I am a consultant with Cognate Consultants based in Nairobi, Kenya. The job involves provision of research services individually or through a consultancy group. Area of specialization is Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) of projects. I am the Field Services Manager in charge of proposal development in line with the research Terms of Reference, developing M&E tools such as Logical Frameworks, data collection, quality assurance, data analysis and report preparation. Role entails providing participatory M&E services with all stakeholders in the given M&E value chain. I also engage in academic and freelance writing as well as conducting research work for individual clients.