The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has created the METSS project to provide technical support for program monitoring and evaluation (M&E), research, policy analysis and capacity building for its agriculture and energy programs. The current project is a new, five-year continuation of an existing project that ended this year and is administered through the University of Cape Coast, Kansas State University and the US Department of Agriculture (USDA).

A critical component of METSS is disseminating knowledge, tools, and learning gained from implementationg of USAID's activities. As the activities progress towards maturity, it is important to capture, analyze and disseminate knowledge from activity implementation in a more systematic manner in order to effectively communicate lessions learned to key project stakeholders, including development practitioners in agriculture, food security, nutrition, energy, the private sector, and policymakers of the host country.

METSS will create a publicly accessible online platform that captures data related to USAID's economic growth program, case studies, lessons learned, videos, presentations, and templates in a practical, innovative and user-friendly way for use by target audiences

Pursuant to this goal, METSS seeks to secure the services of the following professionals:

1) Full time knowledge Management Expert to provide leadership for the development and implementation of this knowledge management initiative
2) Full time M&E Team Leader and
3) Full time computer Programmer, Database Manager

Title: Monitoring & Evaluation Team Leader

The Purpose for this position is to offer leadership to address METSS's growing responsibilities in providing monitoring and evaluation support to USAID's Economic Growth (EG) office as it implements its programs under the number of initiatives mentioned earlier.

Duties and responsibilities:

Reporting directly to the Director of Program Operations (DPO), the incumbent will provide leadership to the team of M&E Speclialists who will respond to the EG Office needs in terms of program monitoring, reporting and evaluation, Specifically he/she will perform the following duties:

•   Provide leadership for developing and maintaining a comprehensive monitoring plan and a system to manage data for all Economic Growth Development Objective programs. The incumbent will determine information to be collected, data sources, survey methodologies and instruments, data quality assessments to be performed and the frequency of data collection. He/She will lead the team to monitor, on an ongoing basis, selected variables related to agriculture and private sector development, assess and analyze all data collected and/or reported by implementing partners and prepare EG office qualitative report for portfolio reviews and annual reports.
•   Provide leadership for the verification of data reported from the field by implementing partners through periodic field visits and the review of reports.
•   Provide guidance to implementing partners in the following: (a) preparation and updating of performance monitoring plans, description and quantification of partner activities, formulation of indicators, performance targets and (b) results reporting, tracking and documenting programmatic achievements.
•   Prepare the scope of work for the evaluation of program activities, ensuring that stakeholder interests are adequately covered and provide technical guidance for the implementation of program evaluation, review evaluation reports and provide feedback. She/he will manage the provision of logistical support for a successful completion of evaluations.
•   Perform any other tasks assigned by the DPO.

The incumbent will collaborate with officials of USAID/Ghana and the implementing partners in the performance of duties.

Qualification Required & Experience

Requirement for the position:

The following qualifications and experiences are required of the successful applicant:

•   Advanced university degree in agricultural economics, monotiring and evaluation, international development or a relevant related field.
•   At least ten years of relevant work experience in project/program monitoring responsibilities in government, multilateral or bilateral development agencies, using computer-based data management tools.
•   A minimum of five years practical experience in project/program evaluation and with excellent skills in survey methods
•   Minimum of two years in leadership position
•   Excellent team player skills and an ability to work independently while being responsive to the team's needs
•   Excellent communication and report writing skills
•   Experience in agribusiness, agriculture financing or related private sector exposure is an advantage
•   Excellent leadership skills, team worker and ability to work in a mult-cultural and interdisciplinary environment
•   Ability to travel to the field on short notice

Location: Accra

How To Apply For The Job

Interested applicants must submit Curriculum Vitae, Salary History, three references and a cover letter which addresses the requirement of the position of interest, to the following e-mail address:-

recruit@metssghana.org

Closing Date: 16 May, 2014

Note: Insert the Position of interest in the subject line of the e-mail.