In-Country Monitoring & Evaluation Officer at AGRA Tanzania

In-Country Monitoring & Evaluation Officer – Tanzania
In-Country Monitoring & Evaluation Officer at AGRA Tanzania April 2024
Location: Dar esSalam, Tanzania
Job Reference: M&E/PD/TZ/03/2024
AGRA and its Work to Transform Agriculture
AGRA
is an African-led institution that actively supports the drive towards
inclusive agricultural transformation and sustainable food systems. We
do this by empowering the continent’s 33 million smallholder farming
households to transform their agriculture from a struggle to survive to
profitable businesses. The continent’s farmers regularly face
challenges, and we aspire to provide uniquely African solutionsthat
respond to their agricultural and environmental challenges, leading to
increased harvests for reduced hunger and more income.

Working
in alignment with the development priorities of our focus countries, we
enable farmers to access improved and high-yielding seeds, gain
knowledge on sustainable farming, and linkages to profitable markets.

In
our work, we aspire to build the alliances, partnerships, and networks
required to drive an inclusive agricultural transformation. We work with
our partners to create an equitable youth-friendly environment that
harnesses the youth dividend on the continent to drive growth and
facilitate open employment opportunities for young women and men. We achieve our key objectives through a focus on the following four areas of intervention:

• Policy and state capability – We support governments in creating an
  enabling environment for private sector involvement in agricultural
  transformation.
• Seed systems – We trigger higher productivity by
  increasing the availability and access to improved seeds by farmers
  allowing them to increase their harvests for food security and better
  incomes.
• Sustainable farming – We support farmers in building
  resilient farming systems for sustained high yields through
  interventions such as mechanization and irrigation.
• Inclusive
  markets and trade – We work to increase the linkages between farmers,
  and other market actors for a positive, sustained cycle of
  commercialization and reinvestment.

Why Join Us?
People
are the heartbeat of our organization and remain the true drivers of
our delivery, impact, and success. We have cultivated a workplace that
fuels Depth in Collaboration, Excellence in Execution, Constructive
Engagements, and a spirit of being Increasingly Entrepreneurial; all
underpinned by our cherished l-RISE Values (Integrity, Respect,
Innovation, Stewardship and Equity)

We work with incredible
people and partners who have roots in farming communities across the
African continent combined with an inclusive, diverse, and talented
workforce from over 25 nationalities. Our commitment to a call to action
goes beyond ourselves as we arise to catalyze African Food Systems
transformation and improve the livelihoods of smallholder farmers.

We are looking for people who are passionate about being part of a mission-driven team that is making a real
difference on the continent; love to work on cutting edge Ag
technologies; and able to grow their skills, expertise, and experience
career growth, while enjoying very competitive compensation and
benefits.

Are you ready to embark on this exciting transformative journey with us?
The Position
In-Country M & E Officer – Tanzania Job Reference: M&E/PD/TZ/03/2024
The
In-Country M & E Officer will be responsible for the coordination
and management of country results progress tracking and knowledge
management activities, in line with the AGRA Tanzania Country Investment
Plan and the overall AGRA results framework.

S/he will
coordinate all country M&E activities, including Country context
data synthesis and reporting; grant awards support through country
charters; grantee data synthesis, support & validation; and Grantee
AMIS training and support. The In-Country M&E Officer will report to
the Country Director with matrix reporting to the Regional M&E
Officer and with close working relationships with the country program
team.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Coordinate all country M&E activities in close liaison with the central and regional M&E teams.
• Support
  country grants award processes with development of Results Frameworks,
  KPIs, milestones and targets through country charters and grants
  committee.
• Support the alignment of country grantees investments to country Results framework and overall AGRA’s theory of Change.
• Schedule and undertake trainings for country staff and grantees on AMIS use, with scheduled continuous user support.
• Review
  and approve reports in the AMIS system, including timely resolution of
  grantee data/report issues/quality in the AMIS systen
• Compile,
  analyze and disseminate country program performance every quarter, or as
  prescribed including detailed context analyses.
• Support
  coordination of evaluation, special studies and baselines in the country
  as scheduled in liaison with central and regional M&E teams.
• Builds and manages external relationships and keeps current of key developments in partner institutions.
• Support
  knowledge sharing (reviews and reflection meetings) in the country by
  engaging units, offering training required, and facilitating seamless
  exchange of information with both internal and grantees.
• Supports collation of AGRA data for the quarterly and annual reporting of the AGRA wide program results
• Collaborates
  with the communications team to customize and package AGRA grantees
  success stories and documents detailing evidence of successful models to
  meet the stakeholder needs.
• Collaborates with the grants team to organize joint results review meetings.
• Leads in the design and execution of learning and adaptation initiatives eg webinars.
• Plans
  for the collection of information and evidence of demonstrated models
  from AGRA grantees for the creation of AGRA beneficiaries’ success
  stories and document detailed evidence of successful models.

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Key Qualifications and Experience required:

• A first degree in Arts, Social Sciences, or other relevant field with
  additional training in results -based Monitoring & Evaluation and
  project management.
• Experience in monitoring and evaluation in international development or agriculture related field.
• Ability to work independently with little supervision but serve as a facilitator of other people’s work and a team player.
• Outstanding
  writing analytical skills essential, computer proficiency and
  familiarity with a range of software applications including word
  processing, spreadsheets, and databases.
• Demonstrated experience in writing professionally an advantage.

MODE OF APPLICATION:
If
you believe you are the right candidate for this position, kindly
submit your application with a detailed CV (including your e-mail and
telephone contacts) to recruit@agra.org Please quote the job reference number in the subject line of the application e-mail. Earlier applicants need not apply again.
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Applications must be received on or before 30th April 2024. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
AGRA is an Equal Opportunity Employer