Senior Officer Monitoring & Evaluation

IRD – International Relief & Development is recruiting a Senior Officer Monitoring & Evaluation to be based in Mozambique.

Duties

• Coordinates activities for a Feed the Future agricultural development project
• Leads, manages and supervises the M&E team and provides technical and management leadership to M&E planning and implementation for a USAID Feed the Future project
• Provides technical expertise and leadership to promote quality M&E planning and implementation based on Feed the Future requirements
• Leads the effort in building on and developing more systematic monitoring and evaluation practices to ensure quality of management and operation of IRD programs
• Designs M&E trainings for field staff in areas such as logic models, baseline surveys, monitoring and evaluation plans, and other areas
• Monitors technical trends and issues and recommends project responses as needed
• Supervises M&E planning, evaluation and operations research, assessments and evaluations, and data analysis
• Other duties as assigned

Requisites

• Bachelor’s degree in Social Science or its equivalent
• 10+ years’ experience in Monitoring and Evaluation with USAID or other USG international development programs
• Experience in Southern Africa, international development programs
• Training in Feed the Future M&E requirements and experience in Feed the Future projects
• Demonstrated working knowledge of design performance monitoring plans, performance indicators, causal linkages, target settings, etc
• Excellent qualitative and quantitative analysis skills
• Fluency in English and Portuguese
• Master’s degree in Social Sciences or its equivalent
• Knowledge of Feed the Future M&E requirements and rules and regulations, and experience working with USAID or other USG rules and regulations
• Capacity building and/or experience conducting M&E trainings
• Technical agricultural experience preferred
• Extensive (5 + years) experience in Southern Africa, in international development programs
• Extensive (5 + years) experience in programs that promote nutrition in Mozambique
• Excellent writing skills
• Ability to work well under pressure and successfully handle multiple tasks at once
• Ability to solve complex technical, managerial or operational problems and evaluate options based on relevant information, resources, well-rounded experience, and knowledge
• Ability to operate at advanced levels of authority and control significant activities, budgets and resources to produce and take responsibility for results
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Available for travel (up to 25%)

Notes

• Only short listed applicants will be contacted
• Kindly reference the source of this job post: emprego.co.mz

How to Apply

• Apply online at www.goo.gl/1hrG7Y