Job Title: Monitoring and Evaluation Officer
Location: Lusaka, Zambia
Reports To: Project Coordinator
Position Summary
The Monitoring and Evaluation Officer is responsible for harnessing implementation data to ensure our programs have a powerful and equitable impact on the communities we serve:
This role ensures that our research efforts are aligned with our organization’s goals and our decisions are informed by a deep understanding of how our programs are being implemented. A successful Monitoring and Evaluation Officer is able to build trust across all Dissemination stakeholders with an understanding of current best practices. The M&E Officer also collaborates closely with external partners and funders to ensure that our program is being implemented as intended.
This role is part of the Implementation team responsible for gathering implementation success research that drives the resource development, implementation and support.
Essential Job Functions
The Monitoring and Evaluation Officer is responsible for a variety of significant activities, including but not limited to:
● Establish and maintain a Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Framework, aligned to our
organizational goals, to ensure that our programs have the intended impact.
● Lead internal data collection, analysis and interpretation.
● Ensure that all internal stakeholders understand and can communicate the implementation data relevant to their role.
● Collaborate with technology to ensure the mechanisms for data collection meet the needs
of all stakeholders and we follow industry best practices to ensure data security.
● Collaborate with external partners to strengthen their implementation data collection and analysis efforts.
● Fulfill external partner and funder data requirements, including managing and reporting progress toward grant goals.
● Support multi-year research projects and external research partners
Required Skills and Education/Job Knowledge
● Bachelor’s Degree in Monitoring and Evaluation, Statistics, Social Sciences or a related field
● Master’s Degree (preferred)
● 3-5 years of education experience
● Familiarity with assessment tools and reporting structures
● Expertise with designing and implementing tools for data collection and cleaning (such as Excel, Stata,Airtable, Google Forms, or SurveyMonkey).
● Expertise with data visualization and reporting tools (such as Tableau, Domo or Looker Studio).
● Expertise in designing and facilitating outcome-oriented meetings at all levels
● Experience in Google Suite (Drive, Calendar, Gmail, Sheets, Docs) Microsoft
software (Excel, Word) Zoom (or similar video communication) and Adobe Acrobat
● Strong oral and written communication skills
● Strong analytical skills
Personal Qualities for Access:
● You are an effective communicator with the ability to influence individuals without any positional authority
● You are intellectually curious and model a culture of continuous learning
● You have the ability to think outside the box and be creative and diligent with an entrepreneurial mindset and strategic outlook.
● You are skilled in relationship building and are adept in creating an environment of trust and
psychological safety
● You show courage to challenge and advise individuals at all levels of leadership
● You lead by example and demonstrate an agile mindset in your day-to-day work
● You are willing to interact and develop relationships with coworkers, give and receive constructive input, contribute ideas and viewpoints, adapt to changing circumstances and expectations, and commit to understanding and remedying interpersonal conflicts
● You are able to tackle assignments head on, manage multiple simultaneous requests, and prioritize projects while attending to the details
● You are able to build capability and develop the systems/team necessary to continue to develop and expand our data and evaluation efforts
● You are able to develop the right culture, behaviors and mindset within your team and across the Implementation team based on Collaborative Classroom principles
Physical Demands:
● Ability to sit or stand and work at a computer and/or phone for extended periods
● Ability to assist with physical events and conference set-up
How to Apply:
Interested candidates should submit a resume, cover letter and relevant certificates detailing their qualifications and interest in the position to [email protected] by 31st August, 2024. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled.
UP Zambia is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity in the workplace. We encourage individuals of all backgrounds to apply.