Vacancy title:
Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Learning (MERL) Officer

Jobs at:
UZIKWASA - Pangani

Deadline of this Job:
7th December, 2018

Duty Station:
Tanga, Tanzania

Summary
Date Posted: 5th December 2018 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed , Employment Type: Full-Time

JOB DETAILS:
UZIKWASA’s complex monitoring system integrates process monitoring with continuous impact tracking. It includes a variety of data from case studies and testimonies to gender violence data and media related audience data. Ongoing impact tracking research (community diary study) requires the candidate to
provide regular trainings to community diarists. S/he will contribute to weekly learning and reflection meetings about implementation progress. The candidate is expected to make significant contributions to the MERL system including development of results frame works and development of monitoring tools.

Specific Tasks

• Ensure timely submission of activity reports and review for quality of information and completeness
  
• Maintain monitoring database updated at any given point of time.
  
• Provide support to relevant local government structures in record keeping on gender-based violence and violence against children.
  
• Maintain an updated data base of testimonies of change from local stakeholders, partners and members of the team.
  
• Collect and review community diaries and ensure quality of data through regular refresher trainings of diarists
  
• Ensure that radio monitoring data are documented by radio presenters and shared.
  
• Adhere to professional ethics with regards to various research activities in collaboration with program and radio team and ensure the development and use of appropriate feed back mechanisms/systems from the community by using the radio
  
• Write overall quality M&E reports supported by other members of the team.
  
• Review data collection tools and management systems for continuous relevance and develop solutions to share with management and program team where necessary
  
• Maintain effective partnerships with community members involved in M&E activities as well as collaborators and NGO partners
  
• Maintain familiarity with the organisation’s result framework and the tools used to track its technical implementation and substantive progress.
  

Competence: The candidate is a strong team player, open to provide and receive feedback and facilitate critical and constructive output reviews.

Qualifications and skills:

• At least three years of experience with program monitoring
  
• Degree in information management, project planning and management or similar qualification Advanced computer skills and proficiency in windows excel and quantitative data analysis
  
• Experience in qualitative or quantitative research is of advantage
  
• Excellent writing skills in both English and Kiswahili
  
• Humility to learn and adapt to a reflective learning organisation
  
• Ability to ask for help learning about a complex MERL System