Ethiopia: MONITORING AND EVALUATION OFFICER TO SUPPORT THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCK

About AGRA

Founded in 2006, the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), is an African-led African-based organization that seeks to catalyze Agriculture Transformation in Africa. AGRA is focused on putting smallholder farmers at the center of the continent’s growing economy by transforming agriculture from a solitary struggle to survive into farming as a business that thrives. As the sector that employs the majority of Africa’s people, nearly all of them small-scale farmers, AGRA recognizes that developing smallholder agriculture into a productive, efficient, and sustainable system is essential to ensuring food security, lifting millions out of poverty, and driving equitable growth across the continent.

AGRA is rolling out a new 5-year strategy to catalyze and sustain an Inclusive Agricultural Transformation in Africa to increase incomes and improve food security for 30 million farmers. Under this strategy, AGRA will deliver through an approach that simultaneously catalyzes change at farmer level, strengthens input and output market systems and puts government at the center to enable and champion private-sector-led agricultural growth at national level.

As part of its cooperation framework agreement with the Government of Ethiopia and the AGRA Ethiopia Country Program, AGRA seeks to strengthen the capacity of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock in effectively implementing the flagship Growth and Transformation Plan (GTP). AGRA is seeking to recruit an experienced and exceptional individual to the role of Monitoring and Evaluation Officer to be seconded to the Ethiopian Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock.

The Position:

Reporting to the Director of Planning and Programming of the Mistry of Agriculture and Livestock and the Vice President for Country Support and Delivery of AGRA or a designee, the M&E Officer will be responsible for supporting the Ministry in planning and executing an M&E framework, and conducting monitoring and evaluation of for the main flagship programs of the Ministry, including but not limited to the GTPII. The position will be based at the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

· Develop, implement and evaluate assigned programmes/projects, etc.; monitor and analyze programme/project development and implementation; review relevant documents and reports; identify problems and issues to be addressed and initiate corrective actions; liaise with relevant parties; ensure follow-up actions;

· Research, analyze and present information gathered from diverse sources;

· Coordinate policy development, including the review and analysis of issues and trends, prepare impact evaluation or equivalent studies, etc.;

· Generate survey initiatives; review, analyze and interpret response, identify problems/issues and prepare conclusions;

· Organize and prepare written outputs, e.g. draft background papers, analysis, sections of reports and studies, inputs to publications, etc.;

· Provide substantive backstopping to consultative and other meetings, conferences, etc., to include proposing agenda topics, identifying participants, preparation of documents and presentations, etc.;

· Initiate and coordinate outreach activities; conduct training workshops, seminars, etc.; make presentations on assigned topics/activities;

· Lead and/or participate in large, complex field missions, including provision of guidance to external consultant, government officials and other parties and drafting mission summaries, etc.;

Specific Functions:

· Lead the mid-term evaluation of the Growth and Transformation Program (GTP) II and writing of the evaluation report.

· Develop recommendations for program adjustment based on the findings of the mid-term review and follow up action

· Develop an effective M&E framework with trackable performance measures for monitoring the performance of the GTP II implementation for the reminder of the GTP II implementation

· Conduct regular monitoring of the program and identify key bottlenecks for the program implementation and follow up decision making with the relevant authorities

· Lead the final evaluation of GTP II at the end of the programme

· Contribute to the design of GTP III.

· Build the capacity of the PPD through training, coaching and mentoring

Key Qualifications and Experience required:

· At least a Master’s degree in Agricultural Economics, International Development, social science, economics, or relevant discipline.

· Minimum of 10 years’ experience in Minimum of five years of progressively responsible professional experience in a performance monitoring and/or evaluation role with an international development organization.

· Excellent verbal and written communication skills with a team orientation and strong collaborative skills.

· Demonstrated ability in data analysis, project design, monitoring, and evaluation of development activities.

· Experience developing results frameworks, logical frameworks, or similar tools for project design is required.

· Experience developing and/or using performance management plans or similar tools is required.

· Demonstrated knowledge of and experience in monitoring and evaluating programs—including indicator development, study design, and data analysis—in multiple sectors.

· Experience using knowledge management software or database is highly desired.

· Excellent analytical skills and the ability to summarize disparate information in a clear and concise manner

· Excellent research and data collection methodology skills

· Ability to create organizational work plans based on higher-level goals

· Deep understanding of the Ethiopian agricultural sector and stakeholders

· Knowledge of Amharic language is highly desirable

The M&E Officer is expected to prepare and submit quarterly and annual reports for the VP of Country Support and Delivery or a designee on activities undertaken, success stories, and any issues and problems.

Objectives

As part of its cooperation framework agreement with the Government of Ethiopia and the AGRA Ethiopia Country Program, AGRA seeks to strengthen the capacity of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock in effectively implementing the flagship Growth and Transformation Plan (GTP). AGRA is seeking to recruit an experienced and exceptional individual to the role of Monitoring and Evaluation Officer to be seconded to the Ethiopian Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock for an initial one-year period renewable up to a maximum of three years based on performance.

The services include*:*

· Lead the mid-term evaluation of the Growth and Transformation Program (GTP) II and writing of the evaluation report.

· Develop recommendations for program adjustment based on the findings of the mid-term review and follow up action

· Develop an effective M&E framework with trackable performance measures for monitoring the performance of the GTP II implementation for the reminder of the GTP II implementation

· Conduct regular monitoring of the program and identify key bottlenecks for the program implementation and follow up decision making with the relevant authorities

· Lead the final evaluation of GTP II at the end of the program

· Contribute to the design of GTP III.

· Build the capacity of the PPD through training, coaching and mentoring

AGRA now invites eligible individual consultants to indicate their interest in providing these services. Interested consultants must provide information indicating that they are qualified to perform the services including detailed Curriculum vitae and certified academic certificates. AGRA will request for a financial proposal and negotiate with the best candidate.

The detailed terms of references can be found on ……………………….*(indicate link)*

Interested individual consultants may obtain further information at the email address provided below.

Expressions of interest must be sent to: procurement@agra.org by Thursday 19^th July 2018 at 2359 Hours East Africa Time (GMT +3).