Health Poverty Action,Monitoring and Evaluation Officer Jobs in Rwanda

and Field Officers

• Developing
  and guiding the overall M&E strategy for the program and individual projects
• Maintaining
  ongoing monitoring of projects within projects alongside other staff and
  partners
• Capacity
  building for staff and partners in data collection
• Analysis
  of project and overall program data
• Support
  situation assessment and design of projects
• Support
  the program in designing and undertaking baseline surveys, midterm
  reviews, and final evaluations, either internally or managing external
  consultants
• Providing
  timely and relevant information to project stakeholders, including close
  communication with all involved in M&E design and coordination; core
  project and partner M&E staff; representatives from the steering
  committee; representatives from primary stakeholder groups, and the Country
  Director, external consultants and field staff when appropriate, plus
  members of external M&E-related missions
• Undertake
  frequent visits to the field to carry out monitoring and evaluation
  activities with communities, local partners and other stakeholders

• Work
  with programme development team and field staff, to develop project
  logframe matrices, and monitoring mechanisms.
• Work
  with programme development team and field staff to develop M&E plans
  and tools for capturing data from various HPA projects.
• Lead
  M&E trainings, annual project reviews, participatory impact
  assessments, process monitoring, operations monitoring and lessons-learned
  workshops.
• Guide
  the process for identifying the key research questions and parameters for
  monitoring project performance and comparing it to targets.
• With
  stakeholders, set out the framework and procedures for monitoring and
  evaluating of project activities.
• Work
  with the programme development team, to review the quality of existing
  social economic and political data in the project area, the methods of
  collecting it and the degree to which it will provide good baseline
  statistics for impact evaluation.
• As
  required, support situation assessments during the design of projects.
• Responsible
  for developing TORs for, design and related costings for surveys and
  assessments as required.
• Work
  with relevant implementing partners, to review existing approaches and
  management information systems.
• Guide
  and supervise organizations and individuals contracted to conduct project
  evaluations.
• Based
  on project budgets, design the framework for implementation monitoring of
  project activities.
• Foster
  participatory planning and monitoring by training and involving staff and
  partners in M&E activities.

• Overseeing
  / checking quality data collection being done by Programme staff at all
  levels.
• Conducting
  periodic qualitative research at field level, and supporting Programme
  staff to do the same.
• Collect,
  manage, maintain and provide data for regular reporting on program
  progress and support continual program improvement.
• Review
  and analyze monitoring reports, whilst also proffering alternative
  strategies to overcome project bottlenecks in relation to implementation.
• Work
  with project development team to develop TORs for specific project
  studies.
• Support
  external evaluation missions by providing country context and field
  relevant information by screening and analyzing monitoring reports as well
  as by furnishing direct personal knowledge of the field situation.
• Engage
  in internal studies such as midline evaluations and surveys.
• Organize
  refresher training in M&E for project and implementing partner staff,
  local organizations and primary stakeholders.
• Plan
  for regular opportunities to identify lessons learned and implications for
  the project’s next steps.
• Assist
  in ensuring quality control of all M & E products.
• Analysis
  of project and overall program data.

• Prepare
  and disseminate M&E reports and findings as and when appropriate on
  M&E.
• Support
  the production of internal and donor reports with M&E data against
  indicators and milestones.
• Undertake
  regular field visits to support project implementation and identify where
  adaptations might be needed.
• Regularly
  update monitoring data, lead discussions in the appropriate forums and in
  a timely fashion.
• Participate
  in external missions and facilitate mission team members’ access to
  M&E data and to stakeholders.
• Document
  project best practices, case studies, and success stories.
• Design
  and produce Projects’ newsletters at regular basis.

• Strong
  communication and presentation skills in English, and ability to
  effectively communicate over Skype and email; and discuss M&E with
  non-M&E staff in simple everyday language
• Ability
  to track project achievements against milestones
• Extensive
  experience leading data collection and management
• Knowledge
  in project management, Log frame and M&E frameworks
• Demonstrated
  proficiency in computer applications such as word processing,
  spreadsheets, database, email and utilization of the internet
• Good
  report writing skills
• Knowledge
  and understanding of Rwanda education and health systems
• Passionate
  commitment to HPA’s aims and objectives.

• A
  degree in economics, social sciences or data management from a recognized
  university with 3 years working experience in similar field.
• Experience-working
  with NGO’s on monitoring and evaluation –
• Proven
  strong mathematics and statistical knowledge