Lead, Monitoring and Evaluation - ICT Challenge Project

About the role

Grameen Foundation's Ghana office is looking for a Lead, Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) to head M&E efforts for the ICT Challenge project, a USAID initiative that provides ICT support to accelerate the adoption of technologies that yield food security and nutrition crops. The role works closely with the Program Director and collaborates with stakeholders to design and run an M&E framework for ICT-based services that help extension networks, input suppliers and other value chain players reach farmers with information on new agriculture technologies in value chains such as maize, rice, sorghum, cassava, yam and cowpea.

Key responsibilities

• Assist in designing the M&E framework for the New Alliance ICT Extension Challenge Fund and baseline surveys, farm management plans and monitoring tools
• Accompany a human-centered design consultant in research on farmer needs and lead needs assessment exercises with smallholder farmers
• Ensure equity and access standards, including gender and poverty goals, are built into project design and outreach
• Implement project M&E, oversee data quality for surveys, logs and farmer meeting records, and ensure quality of agricultural content on CKW Search and of videos and SMS campaigns
• Conduct field-level monitoring, analyze quantitative and qualitative data, and present findings and recommendations to management
• Design and build reports and dashboards, set data protocols, and write supporting narratives for project reports

Required profile

• Masters degree in Statistics, Econometrics, Population Studies/Demography or a related field
• 5-8 years of experience designing and executing field program M&E
• Strong knowledge of international M&E best practice and experience conducting impact assessments
• Deep understanding of the challenges faced by poor smallholder farmers and the local context

Required skills

• Excellent quantitative analysis skills and mastery of at least one statistical tool (e.g., SPSS, SAS, STATA, R)
• Ability to lead qualitative exercises and influence partners without authority
• Communication and relationship management skills

Applications include a cover letter, a detailed CV with dates and responsibilities, certified copies of academic certificates and three work-related referees, sent by email by 15 December 2015.