Summary
Date Posted: Thursday, February 03, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Project name; PHL Venture – Last-mile Business Model Innovation Pilot
PHL Venture Project is a pre-existing portfolio project of the WFP Innovation Accelerator, launched to implement innovative business models to make post-harvest loss (PHL) technologies affordable and accessible for farmers in developing countries, while ensuring commercial viability for supply chain actors.

In collaboration with public- and private- sector partners, and governments, the project intends to enable conducive ecosystems that minimize food losses and eventually foster economic recovery for smallholder farmers.
iDE Zambia has received 1 Year funding from Bayer to pilot innovative last mile business models to make post-harvest loss (PHL) technologies affordable and accessible for farmers at the last mile. Proven models will be scaled and local knowledge networks will be created, building on partnerships with the private sector, governments, NGOs, and other agencies of the United Nations.

Key activities and output under this Project shall include,
• Collaborating with design consultants contracted by WFP in the ideation and subsequent testing / piloting of innovative business models in the targeted rural markets.
• Design appropriate marketing/sales strategies as part of the business model testing informed by the ‘STP’ (segmentation, targeting, positioning) strategic marketing approach to deliver competitive value proposition to customers.
• Identify and engage lead-private sector suppliers of targeted PHL technologies in market performance driven partnerships.
• Forging and leveraging SMART collaborations with complementary projects within iDE Zambia and with government line ministries.
• Leveraging the farm business advisor (FBA) network to promote a competitive supplier engaged rural marketing and supply chain (distribution network) for PHL technologies
• Adaptive Management, data gathering and management (through digital technologies), learning and advocacy.

iDE Zambia is now looking for suitable candidates to fill the following vacant positions on the project
Monitoring Evaluation and Learning Officer
Location: – Central -Kabwe

Key Responsibilities:
The Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Officer will be responsible for the design, coordination and implementation of the monitoring and evaluation, research, and learning framework of the PHL Project. He/she will develop a systematic monitoring framework to improve the qualitative and quantitative evidence gathered by the Project. He/she will also provide technical assistance to the implementing projects, particularly in relation to monitoring, reporting and use of Monitoring feedback.

Specific Duties:
R1 M&E system set up and planning:
• Participate in the review of the project results frame including performance indicators
• Participate in the development and/or finalization of the project Work Plan and keep it updated in accordance with project activities and timeframes.
• Develop the overall framework, for PHL project M&E, including mid-term project review, impact assessment, final evaluation,
• Develop Performance Monitoring Plan with relevant data collection systems.
• Review existing data in the PHL project areas, the methods of data collection, and appropriate baseline statistics for impact evaluation.
• Document baseline data for PHL as well as project indicators.
• With M&E Unit and collaborating projects and partners, review existing approaches and management information systems and agree on any required changes, support and resources.
• Develop a plan for project-related capacity building on M&E including any support for digitization required.
• Organize and undertake training with collaborating project staff and partners on M&E as required.
R2. Implementation of M&E and Coordination:
• Collect data on a regular basis to measure achievement against the performance indicators.
• Conduct data quality checks.
• Maintain and manage the PHL database; analyse and aggregate findings.
• Participate in project progress reporting, Bi-annual review and final evaluation.
• Identify areas where technical support to project partners is required and conduct training on M&E for field teams and data collectors as required.
• Identify lessons learned and develop case studies to capture qualitative outputs of the PHL project.
R3 Communication:
• Prepare reports on M&E findings and presentations based on M&E data
• Provide the Project Manager with management information she/he may require.
• Ensure that monitoring data are discussed in appropriate forum and in a timely fashion in terms of implications for action as and when necessary, including organizing such discussions as necessary.

Education:
• First university degree in agriculture, Agriculture economics, statistics, demographics, or related field.
• Added advanced certificate in M&E preferred.

Experience, Skills and Attributes Required
• Minimum of three(3) years of professional experience in a position responsible for project management or implementing M&E activities of smallholder agriculture..
• Experience in designing, implementing, and operating project M&E systems from project initiation to closeout stages.
• Experience in designing and managing beneficiary monitoring and database systems.
• Experience in planning and performance measurement, including indicator tracking, target setting, reporting, database management, and developing M&E and performance monitoring plans.
• Knowledge of the major evaluation methodologies (e.g. qualitative, quantitative, mixed-method, and impact) and data collection and analysis methodologies.
• Experience in planning and managing surveys.
• Experience in developing and refining electronic data collection tools.
• Experience with data quality assessments and supervision.
• Ability to facilitate and serve as project liaison for externally-managed evaluations.
• Languages: Excellent written and spoken command of English. Knowledge of Local language in PHL project areas preferred.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 36

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure
i. Application should be in e-mail with the CV as the only attachment.
ii. Clearly reference the project and position you are applying for.
iii. Only applicants with the necessary experience and qualifications should respond to this advert.
iv. Female candidates are encouraged to apply
v. Applications should be mailed to zambiarecruitment@ideglobal.org by 18th February 2022.

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