JOB TITLE: Monitoring, Learning and Evaluation Expert

REPORTS TO:  Project Coordinator

REPORTING TO POST HOLDER: None

LOCATION:  Bale Robe with frequent travel to project intervention woredas in Bale and West Arsi zones

DURATION: Until December,2023; after successful probation period of 60 days.

Farm Africa was founded in 1985, is an international non-governmental organization working in Ethiopia since 1988. We drive agricultural and environmental change to improve lives. Our strategy has three pillars: agricultural expertise, management and preservation of ecosystems, and the power of business to drive prosperity. We believe Africa has the power to feed itself and are helping make this happen by establishing and spreading the best farming and forestry techniques so that poor farmers and herders have more food to feed their families and to sell. We help smallholders manage their natural resources sustainably so that they can withstand climate change challenges and shocks and ensure their families have enough food in the future as well as now. Farm Africa works in partnership with communities, government, local and international organizations, and the private sector to innovate, learn and share best practices for maximum impact of our projects.

Farm Africa is implementing BER Phase II programme for five years (2019-2024) with financial grant of the European Union. The programme has been operational in 16 woredas in the Bale and West Arsi Administrations. The programme is implemented by five consortium members including Farm Africa Lead partner, Frankfurt Zoological Society (FZS), International Water Management Institution (IWMI), Population Health and Environment Consortium (PHE EC) and SOS Sahel Ethiopia. The project has targeted to achieve four major project outcomes; Institutional capacity building, enhancing sustainable management of priority protected forest areas, supporting community’s sustainable livelihoods, and generating knowledge and best practices.

A monitoring, learning and evaluation expert is responsible to provide monitoring and learning for BER phase II programme in collaboration with Farm Africa’s team and consortium staff. A position holder is responsible to collect monitoring data, producing case stories and preparing periodical reports for the government and the donor. He/she will be actively involved in planning and organizing quarterly programme review meetings including the annual Project Progress Review (PPR). The position holder is expected to work closely with different teams both at the field and Farm Africa’s country offices.

Key Responsibilities are;

• Establish a robust monitoring and evaluation system in collaboration with the Farm, Africa’s MLE team and BER phase II programme Manager and project coordinator
• ·Working closely with field office team and woreda experts to facilitate data collection from different sources including gathering of community feedbacks
• Review and ensure quality of Logical frame indicators, reporting formats and contents and other relevant management tools from the perspective of knowledge management and learning
• Work in consultation and partnership with a project coordinator and partner staff to ensure consistency of monitoring system across the intervention areas
• Contribute to developing strategies for long-term, sustainable systems to support data production, storage, analysis, documentation, dissemination and use
• Actively involve in preparing case stores and lessons which represent the BER phase II project intervention areas
• Work closely with the programme team in preparations of monthly, quarterly and annual reports which will be submitted to government offices and donors
• Responsible to facilitate cross learnings within and between different projects and assist in organizing those learning events
• Preparing Terms of Reference to conduct project midterm review and terminal evaluation
• Update records regularly and facilitate a monthly digital project progress report and attend review sessions at the field sub-office and or at the country office
• Capacitate project team in the area of monitoring and evaluation by providing train, advice, and coaching

These essential functions are not to be interpreted as a complete statement of all duties performed. Employees will be required to perform other job-related duties as required.

Investing in smallholder farming is the number one way to combat poverty in rural Africa. Farm Africa is a leading NGO specialising in growing agriculture, protecting the environment and developing businesses in rural Africa.

EXPERT. Deep expertise and insightful evidence-based solutions are at the heart of everything Farm Africa does.

GROUNDED. Positive change starts with Africa’s people, so our experts work closely with local communities, engaging them in every level of decision-making.

IMPACTFUL. We take a long-term view so we can deliver lasting changes for farmers and their families.

BOLD. We model innovative new approaches and are not afraid to challenge strategies that are failing.