Project M&E Officer at Human Asset Consultants

Key Roles and Responsibilities.

• In liaison with Head of Agricultural Services, design, develop and review the M&E system for the project and be responsible for keeping it updated;
• Support the execution of project M&E activities as outlined by the project M&E plan including surveys, evaluation, learning and research;
• In coordination with the Head of Agricultural Services, identify and manage data sources for the GLP-IF project;
• Identify the needs for data collection and take lead in the development and roll out of data collection tools and approaches;
• Ensure correct targeting of project respondents (with a strong focus on People with Disability) in the project, ensuring both women and men are included;
• Collecting, collating, cleaning, compiling, analyzing, and reporting data for key programmatic outputs and outcomes indicators;
• Ensure that data reported by the project meets the minimum data quality standards of; reliability, integrity, validity, timeliness and accuracy;
• Validate and verify core indicators against the identified sources of information;
• Support data entry and processing system calculating performance indicators, identification of implementation patterns, setbacks, and successful practices;
• Ensure timely provision of data for weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual donor reports based on agreed performance indicators;
• Undertake monthly field visits to support and supervise data collection and data quality verification;
• Maintain an updated GLP-IF project participants database system with continuous data entry and cleaning;
• Participate in Data Quality Assessments (DQA) by preparing the required project documents, providing details explanations of MEL processes and accompanying the DQA team for field-based data verification;
• Communicate to the project team on desired level of compliance on use of company policies and procedures;
• Work closely with the Agri services technical teams to enhance their understanding of indicators, project beneficiaries, reporting requirement and understanding of the MEL system;
• Lead the design and implementation of learning framework for the GLP-IF program;
• Office management i.e., information, communication, resources, procurement, and courier management.

Required Qualifications and Key Competencies

Academic Qualifications

• A bachelor’s degree in Statistics, Economics or Social Sciences;
• Basic training in Monitoring, Evaluation, Reporting and Learning will be an advantage;
• Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Applications (Windows, Word, Excel, PowerPoint).

Experience and Other Requirements

• Minimum of 2 years of professional experience in an M&E position responsible for implementing M&E activities or a similar role;
• Experience in database design;
• Demonstrated experience in handling large volumes of data and data base management systems;
• Experience and Skills in data analysis and visualization;
• Demonstrated experience in web-based platforms /mobile-based applications for online data collection;
• Experience in USAID-funded programs is highly desired and will be an added advantage;
• Outstanding analytical and problem-solving skills;
• Ability to work under minimal supervision;
• Proactive;
• Ability to deliver results under very strict deadlines.