RICE West Nile

Responsibilities or duties

The Monitoring and Evaluation (MEAL) Assistant will be responsible for data collection, analysis, and tracking project performance as well reporting. He/she will also ensure quality implementation throughout the project cycle and will be responsible for the design, coordination and implementation of the monitoring and evaluation, research, develop baseline data for each project component and for all project indicators and ensure quality control.

Qualifications or requirements (e.g., education, skills)

The ideal candidate for the job opportunity must possess the following qualifications, skills and experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Statistics, Economics, computer related course, Monitoring and Evaluation or any closely relevant field.
• Formal training in monitoring and evaluation especially a post graduate diploma will be an added advantage.
• Demonstrable competencies in setting up MEAL systems will be an added advantage.
• Competence in both quantitative and qualitative research methods.
• Good communication and inter-personal skills, team player, able to work under minimal supervision in a fast-paced NGO environment.
• Strong IT, analytical skills and Excellent report writing skills.
• Awareness of multiple donor MEAL requirements.
• Impeccable integrity and demeanor.

Experience needed

Experience of not less than 2 years in MEAL preferably related to NGO work.

Experience in developing and coordinating data collection, processing and analysis systems.

Any other provided details (e.g., benefits, work environment, team info, or additional notes)

Behavioral competencies: This position requires a flexible person with the ability to cope with changing technology, Strong interpersonal skills to effectively train and communicate with farmers, strong problem-solving skills and a team player.

• Develop and routinely update MEAL tools including the log frames, workplans, MEAL Plans, ITT, results frameworks, theory of change etc.
• Undertake quarterly data audits for the projects to ensure that data meets approved standards.
• Develop and routinely update project database disaggregated in terms of gender, nationality, age among others.
• Collect, analyze and interpret project data including participants profiles or data to inform strategic decisions by management, learning across project teams and program staff in the organization.
• Properly document and analyze participants feedback to inform learning and adaptive programing.
• Monitor, Track and document project successes, lessons learnt through defined evaluation approaches including outcome harvest, success story documentation, formative and summative evaluations.
• Support in evaluations, research, monitoring visits, assessments, learning sessions within the projects assigned and ensure the findings are disseminated and used for improvement.
• Facilitate utilization of data for decision making and documentation of best practices/lessons learnt.
• Develop, M&E and progress reports for the projects and share with the management, donors, participants and local government officials.
• Train or mentor staff of RICE West Nile, community support staff, stakeholders and participants in the basics of M&E, documentation and other areas of need.

• Competence in both quantitative and qualitative research methods.
• Good communication and inter-personal skills
• Team player
• Strong IT skills
• Analytical skills
• Excellent report writing skills
• Flexibility with ability to cope with changing technology
• Strong interpersonal skills to effectively train and communicate with farmers
• Strong problem-solving skills

• Bachelor’s degree in Statistics, Economics, computer related course, Monitoring and Evaluation or any closely relevant field.
• Formal training in monitoring and evaluation especially a post graduate diploma will be an added advantage.
• Demonstrable competencies in setting up MEAL systems will be an added advantage.