ABOUT CRS:

Catholic Relief Services (CRS) is the official overseas relief and development organization of United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and has served people living in poverty and situations of vulnerability in over 100 countries since 1943. In Tanzania, CRS has served vulnerable communities for over 50 years and implements its programs through partnerships with the Government of Tanzania, International and local organizations and community entities for maximum impact and sustainability.

SENIOR MONITORING, EVALUATION, ACCOUNTABILITY AND LEARNING OFFICER – 1 Post

Job Summary

The Senior MEAL Officer will manage implementation of Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability & Learning (MEAL) activities of the project, advancing Catholic Relief Services’ (CRS) work in serving the poor and vulnerable. You will work closely with Program Manager and partner staff to implement high quality MEAL systems and tools which address indicators set out in the project proposal. Your skills and knowledge will ensure that the project delivers high-quality programming and continuously works towards improving the impact of its programming. The candidate is expected to forge strong collaboration with other MEAL staff within CRS especially CRS MEAL manager and a coalition of national and international NGOS to make sure that similar approaches and strategies are shared and applied across the agency but cultivating learning across the agency and coalition.

Job Description

Project : TANZANIA EVERGREENING INITIATIVE
Location: MBEYA (WITH EXTENSIVE TRAVEL TO NJOMBE AND RUVUMA)
Reports To: PROGRAM MANAGER II

Duties and Responsibilities

Provides technical inputs in quality MEAL system design, including tools and methods, appropriate to scope, context, and technical requirements of the project
Oversees and manages routine data collection and reporting activities at project-level.
Oversees implementation of periodic assessments and evaluation, and use of findings to support adaptive management
Manages analysis of MEAL data, qualitative and quantitative to ensure quality reporting and sharing of learnings
Conducts data quality assessment and provide recommendations for quality data collection and management practices.
Integrates data analysis, reflection and interpretation and use with ongoing project activities through quarterly reflection meetings, implementing partners meeting and external conferences.
Ensures compliance with donor and agency MEAL requirements including designing and implementation of beneficiary feedback and response mechanism.
Supports documentation and sharing of learnings and experiences in broader country program discussions.
Builds capacity of partners in MEAL
Plans and budgets appropriately for quality MEAL activities

Requirements: Education, work experience and skills

Bachelor’s Degree in Agricultural Economics/Agribusiness, Social Sciences, Statistics or other related fields;
Minimum of 5 years of relevant work experience in MEAL related roles with progressive responsibilities,
Experience with an international NGO, with minimum of two years of relevant field-based experiences in monitoring and evaluation, research and data management in one of the following agricultures and livelihood, climate change or agroforestry value chain related interventions.
Knowledge of technical principles and concepts of M&E, research, and data management.
Strong quantitative and qualitative analysis experience and skills with proven ability to work with statistical software such as SPSS/STATA and advance excel.
Experience in using ICT4 MEAL in data collection, management and visualization such as ODK, Arc Survey, Commcare and GIS mapping and remote sensing tools.
Demonstrated ability to build staff capacity and capacity-strengthening best practices.
Experience and skills in networking and relations with donors, peer organizations, and faith-based and civil society partners. Understanding of partnership principles.
Strong skills in MS Office (Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint) as well as SPSS & STATA,
Strong critical thinking and creative problem-solving skills with ability to make sound judgment.
Strong relationship management skills and the ability to work effectively with culturally diverse groups.
Strong written and verbal communication skills with ability to write reports.
Proactive, results-oriented, and service-oriented.
Demonstrated ability to build staff capacity.
Willingness and ability to travel at least 30% of the time to project sites
Excellent Command of Swahili and English languages, in Swahili and English

Disclaimer: These job descriptions are not an exhaustive list of the skill, effort, duties, and responsibilities associated with the respective position.
CRS’ recruitment and selection procedures reflect our commitment to protecting children and vulnerable adults from abuse and exploitation.

TO APPLY:

Please manually apply for this job using the details below:
Interested and qualified applicants are requested to submit their applications to CRS Human Resources Manager at TZ_HR@crs.org by 17h00 EAT on 06th June, 2020.
Only submissions that meet the following criteria will be reviewed
- Subject line must read indicate the position applied for.
- CV must be in Word or PDF format and not exceed 4 pages.
- Cover letter summarizing qualifications and motivation. Cover letter must be in Word or PDF format and not exceed 1 page.
- Kindly note, only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.