Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Director

CNFA - Cultivating New Frontiers in Agriculture

Rwanda

Program Description

CNFA is currently seeking applications from qualified candidates for a Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Director position to support a US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food for Progress (FFPr) program in Rwanda. The Project aims to strengthen the capacities of public and private stakeholders in Rwanda to develop, enforce, and adopt international science-based food safety standards. To achieve this goal, the Project will implement interventions across three key components: 1) Strengthening Food Safety Frameworks and Government Institutions; 2) Enhanced Laboratory Technical Capacity in Testing, Inspection, and Certification; 3) Increased Food Safety Awareness and Capacity Building of Producers.

Position Summary

Reporting to the Chief of Party (COP), the Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Director will ensure the completion of all monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) activities across project components and will supervise coordination of USDA personnel, CNFA personnel, local NGOs, and other governmental and non-governmental organizations in their engagement with MEL activities.

Position Roles and Responsibilities

Design MEL systems and materials, including reporting life of project indicator targets, custom performance indicator reference sheets (PIRS), data collection and storage systems, and routine monitoring systems; supervise MEL Specialist, Communications Specialist, and Social Inclusion Specialist, as assigned;
Plan effective MEL data flow matrices and develop and maintain a Performance Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Plan (AMELP) in accordance with USDA and CNFA standards;
Provides direction to ensure technical and research activities are compliant with client agreements, government regulations and the organization's policies and procedures.
Oversee data collection design, budgeting, and implementation;
Lead analysis of data to monitor and assess the impact of project activities;
Use Collaborating, Learning and Adapting (CLA) practices to present findings of analyses to project staff and ensure ongoing learning;
Produce, edit, and distribute regular MEL reports and updates to stakeholders in accordance with established standards;
Lead the evaluation of the cost and benefits of project work plans and interventions;
Train and manage project staff on monitoring and evaluation activities;
Oversee all daily work related to monitoring, evaluation, learning, and related semestrial and annual reporting of the project;
Responds to client requests and questions on MEL matters and ensures timely drafts and submissions of consents, approvals and/or waivers;
Perform other duties as required.

Job Requirements

Key Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in statistics, international development, economics or related field; master’s degree preferred;
A minimum of ten (10) years of experience in the integration of MEL into field-level programming is required; experience managing MEL from a country office is strongly preferred;
Demonstrated experience in developing and operationalizing a comprehensive MEL plan and system is required; experience managing these activities for US Government-funded projects is preferred;
Outstanding ability to generate accurate qualitative information and analysis is required and must be demonstrated during the hiring process;
Expertise in innovative data collection, management, sharing, and visualization is required;
Knowledge of agriculture and food safety-related programming preferred;
Experience in training, coaching and mentoring teams in monitoring-related techniques and methods;
Oral and written fluency in English is required.

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