Tasks and responsibilities

•    Develop and implement a programme level monitoring and evaluation strategy to effectively monitor activity implementation and to measure the food security and livelihood outcomes of the emergency and resilience interventions.
•    Contribute to project design including the development of a sound theory of change to ensure the inclusion of consistent and relevant indicators and realistic targets in logical frameworks, data collection and analyses and appropriate budget. 
•    Support and/or coordinate the effective generation, management and visualization of data to provide management with useful information for decision making.  
•    Ensure the accurate registration, verification, validation and counting of beneficiaries targeted with FAO’s assistance. 
•    Implementation of post-distribution monitoring and reporting for enhanced accountability and to inform adaptive management.
•    Contribute to food security and livelihood outcome and impact assessments, through baseline and endline data collection and quantitative analyses, including where appropriate, regression analyses.  
•    Ensure accurate and up to date information on the results of FAO’s seasonal assistance packages, including agricultural production estimates.
•    Contribute to consistent return on investment and cost benefit analyses of the main assistance packages provided by FAO.
•    Aggregate project level data into a regularly updated programmatic dashboard for the emergency and resilience portfolio tracking key performance indicators, and ensure regular updating of the Project Activity Information Database (PAID).
•    Regular updates and reporting to management and relevant stakeholders at country, regional and headquarters level on key data for messaging and strategic positioning.
•    Contribute to internal and donor reporting requirements. 
•    Where applicable, oversee M&E related contracts, including third party monitoring entities, to ensure timely and quality delivery on tasks.
•    Perform other duties as required.

CANDIDATES WILL BE ASSESSED AGAINST THE FOLLOWING

Minimum Requirements

•    University degree in Statistics, Economics, Agricultural Sciences, Social Sciences, or other relevant field
•    At least 2 years (Category C), 5 years (Category B), 10 years (Category A) of relevant experience in monitoring, evaluation accountability and learning, data analysis and/or information management
•    Working knowledge (level C) of English or French

FAO Core Competencies

•    Results Focus
•    Teamwork
•    Communication
•    Building Effective Relationships
•    Knowledge Sharing and Continuous Improvement

Technical/Functional Skills 

•    Work experience in more than one location or area of work, experience in humanitarian and complex contexts is an asset; 
•    Excellent command of R, STATA or SPSS, basic knowledge of other statistical software packages;
•    Experience with quantitative data analysis;
•    Knowledge of key food security and agricultural livelihood indicators;
•    Extent of experience in developing and implementing integrated MEAL frameworks and strategies;
•    Experience in capacity development for MEAL;
•    Ability to plan and work with limited supervision to meet objectives.

Selection criteria 

•    Limited knowledge (level B) of any other official language of the Organization (Arabic, Chinese, Spanish, Russian) would be an asset.

 Please note that all candidates should adhere to FAO Values of Commitment to FAO, Respect for All and Integrity and Transparency