Background:
The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) invites applications for the regionally recruited position of Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist.
IITA is an international non-profit research-for-development (R4D) organization created in 1967, governed by a Board of Trustees, and supported primarily by the Consultative Group of International Agricultural Research (CGIAR). Our R4D is anchored on the development needs of sub-Saharan Africa. We develop agricultural solutions with our partners to tackle hunger and poverty by reducing producer and consumer risks, enhancing crop quality and productivity, and generating wealth from agriculture. We have more than 100 internationally recruited scientists from about 35 countries and 900 nationally recruited staff based in various stations across Africa. Please visit http://www.iita.org/ for more information on IITA.
IITA is looking for an M&E specialist to work in a project that is operating in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Zambia, Ghana, Mali and Nigeria. The project will focus on four components:
1) Generation of agricultural technologies and innovations,
2) Sustainable dissemination and adoption of agricultural technologies and innovations across the value chain, 3) Sustainable capacity strengthening of project stakeholders and
4) Efficient management of the project.
Position/Responsibilities
• Define key indicators to monitor according to timeframe (productivity, production, income, access to input and product markets).
• Develop a gender sensitive/mainstreaming framework for monitoring and evaluation with proper feedback processes and indicators/metrics which affect the project priority targets and activities.
• Assess the effectiveness and efficiency of project activities, outputs and outcomes.
• Assess adoption and diffusion of key innovations and report on major constraints and opportunities.
• Dialogue with all key actors within and outside the project for performance assessment of the project output, outcome and impacts.
Educational Qualifications
M.Sc. or Ph.D in social sciences, agricultural economics, or related field and some knowledge in sociology plus at least five (5) years of experience in the field of M&E.
Core Competencies:
• Knowledgeable in performance analysis indicators, logical framework approach, theory-based evaluation, formal survey techniques, rapid appraisal methods and other participatory methods, cost-benefit analysis and impact assessment approaches.
• Conversant with database development, storage and management.
• Objective judgment of opinions; facts and target group preferences.
Duty station: IITA Ibadan, Nigeria
General information: Initial appointment is for three years. IITA offers a competitive remuneration package paid in US dollars.
Applications: Applications including curriculum vitae, names and addresses of three referees should be addressed to the Human Resources Manager. Please complete our online application form using this link: http://www.iita.org/irs-online-application
Closing Date: Wednesday, 25 April 2012
