Monitoring and Evaluation Officer

Job Summary:

• Monitor and evaluate programme activities at the PMO in various provincial offices and in rural villages;

• As part of these duties conduct training verification exercises, evaluate learning outcomes and conduct learning needs assessments as needed;

• Collaborate and coordinate activities with the M and E data analysis specialist, Provincial Manager, Training Specialist, Master Trainers, and AREDP staff at a PMO and Provincial level.

Duties & Responsibilities:

The Monitoring and Evaluation Officer shall:

• Oversee effectiveness, impacts and outcomes of training activities and programme implementation;

• Conduct situational analyses/ground-truthing of the findings if needed;

• Generate comprehensive narrative reports after each field visit, including sections on recommendations for the improvement and analysis of programmatic progress.

• Liaise with provincial team regarding site visit findings and follow-up to ensure that negative findings have been addressed or corrected.

• Monitor project implementation to ensure AREDP is responding to the people’s needs and the project is achieving the desired goals and objectives.

• Develop Monitoring and Evaluation systems and tools appropriate to AREDP needs;

• Pro-actively feed back field information to stakeholders at provincial level;

• On an ongoing basis develop his/her Monitoring and Evaluation skills.

• Liaise closely with the Provincial Office Managers, Managers responsible for programme activities in the field and Programme field staff;

• Generate monthly, quarterly and annual reports on predefined M and E indicators.

• Ensure that program activities are on track to its objectives.

• Have regular field visits to collect M and E data for reporting purpose (data may include photographs)

Job Requirement:

Knowledge/Experience

• At least 3 years experience in the development sector, working for an NGO, UN agency, consultancy, or public entity;

• Monitoring and Evaluation experience desirable;

• Community development facilitation/engagement experience desirable;

• Insight into community development principles and rural development;

• Experience of enterprise/business development would be advantageous.

3.2 Qualifications

• A university degree in development studies, sociology, social anthropology, agriculture, business studies or related fields.

• A diploma or similar undergraduate qualification will be considered in the case of candidates with relevant practical experience.

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