Position title: Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist
Position location: Western Region, Ghana (specific location TBD)
Reports to: WAGES Project Coordinator based in Accra, Ghana
Contract term: 1 year contract renewable, starting June 1st, 2016

Background:

World University Service of Canada (WUSC) is a Canadian nonprofit organization with a mission to foster human development and global understanding through education and training. We are a network of professionals, students, volunteers, faculty, and community leaders who, together, provide opportunities to some of the world’s most disadvantaged youth. Our programs and services improve access to and quality of education, expand employment opportunities and foster empowerment for youth. We work with and through our southern partners – government, civil society and the private sector.

Centre for International Studies and Cooperation (CECI) is a leader within an international network of partners combating poverty and exclusion. Our main area of expertise is in the building of development capacity of local partners in four main areas: sustainable economic development, food security, human security and emergency response, and gender equality.
Present in several countries, CECI contributes to improving the conditions of thousands of people and changing lives, every day.

WUSC and CECI have formed a consortium led by WUSC for the design and implementation of a West Africa Governance and Economic Sustainability in Extractive Areas (WAGES) project (20162021). WAGES aims to support sustainable, broadbased
and inclusive economic development in three countries in West Africa, Burkina Faso, Ghana and Guinea. WAGES will contribute to inclusive local economic development by contributing to the creation of jobs, especially for women and youth, reducing poverty and generating revenues for local businesses. WAGES will support gender equality by strengthening women’s ability to participate in community decisionmaking processes, increasing women’s access to marketrelevant and business development skills training, and ensuring that women benefit from new employment opportunities generated by the project.

Nature and Scope:

The monitoring and evaluation (M&E) specialist is responsible for the monitoring and evaluation activities for WAGES in Ghana. Under the WAGES Project Coordinator’s direction, his/her roles and responsibilities include:

•   Coordinate, supervise and assure quality of monitoring and evaluation activities among partners, consultants and volunteers involved in the project in Western Region?
•   In collaboration with the Project Coordinator in Ghana, adapt results monitoring system developed for the WAGES project to the Ghanaian context?
•   Maintain the monitoring and evaluation system, including the processes for data collection, planning, cleaning and processing of data?
•   Develop data collection tools based on rigorous methodologies and appropriate to context?
•   Facilitate annual review sessions, data interpretation sessions and lessons learned?
•   Lead and coordinate baseline study and end line study of the project in Ghana?
•   Implement a database of all outputs and results of the project in Ghana developed for WAGES and maintain it?
•   Support reporting of results using resultsbased management (RBM) approaches?
•   Provide technical support to partners and volunteers in monitoring and evaluation?
•   Work in collaboration with M&E Advisor at WUSC Canada and in collaboration with other M&E specialists in other WAGES countries (Burkina Faso and Guinea)?
•   Participate in all steps of the project to ensure quality integration of monitoring, evaluation and learning?
•   Contribute to the assessment of the risk profile of WAGES in target districts, identify specific risks and appropriate mitigation strategies?
•   Lead capacity assessments of stakeholders and develop implementation plans in M&E?
•   Coordinate and undertake capacity building activities and training workshops in M&E?
•   Undertake monitoring visits to partner institutions including private sector partners and training institutions?
•   Undertake any other tasks assigned by the WAGES Project Coordinator.

Qualification Required & Experience

Education

•   A Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in social sciences, statistics or related field. Experience and Competencies
•   A minimum of five years of experience in coordinating monitoring and evaluation system?
•   Working experience in Western Region will be an asset?
•   Knowledge of Results Based Management (RBM) approaches?
•   Experience in quantitative and qualitative methodologies for data collection, particularly in difficult contexts?
•   Knowledge in sampling strategies and data analysis?
•   Experience in the development of data collection tools, both quantitative and qualitative?
•   Demonstrated experience in the development of data collection systems or databases and use of data analysis software such as Excel, SPSS or other relevant software?
•   Demonstrated experience in providing technical support and capacity building with local organizations and colleagues?
•   Proven experience of adaptability to a challenging and constantly changing environment requiring iterative planning on a regular basis?
•   Proven knowledge of and commitment to the concepts of gender equality?
•   Experience in capacity building with local partner organizations and a commitment to a participatory partnership approach to development?
•   Excellent communication skills, particularly interpersonal skills in working with partners and other stakeholders?
•   Attention to details?
•   Ability to multitask competing priorities?
•   Ability to work independently and as a team player?
•   Excellent ability to communicate, facilitate and transfer technical knowledge to nonmonitoring and evaluation colleagues?
•   Ability to think analytically and take initiative to solve challenges as it related to M&E?
•   Ability to travel and live in rural environments.

Language

•   Superior oral and written skills required in English?
•   Ability to speak one or more local languages in Western Region?
•   Speaking French will be an asset.

Location: Western Region

How To Apply For The Job

WUSC is an equal opportunity employer. Only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted. If you wish to apply for this position, please send your resumé (or Curriculum Vitae) with a covering letter quoting reference number 16/14 to:

jobs@wusc.ca

Closing Date: 30 May, 2016