Global Communities,Senior Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist Jobs in Rwanda

Evaluation Specialist for the
anticipated USAID Feed the Future Rwanda Sustainable Food, Agriculture, and
Nutrition Activity.  

• Lead
  Collaborating, Learning and Adapting (CLA) activities for the program.
• Manage
  the Monitoring and Evaluation components of the program and make
  operational decisions
• Oversee
  data collection and ensure that the M&E system and results reporting
  meet the requirements of the Feed the Future initiative.
• Lead
  a system for continuous communication with the two established external
  evaluation partners
• Use
  critical inputs, feedback, and assessments received from evaluation
  partners to inform changes in program approaches and scale-up.
• Ensure
  that program components are results-oriented.

• Seven
  (7) years of progressively responsible work experience in managing complex
  project of similar size.
• Five
  (5) years of monitoring and evaluation work at the supervisory level
  preferred
• Experience
  designing and overseeing M&E data collection and reporting for
  agriculture/food security projects. Feed the Future reporting experience
  in also preferred.
• Demonstrated
  research design and analytical skills
•  Five
  (5) years of agriculture research or monitoring and evaluation experience
  in a development setting in Africa.
• USAID
  or other international donor experience  
• Experience
  implementing, operationalizing, and managing information collection and
  assessment systems.
• Experience
  creating and managing information data bases using appropriate software
  applications.
• Ability
  to work in team environment and work with and train non-direct reports to
  implement programs.
• Strong
  writing, reporting, and presentational skills.
• Familiarity
  with gender issues in monitoring and evaluation and an understanding of
  the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI) preferred