Monitoring and Evaluation

·   Maintain project compliance to Charities and Socities Agency (ChSA) & regional partners/signatories (and their respective offices in the zone and woredas) with regard to timely submission of performance progress reports.

·   Take the lead role in data collection – ensuring quality control and the preparation of monthly and quarterly M&E related activities, budget plans and performance progress reports.

·   Coordinate the implementation of midterm and final evaluations of the project to be conducted in the regions and woredas with project stakeholders.

·   Organize experience sharing and meetings to update regional and woreda stakeholders on progress on the project. Document feedback from discussions for futher follow-up action.

·   Work with the SNV MEAL advisor to ensure that SNV M&E pinciples and practices are followed and implemented.

2.  Knowledge development and documentation

·   Facilitate learning events to capture, document and disseminate lessons learned for internal and external purposes.

·   Take part/lead documentation of project lessons/good practices, including through case stories, articles, practice briefs, photographs, and documentary videos.

·   Archive copies of relevant supporting project documents in SNV’s Share point system and send to SNV USA, ensuring that files are complete, up-to-date, and easily accessible.

·   Provide technical support on concept notes and proposal development for the project’s Innovation Fund on strengthening private sector actors and other stakeholder related to input and output marketing services.

·   Closely work and support the various value chain advisors on monitoring and evaluation of activities on a regular basis.

1.    Master’s degree (or equivalent) in Economics, Agricultural Economics, Agri business, Development Studies or other related fields

2.    Minimum of eight years of experience as a monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) Specialist, or similar position, on donor-funded projects, NGOs and private professional firms

3.    Proven analytical and technical skills in monitoring, evaluation, and learning and experience with both qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis, preferably on USAID-funded projects

4.    Demonstrated experiences with MEL policy, procedural and reporting requirements, analysing project progress, communicating findings, and applying MEL results and learning to work planning

5.    Experience in working with partners

6.    Ability to work with multidisciplinary teams, including to guide data collection processes and to ensure data quality control

7.    Experience in documentation and knowledge development, including writing case studies and learning briefs

8.    Proficient computer skills and experience in using Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, Access)

9.    Knowledge and experience working on agriculture projects and value chain development preferred

10.  Excellent oral and written communication skills.

11.  Fluent in English (official working language of SNV)