M&E Officer at Swisscontact

Swisscontact is seeking a dedicated and detail-oriented M&E Officer to join their team. This role offers an excellent opportunity to contribute to impactful development projects and enhance monitoring and evaluation practices.

About the Role

Under the supervision of the Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Coordinator, the M&E Officer will be responsible for the day-to-day implementation of all M&E activities within the SET project. This includes supporting the design, analysis, and writing up of M&E products.

Key Responsibilities

Monitoring

• Support the design and potential revisions of the monitoring system in close collaboration with the national M&E coordinator.
• Manage overall data collection, support analysis, and prepare draft reports.
• Ensure timely monitoring of project activities and availability of quality data for decision-making and reporting.
• Ensure all M&E tools and guidelines are up-to-date and accessible.
• Manage and update the project database and visualization dashboards.
• Review, consolidate, and perform basic analysis of collected data and information.
• Lead the capacity development of project staff and partners on M&E practices, including tool usage and data quality assurance, in collaboration with the national M&E coordinator.
• Work closely with and support the technical team with relevant information on progress, achievements, and challenges to facilitate evidence-based decision-making.

Evaluations and Reports

• Support the design of studies in close collaboration with the M&E coordinator and manage their implementation.
• Manage the implementation of studies, including evaluations.
• Prepare inputs for evaluation and other study reports.
• Prepare project-related written reports and presentations aligning with the logframe, in collaboration with the M&E coordinator, technical staff, and partners.

Learning

• Facilitate the integration of knowledge management into the M&E system by documenting best practices, lessons learned, innovative approaches, and challenges.
• Organize data review, learning, and reflection workshops internally and with project partners.

Other Tasks

• Work with the M&E Coordinator in establishing budgets and annual plans.
• Provide inputs to SET reporting to the Government and SDC.
• Integrate Swisscontact principles (gender equality, inclusion of marginalized groups, climate change resilience, etc.) into the M&E system.
• Follow Swisscontact’s rules and procedures such as the Code of Conduct (CoC) and Country Manual.
• Perform other tasks as agreed with the M&E Coordinator.

Required Qualifications, Experience, and Competencies

• Bachelor’s degree in monitoring and evaluation, statistics, economics, computer science, data science, or related studies.
• First work experience in quantitative and/or qualitative research in monitoring and evaluation, preferably in development projects.
• Practical experience supporting or implementing M&E systems, including routine monitoring and reporting, is an advantage.
• Experience across the data value chain (data collection, cleaning, analysis, and visualization).
• Experience using digital data collection tools (e.g., KoboToolbox, ODK, or similar) is an asset.
• Experience managing project databases and basic data visualization dashboards is an advantage.
• Exposure to supporting studies or evaluations (e.g., baseline, endline, tracer studies) is an asset.
• Experience supporting capacity development of staff or partners on M&E practices and data quality is an advantage.
• Interest in or basic understanding of learning, reflection, and evidence-based decision-making processes.
• Basic understanding of Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) and climate change considerations in project work.
• High attention to detail and strong commitment to data quality.
• Good level of oral and written English and Swahili.

How to Apply

Interested candidates are invited to submit their CVs with a motivation letter/cover letter in English, including three (3) referees, to recruitment.set@swisscontact.org not later than 17:00 (EAT) on 12th June 2026.

The CV and/or cover letter must include the expected monthly gross salary expressed in TSh.

Please Note:

• The consortium respects gender equality, and female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
• Applications received after the closing date and time will not be considered.
• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for an interview.