Mr. Kimathi specializes in monitoring, evaluation, and learning functions for projects and programs. He directly supports the development and maintenance of robust monitoring and evaluation systems and practices. He is experienced in the management of M&E for USAID-funded projects and programs and negotiates with senior and middle-level partners and collaborators within government. He collaborates with the M&E team members and the senior management team to collate and review data for the project's key performance indicators (KPIs), targets, and accomplishments, as well as develop and revise the project's MEL plans and M&E manuals. He also manages routine and research data collection, assists with analysis, and authors technical and research study reports. He also collaborates with colleagues to write project-wide progress reports on a quarterly and annual basis and take part in their iterative review and revisions. Mr. Kimathi has managed MEL systems for national-level, regional, rural, and urban-based projects across Kenya. His strengths include creating systems to guarantee data quality assurance, organizational and human capacity strengthening.Key skills and abilities• Excellent analytical skills and good working knowledge of descriptive and inferential statistics • Data quality assurance, excellent research, and data collection methodology skills, the ability to create project frameworks, and monitoring and evaluation tools and instruments. • skills in strengthening the capacity of team members and partners on a variety of levels of knowledge and capabilities in M&E. • Strong organizational skills and the ability to work independently to efficiently meet deadlines, strong interpersonal skills. • Oral and written communication skills to deal effectively with mid- and high-level partner contacts. Development and capacity building abilities in results-based project management and reporting. • Excellent computer skills, including word processing, spreadsheet programs (EXCEL), database management, and data analysis using STATA. Programming skills with R, data visualization using PowerBI, and database management using SQL. • Proficient in evaluation design and development of indicators, the development of Indicator Performance Tracking Tables, Performance Indicators Reference Sheets (PIRS), and Performance Plan Reports (PPRs).
