Monitoring and Evaluation Officer – CHAZ ATECII Project – EXPANDED CHURCH RESPONSE

Expanded Church Response (ECR) is a faith-based organization implementing OVC, GBV, HIV/AIDS, and other programs to mitigate human suffering and bring transformational development.

ECR has implemented programs funded by USAID, European Union, UNICEF, and Global Fund either directly or through a range of highly regarded local and international organizations. Working with partners like these, the private sector, and government, we are seeing communities awakened to new ways to improve quality of life for the most vulnerable, and rise up to be the key in their own transformation

POSITION:   Monitoring and Evaluation Officer – CHAZ ATECII Project
LOCATION:  Lusaka
REPORTS TO: Project Manager- CHAZ

PURPOSE OF THE POSITION/ RESPONSIBILITIES

The M&E Officer is responsible for monitoring, evaluation and reporting activities under the CHAZ Project. He/she will support the development and maintenance of systems to collect, store and analyze information on inputs, outputs, outcomes and impact of the project. He/she will conduct Data Quality Assessments and supportive supervisory visits to project sites, specifically to SSRs, to monitor, guide, and provide feedback on the use of data and indicators; analyze weekly, monthly, semi-annual and annual data, and support site level training of SSRs in data management. The M&E Officer will support the timely collection and reporting of indicators to CHAZ, and collaborate with the partner M&E officers, to ensure the effective monitoring and evaluation of the project. The M&E Officer will support the project to ensure maximum achievement of its objectives and tracking progress towards results.

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES

1.  Planning and Management

• Develop and manage detailed, sub recipients SSRs M&E plans
  Provide mentorship to sub recipients
• Develop templates for monitoring and documentation and maintain databases

2. Monitoring of the CHAZ ATEC II Project 

• Support data management and reporting for program quality assessments/initiatives
• Support the compilation of monthly, quarterly, semi-annual, annual and other project reports
• Participate in the designing, budgeting, planning for data collection and analysis

3. Capacity Building

• Build the capacity of SSRs in monitoring, reporting, data analysis
• Monitoring and Supervision of Sites

4. Coordination and Representation

• Maintain up to date and good relationships with ECR and CHAZ M&E officers and other relevant staff and stakeholders
• Attend meetings relevant to project activities in liaison with supervisor

5. Sharing and Learning, in collaboration with the Project Manager and SSRs

• Support the documentation of success stories, case studies and other documents, as guided by the Project Manager

Key Qualifications

• Degree in Demography, Sociology, Monitoring & Evaluation, Development Studies or any related Social Science degree.
• At least 3 years’ experience in Monitoring & Evaluation
• At least certificate in M&E as a post qualification will be an added advantage

Required Skills

• Excellent oral and written communication skills; fluency in the local language and English.
• Knowledge of HIV/AIDS or other relevant public health and community development issues.
• Works with very minimal supervision.
• Willingness to travel extensively across all Project Districts.
• Ability to work with tight deadlines and deliver effectively as assigned by supervisor

If you feel you have what it takes, send your application letter with updated CV to the Human Resource Officer using the email [email protected] or [email protected].