Agroforestry Monitoring Manager
2025-04-08T08:55:22+00:00
ETG Climate Solutions
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FULL_TIME
Lusaka
Lusaka
10101
Zambia
Business Management and Administration
Management
2025-04-22T17:00:00+00:00
Zambia
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ETG Climate Solutions is a new business unit within the ETG Commodities vertical with a current staff complement of 70 people across Switzerland, Spain, Zambia, Malawi, South Africa and Kenya. Climate Solutions seeks to build upon the Group’s large implementation experience of various farmer related initiatives across Sub-Saharan Africa, to deliver climate and livelihood benefits at scale to farmers, using modern tools and carbon market access. Climate Solutions has developed a bespoke program for emerging farmers across Africa called the African Emerging Farmer Carbon Abatement Program (AEF CAP) which has already been launched in Zambia, Malawi and Kenya.
ROLE
The role of the Agroforestry Monitoring Manager is to provide overall monitoring guidance and support to the teams implementing our agroforestry projects in Zambia. This includes the development, implementation and enhancement of key tools and processes to maximize efficiency and success in meeting core objectives throughout the implementation and reporting period. This position also assists in scoping potential partners and landscapes for new agroforestry carbon project opportunities.
The Agroforestry Monitoring Manager reports directly to the Climate Solutions Head of Agroforestry, assisting in syncing and standardizing programmatic and monitoring project components.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Core duties include, but are not limited to the following:
- Provide overall monitoring guidance and support to implementing project teams and ensure compliance with Climate Solutions policies and procedures as well local policy and carbon standard parameters
- Work with project teams to ensure quality project deliverables on time to meet milestones per their scope, timeline, and budget
- Lead on the design of the monitoring, evaluation, adaptation and learning plan and logical framework templates
- Lead on the development of all data collection tools and processes
- Assist teams in field data collection logistics and analysis
- Lead on developing Terms of Reference for all major project activities
- Assist on developing and overseeing the internal project management reporting structure and process across all levels
- Assist in scoping new agroforestry project opportunities including developing and conducting socio-economic and biophysical surveys
- Assist in the development and implementation of agroforestry carbon trials
- Lead on country data research and updates for weather, pest, disease and other critical aspects which help mitigate risk to project success
QUALIFICATIONS
Education
A bachelor’s degree (master’s preferred) in monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL), project management, agroforestry, forestry, natural resource management or other relevant fields.
Experience
A minimum of 5 years’ project management and MEL experience working in a relevant sector with smallholder farmers and project field teams in Zambia.
Strong experience in proficiency of:
- Overall management of project teams and activities
- Reporting tools and structure
- Project budget tools
- Coordinating, training and communicating with local and international teams
- Developing logical frameworks, workplans, SMART indicators and targets
- Biophysical data collection (e.g. vegetation assessments) and socio-economic data collection (e.g. household surveys)
- Digital data collection tools (e.g. KoboCollect, GIS Cloud)
- Handling and manipulating spatial data and GIS software (e.g. QGIS, ArcGIS)
- Statistical data analysis methods and software (e.g. SPSS, R) is a plus
- Current trends and practices in carbon policy and conservation and land management in Zambia
Attributes
- Focused, disciplined and determined
- Self-motivated
- Structured and analytic mindset
- Innovative and collaborative
- Patient and flexible, particularly in cross-cultural environments
- Good interpersonal skills
- Works well under tight deadlines
- Willingness to keep flexible work hours
- Willingness to travel
Core duties include, but are not limited to the following: Provide overall monitoring guidance and support to implementing project teams and ensure compliance with Climate Solutions policies and procedures as well local policy and carbon standard parameters Work with project teams to ensure quality project deliverables on time to meet milestones per their scope, timeline, and budget Lead on the design of the monitoring, evaluation, adaptation and learning plan and logical framework templates Lead on the development of all data collection tools and processes Assist teams in field data collection logistics and analysis Lead on developing Terms of Reference for all major project activities Assist on developing and overseeing the internal project management reporting structure and process across all levels Assist in scoping new agroforestry project opportunities including developing and conducting socio-economic and biophysical surveys Assist in the development and implementation of agroforestry carbon trials Lead on country data research and updates for weather, pest, disease and other critical aspects which help mitigate risk to project success
Focused, disciplined and determined Self-motivated Structured and analytic mindset Innovative and collaborative Patient and flexible, particularly in cross-cultural environments Good interpersonal skills Works well under tight deadlines Willingness to keep flexible work hours Willingness to travel
A bachelor’s degree (master’s preferred) in monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL), project management, agroforestry, forestry, natural resource management or other relevant fields. Experience A minimum of 5 years’ project management and MEL experience working in a relevant sector with smallholder farmers and project field teams in Zambia. Strong experience in proficiency of: Overall management of project teams and activities Reporting tools and structure Project budget tools Coordinating, training and communicating with local and international teams Developing logical frameworks, workplans, SMART indicators and targets Biophysical data collection (e.g. vegetation assessments) and socio-economic data collection (e.g. household surveys) Digital data collection tools (e.g. KoboCollect, GIS Cloud) Handling and manipulating spatial data and GIS software (e.g. QGIS, ArcGIS) Statistical data analysis methods and software (e.g. SPSS, R) is a plus Current trends and practices in carbon policy and conservation and land management in Zambia
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Vacancy title:
Agroforestry Monitoring Manager
[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Business Management and Administration, Category: Management]
Jobs at:
ETG Climate Solutions
Deadline of this Job:
Tuesday, April 22 2025
Duty Station:
Lusaka | Lusaka | Zambia
Summary
Date Posted: Tuesday, April 8 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed
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JOB DETAILS:
ETG Climate Solutions is a new business unit within the ETG Commodities vertical with a current staff complement of 70 people across Switzerland, Spain, Zambia, Malawi, South Africa and Kenya. Climate Solutions seeks to build upon the Group’s large implementation experience of various farmer related initiatives across Sub-Saharan Africa, to deliver climate and livelihood benefits at scale to farmers, using modern tools and carbon market access. Climate Solutions has developed a bespoke program for emerging farmers across Africa called the African Emerging Farmer Carbon Abatement Program (AEF CAP) which has already been launched in Zambia, Malawi and Kenya.
ROLE
The role of the Agroforestry Monitoring Manager is to provide overall monitoring guidance and support to the teams implementing our agroforestry projects in Zambia. This includes the development, implementation and enhancement of key tools and processes to maximize efficiency and success in meeting core objectives throughout the implementation and reporting period. This position also assists in scoping potential partners and landscapes for new agroforestry carbon project opportunities.
The Agroforestry Monitoring Manager reports directly to the Climate Solutions Head of Agroforestry, assisting in syncing and standardizing programmatic and monitoring project components.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Core duties include, but are not limited to the following:
- Provide overall monitoring guidance and support to implementing project teams and ensure compliance with Climate Solutions policies and procedures as well local policy and carbon standard parameters
- Work with project teams to ensure quality project deliverables on time to meet milestones per their scope, timeline, and budget
- Lead on the design of the monitoring, evaluation, adaptation and learning plan and logical framework templates
- Lead on the development of all data collection tools and processes
- Assist teams in field data collection logistics and analysis
- Lead on developing Terms of Reference for all major project activities
- Assist on developing and overseeing the internal project management reporting structure and process across all levels
- Assist in scoping new agroforestry project opportunities including developing and conducting socio-economic and biophysical surveys
- Assist in the development and implementation of agroforestry carbon trials
- Lead on country data research and updates for weather, pest, disease and other critical aspects which help mitigate risk to project success
QUALIFICATIONS
Education
A bachelor’s degree (master’s preferred) in monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL), project management, agroforestry, forestry, natural resource management or other relevant fields.
Experience
A minimum of 5 years’ project management and MEL experience working in a relevant sector with smallholder farmers and project field teams in Zambia.
Strong experience in proficiency of:
- Overall management of project teams and activities
- Reporting tools and structure
- Project budget tools
- Coordinating, training and communicating with local and international teams
- Developing logical frameworks, workplans, SMART indicators and targets
- Biophysical data collection (e.g. vegetation assessments) and socio-economic data collection (e.g. household surveys)
- Digital data collection tools (e.g. KoboCollect, GIS Cloud)
- Handling and manipulating spatial data and GIS software (e.g. QGIS, ArcGIS)
- Statistical data analysis methods and software (e.g. SPSS, R) is a plus
- Current trends and practices in carbon policy and conservation and land management in Zambia
Attributes
- Focused, disciplined and determined
- Self-motivated
- Structured and analytic mindset
- Innovative and collaborative
- Patient and flexible, particularly in cross-cultural environments
- Good interpersonal skills
- Works well under tight deadlines
- Willingness to keep flexible work hours
- Willingness to travel
Work Hours: 8
Experience in Months: 60
Level of Education: bachelor degree
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