TechnoServe - Senior Associate - Monitoring/Impact Evaluation

- Establish the M&E approach for the Agriculture value chain and Development projects, including:

- Develop and execute a work plan for data capture and reporting against project performance indicators and emergent project information needs.

- Identify and implement the appropriate information-gathering approach to inform knowledge gaps that are relevant for project decision-making.

- Design Research forms, surveys, and indices for the data management system.

- Develop and manage regular data quality assessments, data cleaning and data analysis

- Conduct field visits at rural locations to understand the context and identify new areas of investigation to add rigor to sampling and thereby enhance Data analysis

- Develop advanced analytical, quantitative and qualitative reports

- Provide technical assistance and training to M&E and program staff on their role in performing data collection, analysis, review, and use.

- Review, analyze, and present findings from monitoring reports and other collected data to identify insights and suggest approaches on studies and project implementation strategy

- Create significant monthly and quarterly insights and Annual Impact reports for all projects

Requirements

- Candidate should have 3-5 years of experience in Research Design and Impact

- Evaluation, monitoring and evaluation of development projects

- Should be proficient in using quantitative techniques in field surveys and qualitative methods/PRAs in impact evaluation

- Should possess demonstrated knowledge on standard monitoring and evaluation tools such as logical framework, results framework analysis, etc.

- Candidate should be capable of using digital technology in implementing M&E functions.

- Should have excellent analytical skills and ability to undertake field assessment and synthesize data using statistical packages, such as SPSS and STATA.

- Candidate should have excellent communication skills (oral as well as written) and should be proficient in MS office, relevant database management and analysis software

- Should be able to engage with donors on a high level discussion on M&E aspects including, evaluation designs, sampling approaches, outcomes of intervention and policy implications

- Demonstrated ability to work as an effective team member

- The candidate should be flexible to travel extensively to project locations.

Qualifications:

- Master's or equivalent degree with excellent academic records and relevant development sector or consulting experience work in monitoring and evaluation and impact assessment.

- Qualified and interested applicants should submit a word-formatted/pdf single document that includes a cover letter, resume and salary history