Monitoring and Evaluation Officer x 1
Ngo & Social Services Jobs
- Leonard Cheshire Disability Z…
- Expires 12 Jun 2025
- Harare
- Full Time
Job Description
Contract: Fixed Term Contract
The Monitoring and Evaluation Officer shall be responsible for efficient and effective monitoring, evaluation of all project activities in the 3 countries’ 20 selected districts in compliance with the donor award regulations and in line with LCDZ policies and procedures.
Duties and Responsibilities
• Responsible for establishing a reliable and consistent set of Outcome Indicators for all project activities as well as developing an organization-wide core set of indicators.
• Regularly review and improve the M&E system by seeking stakeholder inputs and through consultations with partner organizations.
• Develop a standardized community baseline socio-economic template for project.
• Develop systematic protocols such as Most Significant Change qualitative story methodology.
• Develop, in coordination with the Finance Department, a system to ensure that the project planning including inputs and targets, is aligned with the overall programme log-frames and other types of M&E indicators.
• Training, guiding, mentoring and support Project Officers in the use of the M&E frameworks and tools.
• Synthesize and analyze data for summary and thematic reports on M&E findings.
• Support the design and implementation of baseline/midline/and other surveys according to the approved work plans. Support the Project Officers in the revision of work plans and strategies In collaboration with the Programmes Coordinator.
• Develop, refine and manage the process for regular reporting on findings and coordinate with appropriate project personnel and consortium partners for the dissemination of information.
• Manage day-to-day operations of the M&E system, including support of field officers in continued implementation of M&E tools and instruments.
• Provide technical assistance and data for the M&E component of grant proposal development and modification
• Foster and coordinate partnerships for independent, external assessments to attain good quality, third-party evaluation studies.
• Create and maintain online and hardcopy M&E procedure manuals for field staff.
• Coordinate, develop and facilitate training materials and presentations for capacity building of M&E staff in other partner organisations.
• Keep abreast of the latest developments in M&E and network with other organizations for best practices and technical assistance.
Qualifications and Experience
▪ Bachelor’s degree in social sciences, development studies, economics or relevant field preferred.
▪ Prior experience with performance monitoring and evaluation for development programs, including developing performance indicators, data collection and analysis.
▪ Skills and preferably experience with numerical methods and database management.
▪ Strong analytical skills.
▪ Excellent Oral and written communication skills.
▪ Excellent interpersonal skills and team player.
▪ Knowledge in the use of SPSS software, Microsoft Excel highly preferred.
▪ Minimum of 5 years of progressive work experience within the disability sector or community development
▪ Proven experience in project management and strong demonstratable skills in project design, planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation.
▪ Must be a team player who can work collaboratively internally with other departments and externally with other stakeholders
▪ Ability to work under minimum supervision and to perform multi-tasks
▪ Strong capacity to organize workload and meeting deadlines
▪ Clean Class 4 Driver’s license with at least 3 years driving experience.
How to Apply
To apply, please send your documents in PDF that includes your cover letter describing your interest, qualifications, contactable references, and your CV to Leonard Cheshire Disability Zimbabwe Human Resources at accounts@leonardcheshire.org.zw by end of day, Thursday 12th June 2025. Applications should be clearly marked with the position applied for in the email subject line.
Leonard Cheshire Disability Zimbabwe is an equal opportunity organization and encourages both female and male candidates to apply. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted. Applicants will be considered on a rolling basis and shortlisting will proceed as applications are received. These positions are subject to the organisation securing the grant.
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