Senior Monitoring Officer - Mozambique Monitoring and Evaluation Mechanism and Services (MMEMS)

CAMRIS International seeks a Senior Monitoring Officer to support a 5-year upcoming USAID-funded Mozambique Monitoring and Evaluation Mechanism and Services (MMEMS) program, whose primary objective is the development of a comprehensive monitoring and evaluation program, which will be able to provide continued, on-the-ground support on performance monitoring, data verification, evaluation of the impact, output and outcome results and environmental compliance of USAID/Mozambique activities. MMEMS will provide consistent performance monitoring and reporting, as well as reviews of specific activities, projects and the mission portfolio as a whole on at least an annual basis. The Senior Monitoring Officer will:

• Oversee program monitoring and reporting across multiple activities and programs.

• She/he will work with Key Personnel and other stakeholders (i.e., partners, Mission staff) providing oversight of monitoring functions, such as, the creation of performance indicators, development of activity and project M&E plans, setting of targets, collection of program data, assessment of data quality, analyses of data, reporting, and impact.

• This will include providing trainings to various stakeholders on results-based management and creating effective monitoring indicators, plans, processes, and systems to improve performance monitoring.

• Work with other Key Personnel, the Senior Monitoring Officer tp ensure that short- and long-term monitoring team members (including M&E Specialists and field support staff) recruited under this contract are of a high caliber and possess the required technical expertise.

The Senior Monitoring Officer must have the following qualifications:

• A Masters (or higher) degree in the field of international relations, economics, political science, public policy, statistics, and/or other relevant field.

• Academic or professional training in performance monitoring design and implementation, including data collection and analysis.

• At least 8 years of progressively more responsible experience in the design and management of indicators, M&E plans, performance targets, data quality assessments, data collection, analysis, and reporting.

• Providing guidance in the development and updating of performance management plans (PMPs).

• Experience with creating and managing performance indicator tracking systems/databases.

• Experience using performance monitoring data for the improvement of ongoing project/activity management.

• Experience in the gender dimensions of monitoring.

• Extensive experience in drafting indicators.

• Experience providing group (of various sizes) and one-on-one training and mentoring on monitoring- related subjects (i.e., results-based management).

• Familiarity with USG policies, related to performance monitoring.

• Familiarity with a diverse set of programming (i.e., health, agriculture, education, governance), one of which must be health or agriculture

• Fluent English; working knowledge of Portuguese or Spanish is acceptable.

Preference will be given to a Senior Monitoring Officer with the following additional qualifications

• Recent experience using technological innovations when conducting monitoring, such as tablets, smartphones, etc.

• Experience using GIS as a monitoring tool.

• Familiarity with Mozambican monitoring and evaluation community.

• Familiarity with general Mozambican landscape: culturally, linguistically, historically, and economically.

HOW TO APPLY:

To apply, please visit:
https://careers-camris.icims.com/jobs/1705/senior-monitoring-officer---m...