Monitoring and Evaluation

Key Results

Contribution to the effective and efficient management and coordination of the operational support of the programme and project activities of the Country Office.

Key Functions
o Develops and oversees the implementation of a M&E data and work plan to efficiently and effectively collect, analyse and report on key activity, output, outcome and impact indicators for various audiences;
o Leads/supports the planning and implementation of core M&E activities in the programme, namely beneficiary registration and verification; baseline, post-distribution and endline surveys and maintains related databases to report on achievements at activity, output and outcome level.
o Leads/supports quantitative and qualitative data collection through sampling, tools design, enumerator training, data collection and supervision, analysis and reporting;
o Where applicable manages/supports any third-party monitoring partner contracts to support the above activities, ensuring overall technical quality and timeliness of tools and deliverables in consultation with project managers/sector leads;
o In collaboration with project managers/sector leads, establishes a regular and standardized information flow between implementing partners and FAO, to provide consistent information on delivery and key indicators
o In alignment with FAO’s Office of Emergency and Resilience tools, establishes a real-time database to monitor activities implemented and beneficiaries reached across the portfolio, by donor, administrative level 2, partner and activity type to be maintained in collaboration with project managers/sector leads;
o Supports management and project managers/sector leads to identify priority indicators and realistic targets to promote a programmatic approach to monitoring and evaluation, and ensures their timely collection and analysis for management briefings and external reporting;
o Provides regular updates to management on the status of implementation of field activities, identifying and communicating challenges/delays/issues to management through monitoring tools and accountability mechanisms.
o Supports/leads up-to-date data visualisation to provide management with an overview of programming status and key information, building on existing corporate and OER tools for data visualisation purposes;
o Contributes data for internal and external reporting, including donor reporting, cluster/sector reporting, contributions to the IPC/CH, where applicable, interagency reporting, FAO corporate reporting, etc.
o Develops capacity of FAO staff and implementing partners in M&E practices;
o Identifies opportunities to learn and adapt programming through the data collected and presents these to management;
o Updates corporate monitoring systems (FPMIS, PIRES, workplanning, etc) as required;
o Other duties as required.

CANDIDATES WILL BE ASSESSED AGAINST THE FOLLOWING

Minimum Requirements

• Experience of relevant experience in agricultural development and/or project planning/formulation/ implementation.

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, particularly in field positions is desirable;
• Experience in humanitarian contexts is required.