Recruitment Description/ Key Accountabilities

Qualifications and Skills

Key Duties and Responsibilities:
– Develop programme performance management plans and monitor implementation processes to track milestones and report on programme indicators.
– Design and conduct baseline studies on households to establish a reference database and analyse current levels of crop production, livestock, household income, and market opportunities, etc.
– Design and conduct follow-up surveys on households and the community to assess adoption levels, pathways, constraints, and outcomes at the household level.
– Coordinate and supervise project MEL field agents throughout the data collection process, as well as work closely with MEL teams from partners to ensure effective MEL implementation.
– Actively participate in programme review and planning meetings.
– Work closely with the programme management team and contribute to periodic monitoring and evaluation reports.
– Contribute to the capacity building of scaling partners through on-the-job training as well as structured training workshops.
– Contribute to the dissemination of results to key stakeholders.
– Perform any other duties assigned by the supervisor.

Required Qualifications and Competencies:
– A minimum of a bachelor’s degree in Agricultural Sciences, Economics, Statistics, Mathematics, or Computer Science from a recognised university.
– At least 3 years of experience conducting MEL activities.
– Experience and understanding of data collection and survey methodologies, including survey methodologies and statistical analyses.
– Must have good knowledge and experience with database management applications such as STATA, SPSS, Microsoft Access, and Microsoft Excel.
– Must be able to perform basic analysis and interpretation of socio-economic data.
– Proficiency in both spoken and written English and Portuguese.

Conditions: The contract will be for an initial period of two years, with the possibility of renewal based on performance, the availability of funding and other factors. These vacancies are for nationally recruited staff and lITA offers a nationally competitive remuneration package, paid in local currency.

Place of work: IITA-Mozambique, Nampula

Applications: Please send your CV and letter of application with names and addresses of three references by email to iita-mozambique@cgiar.org by 25 September 2024. If you cannot send it by email, please send it to: IITA-Mozambique, Av.