M & E Officer - Eastern and Southern Africa
Reporting to the Regional Director
Her/his duties will include to:
- Develop and strengthen monitoring, inspection and evaluation procedures;
- Support program team and partners to monitor project activities, expenditure and progress towards achieving project outputs;
- Co-ordinate implemention of all research, monitoring and evaluation activities including designing, budgeting, planning for data collection, analysis and report writing;
- Develop monitoring and impact indicators for projects;
- Conduct capacity assessments on existing monitoring and evaluation systems of diakonie partners;
- Co-ordinate closely with partners for data planning, identification of data sources, and collection of data for monitoring purposes;
- Monitor and follow up progress on various proposals, meetings, reports, working papers etc. with concerned offices;
- Recommend further improvement of project design and logical frame work;
- Contribute to the preparation and implementation of project work plans, monitoring plan and technical interim,quarterly and annual reports on programs;
- Analysis of data for performance monitoring and evaluation to allow team to maintain a good overview of programm performance;
- Develop a thorough well-defined M & E plan that would serve as measurable guiding tool to determine impact of the program;
- Monitor and evaluate overall progress on achievement of results.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- University Degree preferably in social sciences such as Statistics , Economics or related field;
- At least 5 years of experience in the design and implementation of M&E/MIS in Relief programs implemented by international NGOs;
- In-depth knowledge of the Program Management Cycle;
- Experience in designing tools and strategies for data collection, analysis and production of reports;
- Proven ICT skills, especially in the development and use of database software;
- Expertise in analyzing data using statistical software;
- Strong training & facilitation skills;
- Proven ability to prioritize tasks, meet deadlines and work with limited supervision, pro-active and a good team-player;
- Knowledge of French will be a strong added advantage.
To receive an application form, send an email to: dea.recruitment@gmail.com
Applications must include an application form, cover letter, CV and a daytime telephone number.
The deadline for submission of applications is 24th October, 2014
All applications should be sent to: recruitment@diakonie-emergency-aid.com
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.