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Description Of Job

We are looking for a Monitoring & Evaluation Officer to join our team.

The GIZ Programme Market Oriented Agriculture aims to enhance agriculture through the establishment of value chains. The value chain concept aims at integrating primary producers, traders, processors or exporters and retailers in the up-grading of the value chain to enhance competitiveness on local, regional and international markets, create employment and income for in this sector.

The programme is implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Co-operation and Development. It works in close co-operation with the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) and private sector institutions.

Main Duties and Responsibilities
The incumbent is responsible for:

•  The co-ordination and supervision of M&E activities of the programme
•  Organisation of documentation and knowledge management in the programme
•  Supporting reporting to partner and Ministry of Economic Co-operation and Development (BMZ)
•  The position carries overall responsibility for M&E procedures and the compilation of data of impact and activity monitoring;
•  Maintain and update a database on indicators and milestones as laid down in the offer and plan of operations and compile these data for progress reports
•  Ensure a proper backup system for this database
•  Update MOAP's respective impact monitoring, esp. impact chains integrating HIV/Aids related areas
•  Attend regular meetings of GIZ HIV/Aids working group
•  Assist in the preparation and documentation of general team meetings, management and steering committee meetings
•  Assists in compiling and drafting reports to MoFA as requested
•  Compiles an overview of project/programme activities, deadlines etc. and presents it regularly in team meetings
•  Perform any other duties that may be assigned from time-to-time

Qualification Required & Experience

Qualifications and Competencies:

•  University degree in a course related to the programme's goals (Agricultural Economics, Development Planning, Agribusiness, MBA, General Economics, Project Management or the like)

Professional Experience:

•  Minimum of 5 years of professional working experience in a similar position

Other Knowledge, additional competencies:

•  Experiences in project management
•  Good communication skills
•  Research experience in a field of expertise related to the programme's needs
•  Conversant with Results-Based-Management and Monitoring
•  Good working knowledge of modern telecommunication systems, IT-know-how (MS-Office, Access or other database programme)
•  Language skills: Fluent in English, Ghanaian languages are desirable

How To Apply For The Job

Interested and suitable applicants are to forward their applications with a detailed Curriculum Vitae and a half to one page letter addressing the applicants' motivation by email to:

hr-ghana@giz.de

Closing Date: 05 November 2012

Kindly, note that only shortlisted applicants would be contacted. If you do not hear from us 2 weeks after the deadline, please consider your application unsuccessful.