Position: Monitoring and Evaluation Officer
Contract: 2-year renewable contract Location: Nkolbisson, Yaounde
DUTIES:
Successful candidate will among other things perform the following duties:
Develop a detailed framework for monitoring, evaluation, and learning of lessons for the whole project considering the targets of the project;
Develop a detailed framework for monitoring, evaluation and learning of lessons within each youth agripreneurs incubation center considering the targets of the project;
Analyze the performance of the project in terms of time frame including milestones, costs, quality of products of the project based on the annual and overall budgeted work plans;
Analyze the performance of the project in terms of time frame including milestones, costs; quality of products at the level of each youth agripreneurs incubation center;
Monitor the implementation of annual and overall budgeted workplan of the whole project and at the level of each youth agripreneurs incubation center;
Establish mechanisms of collection of feedback essential for the improvement of the processes of the project, including meetings with key stakeholders of the project;
Generate the data to be included in quarterly and annual reports using information collected through monitoring, evaluation, and learning of lessons;
Liaise with the M&E Head of PD – CVA;
Assume any other task, relevant to the position, useful to the success of the project and assigned by the project coordinator.
QUALIFICATION:
University degree (BSc minimum) in social sciences, agricultural economics, or a related
field. A master’s degree Program-II would be a great asset with a minimum of three years
of experience in the field of M&E in Cameroon
COMPETENCIES:
Theoretical and practical knowledge of the framework for monitoring, evaluation and learning lessons;
Theoretical and practical knowledge of the development of a project logical framework;
Proven experience in the development and administration of questionnaires related to the analysis of the situation before, during, and after a project for the impact assessment; the use of electronic tools such as a tablet or a Smartphone would be a great asset;
Proven experience in the use of social data statistical analysis software;
Proven experience in planning and execution of activities related to monitoring, evaluation and learning lessons;
Proven experience in working in Microsoft Office environment (word, excel, powerpoint, etc)
Proven experience in literature search on Internet
Practical knowledge of one or several project management software would be a great asset
Practical Experience of development, maintenance, and management of databases would be a great asset.
Availability to travel frequently within the country and occasionally abroad
Ability to work in a team and ensure high performance of the team;
Ability to pay attention to detail and accuracy;
Ability to adapt him/her- self to changing and variable situations;
Objective judgment of the opinions and facts
The candidate should communicate fluently (orally and in writing, including reading) in both French and English. Perfect bilingualism would be a great asset.
Workplace
The incumbent of the position will be based at IITA Cameroon (Nkolbisson, Yaounde) with
regular travels in Cameroon.
Restriction
The position is exclusively reserved to Cameroonian citizens. All applications are welcome
but only shortlisted candidates will be contacted later in the recruitment process.
Remuneration
A nationally competitive remuneration package will be offered Equity in employment
IITA encourages applications from all Cameroonian citizens including women, men, young
people who believe meet the requirements
DEADLINES: 23rd June 2018
