• Either a Bachelor’s Degree in Monitoring and Evaluation or a Post Graduate Diploma in M&E
• Master’s degree in Monitoring and Evaluation, or Statistics is an added advantage
• Knowledge of the major evaluation methodologies (e.g. qualitative, quantitative, mixed-method, and impact) and data collection and analysis methodologies
• Experience in planning and managing entomological surveys
• Experience in developing and refining data collection tools
• Experience in data quality assessments and oversight
• At least two years related experience working on PMI or malaria surveillance projects
• Strong leadership, networking and interpersonal skills
• Excellent communication, report writing and analytical skills
• Ability to work as a team and respect for cultural diversity
• Ability to work with high-level stakeholders
• Time management, multi-tasking and deadline-driven
• Organised and focused
• Knowledge of office software packages (MS Word, EXCEL etc) and any one data analysis software

Duties and Responsibilities:

 Reporting to the Chief of Party (COP), the M&E Manager will be responsible, among other things, for:

• Leading in the design of the project monitoring, evaluation and learning plan (MELP).
• Maintaining and updating the project schedules, monitoring and tracking progress.
• Working closely with the COP and ZENTO line managers.
• Designing and implementing the M&E activities of the ZENTO programme and will monitor project activities on regular basis.
• Ensuring completeness and other quality measures for the project’s dataset, as well as security and confidentiality issues.
• Supporting creation and/or installation of necessary electronic data collection tools and databases, as well as provide training and oversight for all data collection activities.
• Developing and maintain the data base system of the project.
• Collection and analysis of various data in relation to the ZENTO project activities.
• Implementing the monitoring, evaluation and learning plan for the ZENTO project, including indicator tracking, target setting, reporting, database management, and developing M&E and/ performance monitoring plans.
• Assisting the COP and project teams in making data-driven decisions.
• Understanding project cycle and assisting with planning, from start to finish.
• Develop weekly/monthly M&E workflow, Gantt charts and project dashboards.
• Producing informative reports as per donor specifications.
• Alerting the COP on issues that require urgent attention.
• Assisting in assessing project risks and suggest intervention strategies.