Monitoring and Evaluation Coordinator – Coastal Rural Support Programme – Tanzania

The Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) has been working in East Africa for thirty years and pursues innovative solutions to the seemingly intractable problems that lead to poverty. AKF is an equal opportunity employer committed to employee well-being. In Tanzania, AKF is managing a robust and expanding portfolio of multi-sectorial initiatives that includes programmes in sustainable economic development, education, early childhood development, health, nutrition and civil society strengthening. AKF is looking for well qualified professionals to fill the following three positions for Tanzania.

Monitoring and Evaluation Coordinator – Coastal Rural Support Programme – Tanzania (CRSP-T)

Duty Station: Mtwara, Tanzania

If you are looking for a position that will test your analytical and management skills to their limit then please apply. Reporting to the Manager, Monitoring and Evaluation, Action Research and Communication (MEARC), the M&E Coordinator will manage and coordinate the monitoring, evaluation and learning agenda for AKF’s multi-sector Coastal Rural Support Programme in Lindi and Mtwara regions which includes economic and social sector programming. The incumbent will manage the M&E team and be responsible for designing and implementing M&E frameworks and systems in order to ensure efficient and effective tracking of progress against CRSP(T)’s activities, outputs and outcomes, facilitating sector managers in the use of M&E outputs for planning and management, ensuring production of high quality reports for donors and AKF management.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Manage, coordinate and deliver on the M&E agenda of CRSP(T), ensuring that tools, systems, capacities and resources are in place to implement the various PMFs and report on agreed indicators
• With support from the MEARC, design M&E frameworks and systems in order to ensure efficient and effective tracking of progress against CRSP (T)’s activities, outputs and outcomes
• Lead the implementation of required assessment, qualitative and quantitative studies and surveys and output monitoring to track progress of the CRSP(T) grants. Facilitate sector managers in the use of M&E outputs for planning and management
• Ensure production of high quality reports for donors and AKF management, and documentation and dissemination of lessons learnt
• Manage and mentor the M&E team, ensuring capacity building needs are met
• In collaboration with the MEARC, manage and maintain the M&E budget and coordinate all matters pertaining to the budget.

Qualifications/Experience:

• Post-graduate degree, preferably in Economics, Statistics, Business Administration or relevant field;
• Minimum 6 years of professional experience in monitoring and evaluation of rural development programmes particularly in agriculture and market development; at least 3 of these years in an M&E-related management position.
• Knowledge of Results-Based Management (RBM), including how to develop logic models and how to develop SMART indicators;
• Demonstrated ability in design and implementation of quantitative surveys and qualitative studies
• Qualitative research experience an advantage
• Ability to use statistical packages and data entry systems for quantitative data (e.g. Ms Access, CSPro, or others);
• Demonstrated capacity to write high quality results-based and donor reports;
• Excellent written and verbal English language skills; Proficiency in Kiswahili is highly desirable;
• Strong people management skills;
• Ability to live in remote areas and travel to remote field locations.

HOW TO APPLY:

Candidates interested in these unique positions are requested to submit their CVs (not exceeding 3 pages) including contact details of three professional references and a covering letter to the Country Director - Aga Khan Foundation, Tanzania, by e-mail to recruitment@akfea.org by cob Tuesday, 1stMarch, 2016. Please clearly indicate “Application for Programme Director – CRSP (T) or M&E Co-ordinator CRSP(T) or Senior Programme officer (Health & Nutrition) -Tanzania” in your email subject. Please note that due to the volume of applications, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.