Impact Assessment and Monitoring & Evaluation Expert

IMPACT ASSESSMENT AND MONITORING & EVALUATION (M&E) EXPERT

 

icipe — African Insect Science for Food and Health is a world-class research centre with a mission to alleviate poverty by ensuring food security, improving health, protecting the environment and building the capacity of researchers and communities across the developing world, through the application of insect sciences. Employing more than 500 national and international staff, icipe is headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya with outposts in Ethiopia and on the shores of Lake Victoria in western Kenya. icipe has a proud reputation and history of delivering world-quality science that has made crucial contributions to African food and health policy, delivered development outcomes to rural communities, and has been at the forefront of building Africa’s biological research capacity. The Centre’s research activities span the African continent with partnerships linking research organisations, not only across Africa, but also the globe. In addition, more than 100 graduate students and a number of postdoctoral fellows contribute to icipe’s research portfolio annually. For more information visit: www.icipe.org

 

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icipe is seeking to appoint an outstanding, dynamic and self-motivated Impact Assessment and Monitoring & Evaluation Expert (M&E) to support a major initiative targeted at reducing youth unemployment in regional Ethiopia through the deployment of icipe technologies in silk and honey production, and manage a monitoring, research and evaluation system. The selected candidate will be based at icipe’s Ethiopia office, on the ILRI campus. This is a two-year contract, renewable after successfully completing a six-month probation period of the first contract. A competitive and generous compensation package, including child education allowance up to university first degree, health and life insurance, generous pension, housing and transport allowances, duty free privileges, home leave and relocation allowances, and much more, will be offered to the right candidate. Only shortlisted candidates will be acknowledged.

 

Job Description

The role of the M&E Expert will be to develop and implement a monitoring and evaluation system (including monitoring and evaluation of inputs, both direct and indirect), contribute to project design and development, and help create a learning environment where project M&E is used to inform the project activities.

 

Primary Responsibilities

1.Establish and manage a performance monitoring framework with clear-cut goals, outcomes, outputs, inputs, processes, indicators, data needs and sources, and the reporting formats and frequency, for effective monitoring, reporting and updating progress of the project.

2.Develop a comprehensive data collection/analysis system, including socio-economic baseline conditions in the target areas, and collect periodic data and information against the baseline to assess and report on the overall development of these areas. Baseline data will be collected through survey and review of existing information.

3.Monitor and follow up progress, for instance, on various trainings, meetings, reports, and working papers, with concerned authorities.

4.Identify key issues, lessons learned, and best practices.

5.Organise and conduct mid-term and post-project evaluations in the target area.

6.Supervise staff in support of impact assessment and monitoring & evaluation activities.

7.Report on impact assessment and monitoring & evaluation activities to partners and project management.

 

Requirements/Qualifications

1.A master’s degree in project management, or in the social sciences (such as rural development, economics, agricultural economics, or similar relevant developmental field).

2.A highly desirable requirement would be at least 5 years of progressively responsible experience in impact assessment and monitoring & evaluation in a donor-funded project.

 

Core Competencies

Experience with information technology and tools is especially valuable, including:

•  Impact assessment and M&E information tracking systems,
• Project management tools.
• Mobile data collection tools and practices,
• GIS tools and analysis.
• Good understanding of value chain concepts.

Other desirable attributes

• Strong interpersonal skills.
• A high level of professional written and verbal communication.

Reporting

This position reports to icipe’s Project Team Leader

 

The selected candidate should be available to start as soon as possible.

 

HOW TO APPLY

 

Applications will be accepted up to 5th November 2015, or until the position is filled, whichever is earlier. Interested applicants should submit: (a) a confidential cover letter, (b) detailed CV with names and addresses of 3 referees (including e-mail addresses, fax numbers), and (c) a statement of suitability.

 

Candidates are required to apply online through: http://recruit.icipe.org

 

                                             icipe is an Equal Opportunity Employer