M & E Officer

Cesvi have been operating in Zimbabwe since 1998 in three key areas: environment, agriculture, and the health sector. Cesvi activities in the agricultural sector mainly revolves around supporting rural communities to transform traditional practices from subsistence farming to commercial farming and building resilience.

Cesvi in partnership with Cosv, in anticipation of an award for a 6 months project in Chiredzi District, have a vacancy for an M&E officer.

The activities are designed to protect, develop, rehabilitate, and strengthen livelihood assets in the 4 wards, supporting climate smart agriculture, entrepreneur skills building training, income generating projects, infrastructural rehabilitation and capacity building of community and district stakeholders.

Position status:  This position is subject to confirmation of funds from the donor.

JOB SUMMARY

 Key Responsibilities

The Monitoring and Evaluation Officer to continue to strengthen systems, practices and tools that foster a results-based approach to how the project is run, and support programme staff with their implementation; as well as advise the implementation of new and on-going programmes and projects from a M&E perspective. S/he will ensure that the project is gender responsive and integrates gender in all action areas. S/he will ensure that the necessary inputs for implementing actions are delivered in a timely manner.

Main tasks and responsibilities The M&E shall

• Work closely with the District Coordinator and other project staff to prepare and conduct baseline, field surveys and data collection, analysing, filing and reporting.
• With the support of Cesvi MEAL officer, develop and test the project MEAL plan. This includes guiding and supporting the programme staff in effectively using the tools. This will also include providing support to updating the project design and the logical framework in line with the project Logical framework plan.
• Conduct distribution process, post distribution monitoring, baseline and endline surveys.
• Further develop and streamline project management processes and tools and support the programme staff in effectively using them.
• Consolidate daily registration updates, programme meeting minutes and submit them to the District Coordinator.
• Act as the focal point at the district level for all methodology questions during programme and project implementation: inception, project reviews, evaluations, etc.
• Produce weekly reports, markets reports, monthly and quarterly reports pertaining to crops and livestock and submit them on time to the District Coordinator.
• Develop and support the implementation of project cycle management tools and policies.
• Contribute to program management through timely processing and dissemination of M&E findings and best practices to facilitate evidence-based planning and decision making.
• Support the internal project evaluations with the designated staff (including designing the evaluation, developing, and testing the data collection tools, taking part in data collection and analysis, drafting the evaluation report, etc.
• Analyse data using statistical packages and produce quality monthly monitoring reports and submit them timeously to the District Coordinator.
• Support information-sharing and compilation of lessons learned with the District Coordinator on programming issues.
• Implement a systematic monitoring framework to improve the qualitative and quantitative evidence gathered by the Project.
• Provide capacity building to programme team on M&E related issues to ensure everyone understands the M&E system.

QUALIFICATION AND EXPERIENCE

• Minimum Diploma in Agriculture, Statistics, Computer Science, Monitoring and & Evaluation, Social Sciences or equivalent.
• Professional qualification is a requirement.
• At least 5 years’ experience and technical skills in the NGOs sector.
• At least 2 years-experience in coordinating M&E funded activities. ▪ Ability to prioritize many demands

REQUIRED COMPETENCIES.

• Transparency: able to build trust and contribute to informed and responsible decision making by carrying out the work in a transparent manner; provides clear guidance to ensure that objectives and desired measurable results are understood by members of the team,
• Inclusiveness: understands and accepts cultural diversity and provide a tolerant, positive, and supportive working environment that fosters respect for diversity, demonstrates ability to work in a multicultural, multiethnic environment and to maintain effective working relations with people of different nationalities and cultural backgrounds,
• Professionalism: promote the organization’s interests, objectives, and values in a diligent and professional manner
• Accountability: takes responsibility for individual and collective actions, promotes the vision and mission of Cesvi.

Functional competencies

• Ability to work under pressure, as part of a team or independently, and meet deadlines consistently,
• Ability to respond to requests on short notice and simultaneously plan and execute several activities,
• Proven leadership, interpersonal, and cross-cultural skills, gender sensitivity, with the ability to build and motivate diverse teams,
• Excellent computer skills with experience in Microsoft office package, SPSS, KoBo and other computer software packages.
• Committed to continuous learning and proactive and mature attitude towards self-development;

THE POSITION IS OPEN TO ZIMBABWEAN NATIONALS ONLY.

NB: The recruitment is being done on a rolling basis, once we found the right person we will close before the deadline.

Interested suitably qualified and experienced persons should submit a CV (maximum 3 pages), inclusive of at least 3 references, by the 18th May 2023.

• KINDLY INCLUDE A COVER LETTER IN THE SAME FILE OF THE CV.
• DO NOT SEND ANY CERTIFICATE OR IDS AS ANNEXES, AS THIS WILL BE ASKED AT A LATER STAGE
• APPLICATIONS WRITTEN M&E OFFICER ON THE SUBJECT LINE MUST BE SENT TO THE FOLLOWING E-MAIL ADDRESS: recruiting@cesvizimbabwe.org

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted on the status of their application.

SAFEGUARDING

Cesvi has a zero-tolerance approach to any harm to, or exploitation of, a child or a vulnerable adult by any of our staff, related persons, or partners. Cesvi commitment to being a safe organization begins with the staff recruitment process which includes meticulous checks, such as criminal records checks or check disclosure of previous convictions, to ensure children and vulnerable people are safeguarded and abuse is prevented. Safeguarding checks are part of the selection process performance.

Please note: Due to the high number of applications we receive we are unable to provide feedback to everyone if unsuccessful at this stage.