Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist Jobs – Harare, Zimbabwe
Category: Vacancies in Zimbabwe
Posted: Nov 26, 2013
DAI is seeking experienced candidates for an upcoming Food Security programme in Zimbabwe. The programme will look at developing markets and private sector to better support rural livelihoods; facilitating links between commercial markets and farmer groups to increase farmer productivity and income.
Duties and Responsibilities:
The Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist will report to the overall Team Leader, and:
- Develop project monitoring systems and processes
- Ensure baseline data collection at the start of the programme and that data is collected regularly against indicators
- Develop and drive a sound project performance monitoring and evaluation plan
- Develop monitoring and evaluation reports
- Develop monitoring and evaluation strategy to ensure lessons learned are incorporated in activities to achieve greater impact
- Develop sound performance management indicators
- Collect, analyse and aggregate results, developing clear ‘results stories’ demonstrating outcome and impact of programme activities
- Monitor and report on the progress and performance of the programme, as well as grantees, as required
- Support the team to track gender inclusion strategies and participation of minority groups in market development activities
Requirements:
- Minimum 8 years of experience in monitoring and evaluation
- Experience working in agriculture programmes essential
- Advanced degree in relevant field of agriculture development, monitoring and evaluation or a related field
- Excellent project management skills
- Experience in conducting monitoring and evaluation on M4P/market development projects
- Experience working on donor funded projects
- Experience in monitoring and evaluating Agricultural Value Chain Projects
- Experience in risk assessment and risk management
- Experience in working in Southern Africa
- Good stakeholder engagement and communications skills
- Experience in knowledge management and evidence based dissemination
- Experience in developing M&E frameworks which incorporate gender mainstreaming/inclusion targets
- Excellent communication skills; and relationship management
- Fluency in English (both written and oral) is essential; and fluency in local languages highly desirable
Project Location: Harare based with occasional travel within Zimbabwe Length of the project: 5-7 years Anticipated
Project Start date: April 2014
Deadline for Applications: 30th November 2013
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