Deadline: 24 November, 2020
Location: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) is seeking applications from eligible applicants for the post of Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist.
FAO is a specialised agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger.
Responsibilities
- Provide regular updates to the disaster risk management agriculture taskforce
- Design data collection tools for use of FAO projects and programmes
- Assist in maintaining project dashboards are up-to-date
- Maintain information records and monitoring plan documentation such as project beneficiaries, dashboards, project indicators, risks and assumptions
- Assist in the preparation of workplans for monitoring the progress and evaluation of the impact of all FAO managed interventions
- Assist in identifying indicators to be used for monitoring progress and assess the impact of all FAO managed interventions
- Assist in the design of data collection methodologies (sentinel surveys, household surveys, community interviews, key informants, focus group discussions) and data collection instruments
- Liaise and maintain relationships with technical level staff of implementing partners
- Contribute to periodic reports on the progress of FAO managed interventions
Requirements
- University degree in Agricultural Economics, Environmental Science, Business Management, Statistics or other closely related field
- Two years of relevant experience in monitoring and evaluation of projects and knowledge management
- Familiarity with how UN agencies, government and other partners work
- Experience and knowledge of monitoring and evaluation tools
- Experience in developing monitoring and evaluation tools and information materials
- Experience in undertaking data analysis, developing online data collection tools
- Ability to work under pressure and willingness to travel frequently to rural areas of Ethiopia
- Proficiency with Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) or other statistical packages (desirable)
- Strong communication (oral and written) and interpersonal skills
- Knowledge of English and Amharic
- Nationality of Ethiopia
To apply and for more information, click here.
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