Graduate Trainee Meal

Caritas Zimbabwe was founded in 1972 by then Rhodesian Catholic Bishops Conference (RCBC) as the Commission for Social Services and Development (C.S.S.D), to carry out the social work of the Church. The organisation was renamed to Catholic Development Commission (CADEC) in 1984, due to a shift in the emphasis of its work, from social welfare to development.

Today, the agency is known as Caritas Zimbabwe to identify with other Catholic Development agencies and provides a beacon of hope for tens of millions of women, men and children in times of hardship and contributes to the development of social justice in times of peace; working with people to bring about positive changes in some of the poorest provinces in Zimbabwe.

The successful candidate will assist the MEAL department in implementing various projects in Hurungwe District. S/he will participate in data collection activities as required, periodically monitoring project activities and conducting data entry, analysis and data verification. S/he will assist in manning accountability mechanisms

Responsibilities include:

 Assisting in the development and refining of project data, collection tools and identifying strengths and weaknesses in existing data collection and management systems as well as proposing solutions
 Collecting quality data using MEAL tools on a timely basis
 Working with field data enumerators and assisting with simple data analysis
 Assisting with the management and refinement of projects’ MEAL systems
 Undertaking periodic and timely field monitoring visits to ensure quality of submitted data and verifying the accuracy of the data
 Supporting MEAL staff in undertaking any project related assessments, baselines and or evaluations
 Supporting projects staff in the compilation of projects reports
 Assisting project teams in the establishment and maintenance of accountability mechanisms
 Assisting projects in enhancing learning at project level
 Documenting lessons learned and best practices as well as success stories of different project sectors than can be implemented and or scaled up in future business development opportunities

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

 BSc degree in Social Sciences, Development Studies, Statistics or any related program
 Certificate in research methods, monitoring and evaluation, data analytics or any other related field will be an added advantage
 At least one year working experience in monitoring, evaluation or related field
 Demonstrate understanding of monitoring and evaluation principles and practices
 Proficiency in the use of MS Office packages (Excel, word, PowerPoint,) Web Conferencing, Applications, knowledge-sharing networks etc
 Knowledge of SPSS, Stata and other data entry and analysis packages
 Ability to travel to implementation areas on a frequent basis as project demands