Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist

About the role

The West Africa Regional Fisheries Project (WARFP)-Ghana, funded by the World Bank's IDA and GEF grants, is hiring a Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist to manage its activities. The specialist designs and runs the project's monitoring and evaluation system, supports risk management and prepares quarterly and annual reports. The post is based in Accra but covers the country, lasts two years and is renewable yearly.

Key responsibilities

• Develop and operate an M&E plan with the Project Technical Committee and the Regional Coordination Unit, including monitoring systems linked to the logframe and a regularly updated data collation schedule
• Review the project logical framework and M&E framework, and help establish baselines for M&E interventions
• Oversee data collection from the project, the Fisheries Commission, consultants' reports and other sources, and maintain an up-to-date M&E record
• Support the project unit and technical committee in managing project risks and advise them on mitigation and corrective actions
• Support stakeholder participation and sensitization, provide M&E technical assistance and capacity building, and liaise with other WARFP projects in the sub-region
• Prepare quarterly monitoring and evaluation reports and the annual Project Implementation Report

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in marine, fisheries, environmental or a related discipline
• At least 8 years of full-time experience in project or programme monitoring and evaluation
• Demonstrated experience developing, testing and implementing M&E frameworks for the environmental, fisheries, marine and/or coastal sector
• Experience establishing indicator baselines and setting annual quantitative and qualitative targets
• Ability to work independently, multi-task and facilitate consultations, meetings and workshops
• Fluency in English and computer proficiency

Applications are made by sending a sealed expression of interest with a detailed CV and copies of certificates to the Acting Director of Fisheries, Fisheries Commission, Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Accra, by 3.00 pm on 20 July 2012.