JOBS IN ARUSHA , closing date: 12th February, 2016

The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, known by its Spanish acronym, CIMMYT®, is a not-for-profit
research and training organization with partners in over 100 countries. Please refer to our website for more information:
www.cimmyt.cgiar.org.

CIMMYT is seeking for a dynamic, self-motivated, Monitoring, Learning and Evaluation Officer to support implementation ofactivities of DTMASS project and providing technical support to in-country partners (private/public seed companies, NARS,NGOs).

The Position:
The Monitoring, Learning and Evaluation Officer has the responsibility for providing timely and high-quality data collection, analyses and reporting of in-country maize seed production and promotion efforts under the six-country CIMMYT DTMASS (Drought-Tolerant Maize for Africa Seed Scaling) Project.

The selected candidate will work with and report to CIMMYT’s Senior Project M&E Specialist. The position is based at CIMMYT office in Arusha, Tanzania. CIMMYT in Arusha is hosted by the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) -
(www.ciat.cgiar.org).

Main duties and responsibilities include:
 Under the direction of the Senior Project M&E Specialist, implement a monitoring, evaluation and learning (MLE)
framework in-country
 Support Project partners (local seed companies and quality control agencies) set up regular data collection systems
to record Project indicators and maintain quality assurance of their data
 Ensure data compliance with CIMMYT and donor (USAID) indicator requirements, including measuring Gender
issues
 Ensure complete, quality and timely data and reporting of partner and Project data to the Senior Project M&E
Specialist
 Support the Project with knowledge management (analysis, reporting and feedback mechanisms) of Project
progress, successes and challenges
 Build the M&E capacity of in-country partners, providing technical assistance as needed and participating in Project
capacity building workshops when required
 Support in-country research and other data collection efforts as needed (securing and training enumerators; etc.)
 Support Senior M&E Specialist and CIMMYT SEP staff in design and testing of data collection instruments including:
Surveys; Key Informant Interviews; Focus Group discussions; Observation; self-assessment surveys; etc.
 Collect and summarize in-country secondary data on the maize seed sector as needed/ directed by the Senior MLE
Specialist
 Support CIMMYT Communications staff in preparing materials for publication on DTMASS efforts and project
success stories
Required competencies, skills and experience:
 Masters’ Degree in International Development, Agricultural Economics, Business or related field (Bachelors’ degree
with outstanding experience may be considered).
 Minimum 5-7 years’ experience in development program with expertise in M&E, analysis strategies; field research
design
 Experience with field data collection and quality control coupled with experience recruiting and managing data
enumerators
 M&E capacity building and training
 Experience designing and field testing indicators and survey instruments
International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
Recruiting a Monitoring, Learning & Evaluation Officer
for CIMMYT
 Data instrument design: Household and other Surveys; Key Informant Interviews; Focus Group discussions;
Observation; self-assessment surveys; etc.
 Experience with major international donor project experience highly desired
 MS Office software – especially Excel; ACCESS, SPSS and others are preferred
 Knowledge of and skills in Gender indicators.

Terms of employment:
CIMMYT is an equal opportunity employer. It fosters a multicultural work environment that values gender equality,
teamwork, and respect for diversity.

This is a national position and will be for an initial period of Two (2) Years, renewable subject to three (3) months’ probation,
assessment of performance, and availability of funding.

How to apply:
Applicants are invited to visit http://ciat.cgiar.org/ciat-jobs to submit their applications for this position.

Applications closing date: 12 th February, 2016
Only short listed candidates will be contacted