revision.

Contribute to the Design of Data Architecture: Develop a map of all data flows (related to monitoring and evaluation) that will be deployed in the Academy program and create a seamless design for how the data will be collected.

Data quality control: You will ensure high data quality standards to ensure our impact evaluation is based on accurate and up-to-date information.

Data analysis: You will contribute to the analysis and triangulation of qualitative and quantitative monitoring data and share findings with the Academy team and senior leadership for learning, accountability and decision-making purposes.

Literature Review: Conduct ongoing literature review to understand best practices on hybrid and e-learning entrepreneurship programs and feed it back to the Academy design through recommendations.

Data Visualization: Create BI dashboards to show the progress of the implementation of Academy programs in real time (monitoring progress) as well as early outcomes as the data comes to support day to day business decisions.

Reporting and Recommendations - You will compile M&E results in different reporting formats on progress of project implementation, evaluation outcomes, and recommend corrective actions to the various stakeholders. Develop shareable/actionable knowledge products (e.g. slide decks, research factsheets, one-pager overviews, case studies, etc) for internal and/or external use.

Reflection Sessions Coordinate internal reflection and learning sessions with FFA Academy team and senior leadership at the end of each cohort training to capture insights and ensure that learning gets shared and taken up within the organization.

Candidate Profile

• Minimum of three years of relevant experience, including at least 2 years in a similar roleBachelor’s degree or equivalent in social sciences, international development, or other relevant field
• Strong command of research and evaluation and/or impact measurement methodologies and approaches, including theories of change, logic models, evaluation frameworks, survey research/ lean data approaches, etc
• Experience deploying a variety of qualitative and quantitative research and evaluation methodologies and tools to help organizations (preferably in the business of training/capacity building) measure/understand their impactDemonstrated ability to use data and evidence and apply learning to drive improvements in performance (exploring interesting questions isn’t enough; you have to be able to identify the areas where research and evaluation will lead to an improvement in FFA’s impact/ways of working)
• Appetite for collecting and analyzing data to produce meaningful reports to diverse stakeholders and audiences
• Project management experience, including running multiple projects simultaneouslyExcellent oral and written communication skills to deliver presentations and reports to a range of stakeholders in a clear, inspiring and confident way
• Strong relationship management skills; the ability to establish effective working relationships with people at all levels, internally and externally
• A self-starter who thrives in an autonomous role, with excellent prioritization, self-organization, and execution skills and ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment against deadlines
• Strong critical and creative thinking skills; a proactive approach to solving problems
• Experience in data visualization tools like Power BI, google studio, QlikView or Tableau is a plus
  
  
  

This is a full-time position in Nairobi, Kenya.