Monitoring and Evaluation Advisor

GIZ- Internal/External Vacancy Announcement #103/2020

GIZ- EU Support to SLMP Project 

The Sustainable Land Management Program (SLMP) is one of the Flagship programs of the Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources of the Ethiopian government. It has been designed under the long-term (2009-2023) Ethiopia Strategic Investment Framework for Sustainable Land Management (ESIF) and the Agricultural Sector Policy and Investment Framework (PIF). Both are designed to strengthen domestic and foreign support as well as planning of investments that contribute to Ethiopia’s agricultural growth and development agenda for addressing issues related to the existing challenges related to land and water resources.

The European Union (EU) support to the Sustainable Land Management Project/EU support to SLMP (2016 - 2020) is an area-oriented landscape management project dedicated to increasing the productivity of land through implementing climate resilient sustainable land management technologies thereby improving the livelihood of targeted community contributing to the development and environmental goals of the flagship program, SLMP of Ethiopia. The project follows a new approach that operates concentrating on geographically distinct priority areas known as ecoregions specifically the Bale Mountains National Park (BMNP) and Yayu coffee-forest Biosphere Reserve (YCFBR) areas named as Bale ecoregion (BER) and Yayu ecoregion (YER) respectively. In both ecoregions, even the core zones are insufficiently protected from human activities and livestock movements while economic activities are allowed within defined limits in buffer and transitional zones. Because these buffer and transitional zones are somehow densely populated, significant pressure is being exerted on the protected reserve areas. The EU support to SLMP is working towards conserving the two ecoregions that has a benefit beyond the stated goal of the program in that both ecoregions have a global image and implication. 

In order to fulfill the monitoring and evaluation needs for intended goals, the project needs to recruit proficient consultant/personnel with specific expertise as stipulated here under.   

Responsibilities:

The Monitoring and Evaluation advisor will be responsible for the following duties:

• Develop and implement tools for results-based monitoring of the project progress and achievements based on the overall M&E framework
• Support and guide data collection in the field in coordination with all relevant stakeholders
• Develop and implement tools for data management
• Implement and coordinate data collection, processing and analysis for baseline and endline studies and constant follow-ups
• Collate and analyze progress data and present in a timely manner in line with reporting schedules and as need arises in the course of project implementation
• Plan and guide national and international short-term experts for PM&E
• Produce progress reports
• Provide relevant inputs for reporting beyond EU Support to SLMP
• Implement and coordinate evaluation of project impact
  

Tasks:

The Monitoring and evaluation advisor will perform the following tasks:

• Facilitate capacity building initiatives of staff and partners on M&E processes within the project
• Assist the project Government partners on planning and Result based monitoring and evaluation
• Liaison and share Monitoring and Evaluation information with relevant partners
• Work closely with the project coordination units and relevant partners
• Perform other duties and tasks at the request of management.

Required qualifications, experiences and competences: 

• Master’s Degree or equivalent in applied social sciences, development economics, socio-economy, rural development or related subject
• Minimum of 5 years professional experience in PM&E, preferably acquired in rural development projects
• Proven record of establishing M&E systems
• Thorough experience in application of participatory approaches
• Thorough knowledge on planning methods
• Good English language skills, both written and oral.

·         Knowledge of the local language (Affan Oromo) is an asset.

• Experience in data collection, statistical analysis, qualitative research, and dissemination of results
• Excellent communication skills to handle stakeholders with different interests, practice active listening as core principle of advice, capability of concise and coherent reporting along standard formats
• Excellent computer skills esp. Microsoft Office and statistical software packages commonly used for data analysis, Power BI and GIS applications
• Knowledge and understanding of SLMP guiding documents (PIM, RMB&E, CBPWDG, Exit Strategy, etc.)

• High degree of initiative, integrity and accountability
• Flexibility and ability to work under pressure.
• Capacity to work in teams and conflict management skills.
• Solution orientation
• Good communication, interpersonal skills and team spirit
  

The following further knowledge and additional competencies have good credit for selection

• Excellent knowledge of the GIZ rules and regulations
• Proven Knowledge of virtual communication particularly MS Teams
• Good understanding and knowledge of the MoA and other development partners (the World Bank and KfW)