Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Officer

About the role

Canadian Feed The Children (CFTC) is looking for an experienced Monitoring and Evaluation Officer for a 15-month full-time contract position in Tamale, Ghana, reporting to the Project Manager. The role supports a $2 million food security and climate change project aimed at improving the adaptive capacity and resilience of smallholder farmers in northern Ghana, implemented with three local partners and technical institutions. The suggested start date is February 11, 2013, with frequent field travel.

Key responsibilities

• Design and implement a project monitoring framework and choose appropriate M&E methodologies and tools
• Support partners in developing and implementing M&E plans and oversee all M&E activities related to deliverables
• Provide technical support and training to staff and partners, and set up a system to collect baseline data
• Help build an information management database for analysing and interpreting data
• Support the production of all project reports

Required profile

• University degree, preferably in the social sciences
• At least 3 years of experience in international development projects, M&E and/or social research, including qualitative and quantitative data collection, analysis and report writing
• Experience preparing and delivering training and facilitating workshops
• Demonstrated in-depth experience in at least two of: climate change, food security, agriculture, livelihoods
• Eligibility to work in Ghana

Required skills

• Strong knowledge of international development monitoring and evaluation systems and methodologies
• Gender analysis skills and proven ability to train and build capacity
• Proficiency in word processing, spreadsheets and database software
• Excellent English business writing and research skills
• Desirable: speaks a principal language of Northern Ghana, holds a valid Ghanaian driving licence, and has worked with a Canadian NGO or funder

Candidates apply by sending a CV and a covering letter stating how their skills fit the role to the Country Representative, with the application sent electronically to the employer's jobs email, before the closing date of 9 January 2013. Interviews are held in Tamale in late January.