Vacancy title:
Senior Monitoring & Evaluation Officer (M&E) - CDSF

Jobs at:
African Development Bank (AfDB)

Deadline of this Job:
29th November 2018

Duty Station:
Tanzania

Summary
Date Posted: 15th November 2018 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed , Employment Type: Full-Time

Established in 1964, the African Development Bank (AfDB) is the premier pan-African development institution, promoting economic growth and social progress across the continent. There are 80 member states, including 54 in Africa (Regional Member Countries). The Bank’s development agenda is delivering the financial and technical support for transformative projects that will significantly reduce poverty through inclusive and sustainable economic growth. In order to sharply focus the objectives of the Ten Year Strategy (2013 – 2022) and ensure greater developmental impact, five major areas (High 5), all of which will accelerate our delivery for Africa, have been identified for scaling up, namely; energy, agro-business, industrialization, integration and improving the quality of life for the people of Africa.

JOB DETAILS:

THE POSITION:
The Senior Monitoring & Evaluation Officer (M&E) will be responsible for monitoring and evaluation related activities for the ClimDev Africa Programme (CDA), the ClimDev Africa Special Fund (CDSF) and all projects implemented under the Programme and Fund, in accordance with the existing Results Logical Frameworks. The incumbent will work as part of the CDSF team under the supervision and guidance of the CDSF Coordinator, within the Department of Climate Change and Green Growth (PECG) at the African Development Bank (AfDB).

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Under the guidance of the CDSF Coordinator, in collaboration with the Project Task Managers, the Senior Monitoring & Evaluation Officer will be responsible for execution of the following activities with the associated deliverables:

• Lead development of and oversee the review of CDA programme and CDSF’s project level Monitoring &Evaluation (M&E) plans and associated work plans,
  
• Develop TORs for M&E tasks within CDA Programme, CDSF Projects, and Partner projects (e.g. the design of surveys, evaluations, mid-term and final evaluation), etc. using a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods.
  
• Responsible for sourcing data and information for specific M&E needs directly from other bank departments or outside agencies etc (such as budgets, staff capacity and other internal data) particularly for indicators not requiring a survey.
  
• Support technical work such as reviewing M&E methods, carrying out training needs, designing M&E tools and advising M&E technical assistance.
  
• Oversee and participate in evaluations and assessments.
  

SELECTION CRITERIA
Including desirable skills, knowledge and experience

• Master’s degree or its equivalent in environmental science, natural resource management or related field combined with extensive experience in similar responsible position in Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation.
  
• At least five (5) years of work experience in a field related to rural development, livelihoods, agriculture promotion, and planning or project management.
  
• Experience in results and evaluation design and implementation at the programme level.
  
• Willingness to undertake regular field visits in different conditions.
  
• Excellent technical skills in Climate Change, socio-economic research and program and project performance assessment.