Summary
Date Posted: Tuesday, February 09, 2021 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Job Title: M&E Officer – TRALARD
Company: Self Help Africa (SHA)
Department: Programmes
Location: Kasama
Contract Type: 2 years
Reports to: Head of M&E
Purpose: Self Help Africa works with smallholder farmers in 9 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa to increase production and productivity, achieve better returns on investment and provide sufficient quantities and quality of food for their families to have a nutritious diet.
The M&E Officer works as part of the Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Team to support the development of monitoring and evaluation systems in all technical areas of SHA’s development work.
The role will focus on implementation of our organisational M&E approach on the TRALARD project.
You will train our staff and partners in the use of our assessment tools and supervise data collection when needed.
You are responsible for the implementation of the M&E processes on the TALARD project. This includes the whole M&E cycle from M&E plans, logframes & Theory of Change through process preparation, training, data collection, analysing data and writing reports all in a timely manner to ensure that findings and recommendations can be integrated accordingly.
As a member of the M&E Team you will coordinate with other members of the team to ensure integrated M&E approaches throughout the organisation.
You will document and share learning across the organisation.
This role involves a significant amount of travelling in Zambia. .

Key Responsibilities:
Lead on M&E plans which includes:
1. Planning of resources (human & financial)
2. Theory of Change and logframes
3. Creation of M&E tools when new indicators are used (Kobo toolbox/ Filemaker Go)
• Support and train staff (partners) in data collection using handhelds
• Lead on Livelihood zoning and Wealth ranking excercises.
• Support improvement of monitoring and evaluation processes across the organisation which includes participatory M&E approaches and integrating feedback to our staff, partners and project participants.
• Supervises all beneficiary data bases in Zambia and ensures that the M&E reporting template is up to date.
• You will support the Head of Programme in Zambia with quarterly and annual reports through delivering of updated M&E figures.
• Assist Project Managers in developing indicator tracking tools to capture quantitative and qualitative data for project performance indicators. Ensure that processes are in place to allow for systematic and inclusive feedback to communities and stakeholders on all programme reports and evaluations undertaken
• Lead on Mid Term Reviews, and writes ToRs for baselines, endlines and evaluations. Lead on the selection of consultants for M&E.
• Contribute to ensuring that key learnings are integrated into the projects and across the organisation.
• Organise learning workshops in Zambia to discuss findings, improvements and observations of the M&E work.
• Work together with the other members of the M&E team and technical advisors on improving technical excellence and impact of all Self Help Africa programmes.
• Advise on log-frames and theories of change in new project proposals for Zambia.
• Any reasonable duty may be assigned that is consistent with the job and its level of responsibility.
• Acuisity of potential M&E support/ contracts
Key Relationships: Internal
• Head of M&E (direct report)
• M&E advisors (African countries)
• Head of Programme & Programme Managers in Zambia
• PSCs/ assistants?
External
• Programme Partners
• M&E network in Zambia Knowledge and Experience
• Experience with data collection in large surveys
• Minimum of 3 years experience in international development
• Experience in monitoring and evaluation systems.
• Experience with data analysing

Job Skills: Not Specified

Qualifications/Other Requirements Essential
• Proven data collection experience in Rural settings preferable in Africa/Zambia
• Excellent ICT skills in data analysing using MS excel
• Degree or equivalent experience in international development.
• Working knowledge of MS Office including MS Word, MS Excel and MS Powerpoint.
• Proven experience in training and capacity building in M&E practices
• Expertise in designing data collection tools, sampling methodologies.
• Experience of database management (Salesforce preferable).
• Commitment to the vision and values of GSHA.
Preferable
• IHM & HEA experience
• Experience with data analysing systems like: SPSS, SAS. STATA, etc.
Role Competencies
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to work as part of an international team across jurisdictions and cultures.
• Abilty to deliver reports in a timely manner
• Ability to work with minimum supervision.
• Ability to train and mentor others.
• Ability to solve problems and take corrective action.

Job Education Requirements: Degree or equivalent experience

Job Experience Requirements: Not Specified

Work Hours: 8

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This Job Description only serves as a guide and SHA reserves the right to make necessary changes.
To apply for this job email your details to zambia-jobs@selfhelpafrica.net 

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