Monitoring & Evaluation Associate at One Acre Fund

Monitoring & Evaluation Associate Job Responsibilities

• Goal–oriented survey design, field-testing of survey instruments, and revision.
  Supervise 3–5 M&E supervisors, 20–30 full–time M&E data collectors, 4 data entry staff, plus casuals. This will include the following duties:
• Regular mentorship of M&E managers through field visits, meetings, and career reviews.
• In–field supervision of key M&E activities, with an eye to “perfect” quality standard.
• Quality–control and supervision of data entry, with zero tolerance for data–entry errors.
• In–field follow–up on errors.
• Hire and develop M&E data collectors.
• Update hiring protocols, and use them to hire top–quality data collectors.
• Conduct regular trainings to improve skills of data collectors.
• Appropriately deal with under–performing staff.
• Innovation on new methods such as tablet–based data collection.
• Data analysis to draw both early and final conclusions and actionable recommendations.

Qualifications for the Monitoring & Evaluation Associate Job

• We are seeking exceptional professionals with 1 to 5+ years of work experience, and a demonstrated long–term passion for international development.
• We are looking for truly extraordinary candidates that will help take our organization to the next levels of impact and scale. This is a competitive posting for a career-track role with minimum initial commitment of two years. Candidates who fit the following criteria are strongly encouraged to apply:
• Strong work experiences. Examples include a demanding professional work experience, or successful entrepreneurial experience (e.g. starting a field program in a developing country, leading a conference, starting a business, solid Peace Corps accomplishments).
• Prior field–based M&E experience is required.
• More importantly, we are seeking someone with proven entrepreneurial and leadership experience – the vast majority of the job is to monitor and improve M&E operations in the field.
• Statistical knowledge is nice to have, but we also have experts who can help with that side of things.
• Leadership experience at work, or outside of work.
• Top–performing undergraduate record (please include GPA and test scores on your resume). Master’s degree is not required.
• Humility and personal stability. We have a fantastic and likable team. We are looking for passionate professionals that combine strong leadership skills with good humor, patience, and a humble approach to service.
• A willingness to commit to living in East Africa for at least two years – this is a long–term, career–track role.
• The ideal candidate will have at least one year demonstrated experience working in the developing world, although this is not a strict requirement.
• Language – French and English required for Rwanda; English for Kenya