Monitoring and Evaluation Expert: Cities and Infrastructure for Growth Zambia (CIGZambia)

About us:
Cities and Infrastructure for Growth (CIGZambia) is a facility that provides high-quality independent technical advice and assistance to Zambian government bodies and private sector organizations engaged in projects /programmes that help harness the potential of Zambia’s cities and towns to act as drivers for economic growth and job creation. CIGZambia is funded by the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID).

The overall programme objectives are:

•  increasing urban productivity
•  improving inclusive access to urban economic infrastructure services
•  increasing investment into urban economic infrastructure services
•  enhancing national and regional integration between cities

Talented, committed and responsible people from diverse backgrounds are essential for us to fulfil our purpose of reimagining Zambia. We strive to unleash the power of our people and we cultivate an organizational culture that is inspired, curious and empowered.

Bioenergy definition: We define bioenergy as a source of energy derived from forest land, forest, manure and municipality waste or energy crops for electricity, heat or transport.

About you:

• You have good knowledge of programme implementation, monitoring and evaluation techniques and practices and familiar with impact assessments.
• The biggest benefits of this role are, having to contribute to shaping the potential bioenergy market in Zambia by defining the scope and potential for growth in this sector.
• The biggest challenge of this role will be multitasking and completing documents to adhere to international “client-ready” levels.
• The current team around this role is made up of a bioenergy feedstock experts, strategic planning & business development, project funding, household/medium/large bioenergy experts, demand expert, gender/social/climate change experts, government procedures expert, monitoring & evaluation and behavioural change communication expert. The team, in general, describes themselves as passionate, adaptable and ultimately, capable.

About the Role – Main purpose and scope of work:

• The Monitoring and Evaluation Expert is responsible for Project reporting according to the Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Plan and will support the Project team in the successful tracking of all activities towards the project objectives.

Duties and key responsibilities:

• Develop program goals and objectives of M&E Plan for the bioenergy component and align with theory of change of CIGZambia.
  • What problem is the program trying to solve?
  • What steps are being taken to solve that problem?
  • How will program staff know when the program has been successful in solving the problem?
• Develop intermediate outputs and objectives for the program to help track successful steps on the way to the overall bioenergy program goals.
• Define program indicators measuring process, or what is being done in the bioenergy program, and indicators measuring outcomes.
• Develop methods for gathering data and how often various data will be recorded to track indicators together with bioenergy program staff, stakeholders, and donors.
• Identify roles and responsibilities on who is responsible for collecting the data for each indicator.
• Create an analysis plan and reporting templates.
• Create plan for dissemination and donor reporting.
  • How will M&E data be used to inform staff and stakeholders about the success and progress of the program?
  • How will it be used to help staff make modifications and course corrections, as necessary?
  • How will the data be used to move the field forward and make program practices more effective?
• The work scope may also include M&E work for clients of CIGZambia with potential details to be defined.

Required Qualifications / Minimum Requirements:

• First level university degree in statistics, demographics, public policy, international development, economics, or related field. Advanced certificate in M&E, statistics or economics preferred.
• >5 years of experience being involved in a project of similar or related nature, size, and complexity, with national or local governments, NGOs, or donors; preference given to a candidate who has worked in bioenergy settings.
• Experience in designing, implementing, and operating project M&E systems from project initiation to closeout stages.
• Experience in designing and managing beneficiary monitoring and database systems.
• Experience in strategic planning and performance measurement, including indicator selection, target setting, reporting, database management, and developing M&E and performance monitoring plans.
• Knowledge of the major evaluation methodologies (e.g. qualitative, quantitative, mixed-method, and impact) and data collection and analysis methodologies.
• Experience in planning and managing surveys.
• Experience in developing and refining data collection tools.
• Experience with data quality assessments and oversight.
• Experience in managing and providing training to partners and target beneficiaries.
• Ability to facilitate and serve as project liaison for externally managed evaluations.
• Proven relevant working experience in Zambia.
• Worked for 2 organisations (> 2 years’ experience with each).
• Working knowledge of MS Excel Formulas.
• Working knowledge of MS Word Styles.
• Working knowledge of MS PowerPoint Shape Formatting.
• Capable of sitting for hours behind a computer screen to put in the work.
• Capable to conduct field work in rural areas/environment.

Applications:

Please send your CV to [email protected]. For CV to be considered, subject line in email must be completed as follows:

Job Title – Candidate: Last Name First Name. Highest Degree, years of work experience in highest degree. In 3 words why you apply.

Example: Bioenergy Manager – Candidate: John Phiri. MSc Environmental Science, 10.0 years. I live bioenergy.

Deadline for Applications: 3rd of February 2020

Non-Discrimination Claim: We do not and shall not discriminate based on race, colour, faith, gender, gender expression, age, national origin (ancestry), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status, in any of its activities or operations. These activities include, but are not limited to, hiring and firing of staff, selection of volunteers and vendors, and provision of services. We are committed to providing an inclusive and welcoming environment for all members of our staff, volunteers, subcontractors, vendors and clients.