Jobs at Farsight Africa Group

This role’s core responsibility will be to steer strategic outcomes, proactively manage risks, and cultivate strong alignment across stakeholders to ensure project success and long-term impact at Farsight Africa Group covering the countries of operation.

Project Management

• Mange the execution of work plans, budgets, and team assignments under the client Long Term Agreement (LTA) with Farsight Africa Group
• Own implementation of client-requested research tasks across Somalia’s federal member states
• Ensure compliance with donor reporting cycles, contracting, and deliverables.

Team Leadership

• Lead cross-functional technical and field teams, including both internal and consultant staff
• Conduct onboarding, mentoring, and periodic performance assessments • Create a collaborative, high-performance work culture

Stakeholder Engagement

• Act as secondary liaison with client focal points and stabilization partners
• Lead coordination operations calls, ad-hoc donor briefings, and engagement with national counterparts
• Translate Farsight’s fieldwork into insights that inform client stabilization programming

Learning & Strategic Delivery

• Lead integration of Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) insights into project design and strategic pivots
• Own and ensure the quality, timeliness, and relevance of all project deliverables
• Direct adaptive management processes in response to evolving field conditions and shifting partner priorities, driving agile and responsive program execution

REQUIREMENTS:

• Master’s degree in Project Management, Development Studies, or related field
• Minimum 7 – 10 years of experience in managing complex projects and leading teams
• Proven ability to manage budgets, timelines, and multi-stakeholder environments
• Strong leadership, communication, and conflict resolution skills
• Demonstrated ability in writing Research and M& E Proposals
• Extensive national and international (Somalia) experience in project management
• Familiarity with the socio-cultural context of East Africa
• Excellent writing and communication skills in English

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DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

The Main Responsibility will be aimed at delivering comprehensive research services and technical support at Farsight Africa Group covering the countries of operation. Contribute to the development and profile of our research expertise with clients and key influencers.

Research Design & QA Implementation

• Lead QA review of all methodologies, survey tools, and analytical frameworks
• Provide technical input on in-depth context analyses, conflict assessments, and thematic studies required under the clientengagement.
• Ensure adherence to international best practices in research ethics and data quality

M&E Systems and Reporting

• Design MEL systems aligned with client stabilization frameworks
• Guide indicator development and logistical frame alignment for all ToR-driven research cycles (baseline, midline, endline)
• Ensure evidence generated feeds directly into client reporting and programmatic adaptation

Analysis, Validation, and Learning

• Oversee data synthesis and insight generation from qualitative and quantitative sources
• Lead internal and client-facing quality control checkpoints for dashboards, assessments, and final reports
• Support learning sessions with clientteams and stakeholders.

Capacity Building & Team Leadership

• Mentor research officers and QA staff at Farsight
• Provide input into recruitment and onboarding of short-term technical experts
• Serve as a methodological focal point across multiple concurrent client tasks

REQUIREMENTS:

• Master’s degree in Social Sciences, M&E, Development Studies, or a related field.
• Minimum 7 years of experience in research/M&E, including in donor-funded, fragile contexts.
• Proven ability to review and improve research deliverables
• Familiarity with UN programs and stabilization-oriented data ecosystems
• Proficiency in analytical software (e.g., STATA, R, Nvivo)
• Strong understanding of results-based management and participatory research approaches
• Excellent communication, leadership, and report-writing skills
• Proven ability to manage timelines, and multi-stakeholder environments
• Demonstrated ability in executing Research and M& E Proposals to UN agencies
• Extensive national and international (Somalia) experience in project management
• Familiarity with the socio-cultural context of East Africa
• Excellent writing and communication skills in English