Project Assistant 06 / Monitoring & Evaluation Assistant - Tanzania

Organization Overview

The International Economic Growth Division manages projects that are pioneering new approaches to agriculture, food security, climate change, and competitiveness—as well as monitoring and evaluating projects within these sectors. We work throughout Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East for chiefly governmental clients, including the US Agency for International Development (USAID), the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the Inter-American Development Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the World Bank and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Opportunity 

The USAID Market-Based Solutions (MBS) Project is a key activity of the Feed the Future (FtF) initiative, a major U.S. Government effort which aims to address the root causes of global hunger by sustainably increasing agricultural productivity to meet the demand for food; supporting and facilitating access to strong markets; increasing incomes for the poor so that they can meet their food and other needs; and reducing malnutrition.

Under the supervision of the Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist, the Monitoring and Evaluation Assistant will be available to provide site-office support to the Tanzania MBS project.
 

Key Responsibilities

The Monitoring and Evaluation Assistant will work closely with the Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist to accomplish the following:

• Work with all technical staff and partners in the process of collecting and reporting on monitoring data, explain the roles of each staff member/partner and train each on the indicator definitions and the data collection process and systems. She will develop a system to communicate these requirements to each of the client organizations as well.
• Using the system developed, supervise collection of data on a periodic-most often quarterly-basis, analyze these data, and provide the analysis to the Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist and the technical team for inclusion in regular reporting.
• Travel periodically to the field to check the quality of the monitoring data by seeing the collection process at work and reviewing the key concepts in the indicators.
• Support the Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist in collecting “success stories” outlining specific areas of success under the project.  These can be guidelines for project staff to understand what represents a success story, outline and format, and deadlines.
• Assist the Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist in other related tasks as necessary.
• Conduct data collections in satellite offices.

Skills Prerequisites

• Must be fluent in English and Swahili.
• Computer literate (Word, Excel, Power Point, and at least one M&E tool)
• Willing to be based in Morogoro and travel frequently

Minimum Qualifications

2+ years of experience OR the equivalent combination of education and experience.

This position is located in Tanzania. 

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