ABOUT THE ROLE
The Monitoring & Evaluation Officer will be responsible for designing Monitoring & Evaluation framework and assisting the Monitoring & Evaluation Manager in implementation and preparing Monthly/Quarterly/Annual reports on project progress and will monitor the project activities on a regular basis. The Monitoring & Evaluation Officer will support the M&E Manager in all data collection, analysis, and learning activities to help ensure accountability and efficiency from start to finish for all programs and projects, both new and established throughout. S/he will provide technical field support to the M&E unit. The M&E Officer will work closely with Sustainability teams to assess field conditions, support capacity building initiatives, and facilitate the collection of quality data under the supervision of the M&E Manager. S/he may be assigned to focus on Data analysis and support on project progress reporting, program impact evaluation and learnings.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Support the development and roll out of Monitoring and Evaluation Frameworks, guidelines, plans or tools to guide quality Monitoring and Evaluation in the projects.
- Regularly review Monitoring and Evaluation plans, tools and other documents such as results matrices, reporting templates etc., as may be necessary in coordination with relevant colleagues or partners
- Conduct periodic Field visits to project sites, to ascertain and promote adherence to agreed standards and timelines of implementation, create greater awareness of reporting
- Prepare periodic internal reports by providing Monitoring and Evaluation data and content, ensuring that results are aligned to indicators outlined in results matrices and that reports are results based to improve quality of reporting
- Provide feedback to project managers for programme revisions and amendments based on monitoring or evaluation findings
- Contribute towards the strengthening and deepening of monitoring and evaluation functions in Sustainability through regular monitoring checks of projects.
- Provide capacity building on Monitoring and Evaluation to field staff including through training, mentorship, coaching and sharing of information
- Assist with materials development in the form of programme theory and logic models, monitoring and evaluation data collection instruments, training manuals and presentations
- Play a lead role in projects involving other contracted evaluators and researchers.
ABOUT YOU
- Degree in Monitoring and Evaluation, Project Management ; Development Studies, Economics; Computer science, Statistics, Business Administration, or other related social sciences
- 3 years’ experience in the cocoa industry of Ghana with a specific Monitoring and Evaluation training certification in a similar role is an added advantage.
- Knowledge of and ability to develop logic models and indicators
- Knowledge in Data analysis software such as python, Google Data studio or Microsoft Power Bi will be an added advantage
- Knowledge of and ability to design monitoring and evaluation instruments (interview schedules, questionnaires etc.)
- Demonstrated knowledge of monitoring and evaluation principles and methods
- Experience in agri-environment issues, child labor, farmer livelihood highly desirable
- Strong analytical and critical skills to ensure excellence in data and consistency in KPI reporting
- Excellent communication skills – verbal, written to include report writing
- Proficiency in MS Office application – Word, PowerPoint and Excel to a competent standard.
- Good understanding of quantitative and qualitative research methods
- Ability to manage a diverse team of professionals and proven organizational skills, including time-management
JOB OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE