Summary
Date Posted: Tuesday, September 17, 2019 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:

CARE International in Zambia, an International Non-Governmental relief and development organization with various projects in Central, Copperbelt, Eastern, Muchinga, Luapula, Lusaka, Northern, North-western, and Southern provinces of Zambia, has the following consultancy available under the Emergency Response Program in Nchelenge and Lusaka Districts of Zambia;
DEVELOPMENT OFFICER – Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning
Consultancy Duration: Four (4) months
Location: Lusaka
Job Summary
The Development Officer – Monitoring and Evaluation will be responsible for successfully delivering all aspects of assigned CARE Zambia humanitarian aid and development project(s) in relation to consolidation of learning and accountability. As a member of the Knowledge Management Learning and Innovation Team, He/she will implement assigned project(s) or activities in accordance with CARE Zambia’s strategic and operational plans, as well as professional project methods and standards. The Development Officer will be responsible for monitoring, evaluation and reporting in terms of data collection, storage, analysis, interpretation and reporting, including provision of support to project surveys. He/she will coordinate the implementation of M&E plans and manage the project(s) database/project information systems. .

Job Responsibilities:
• Support the development and implementation of M&E plan/system and management of the projects’ database/project information systems.
• Support the planning, monitoring and evaluation of projects’ activities including reporting in terms of data collection, storage, analysis, interpretation and preparation of progress reports.
• Support the training of project staff and partners in relation to the application of monitoring and evaluation approaches, mechanisms and tools developed.
• Support the implementation of all project evaluations and surveys.
• Responsible for analyzing data from project surveys and evaluation for future programming, documentation and publication purpose.
• Support the establishment and maintenance of mechanisms for capturing, analyzing, reporting, sharing and applying M&E findings, information, lessons learned, best practices and human impact stories among CARE and partner staff.
• Participate in meetings of reflections, design and planning impact measures of the program at national, provincial, and district levels.
• Coordinate with other project staff and partners to ensure documentation and collection of all project data from the field.
• Ensure all project data from a variety of sources is entered systematically, timely and accurately into appropriate fields, records, files and the project database
• Work with the M&E Officers in the respective projects to organize and validate all project data, conduct data analysis and produce project reports
• Comply with security backups and regular checks to ensure data is saved and stored properly ensuring that project information and identities of project beneficiaries are well protected.
• Perform any other duties which are consistent with the nature of the job and its responsibilities as may be assigned by the supervisor.

Job Skills: Not Specified

  Job Qualifications:
• Degree/Diploma in Statistics, Demography, Development Studies, Sociology, Public Health/Nutrition or any other equivalent qualification from a recognized university or college
• At least 3 years’ experience in monitoring and evaluation of NGO or Government project/programmes
• Excellent skillsinmethodologiesfor collecting,processing and analyzingqualitative and quantitative data.
• Excellent skills in qualitative and quantitative research, monitoring and evaluation methods including survey design and report writing.
• Excellent knowledge ofdataanalysis tools(SPSSorother equivalent software) and management systemsdatabases(Excel, Access or otherequivalent software).
• Strong analytical, coordination, facilitation, negotiation, interpersonal, documentation, report writing and communication skills
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team and coordinate with a variety of partners and stakeholders, maintaining harmonious and productive working relationships
• Ability to work with minimal supervision

Job Education Requirements: Not Specified

Job Experience Requirements: Not Specified

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Job application procedure
  Suitably qualified and interested members of the public are invited to apply. Application letters accompanied by detailed CVs and day time contact numbers should be sent to: carejobs@carezam.org.
Closing Date: 23rd September, 2019

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