Secondary Education for Girls Advancement (SEGA) is a non-profit organization (NGO) with offices at Mkundi area, Morogoro Municipal, Morogoro Region, mandated to operate in Tanzania mainland with registration No. 00NG/R2/0000232. SEGA’s mission is to educate and equip bright Tanzanian girls with academic, leadership, and business skills to unleash their individual talents and reach their full potential.

SEGA programs include:

The SEGA Girls Secondary School

The SEGA Girls Secondary School, located in the Mkundi area, Morogoro Municipal, provides quality holistic education for Form I – IV on different levels of scholarships. Its mission is to provide quality education for girls that fosters the development of academic excellence, strong values, healthy self-esteem, and independent thinking skills, with an emphasis on leadership, entrepreneurship, social responsibility, and environmental care.

Continuing Education Scholarship Program

Provides scholarships and mentorship opportunities for SEGA School graduates to pursue A-Levels, Vocational, certificate, Diploma and University degrees, empowering young women with practical skills and professional knowledge.

Msichana wa Kisasa Community Outreach Program

A peer-to-peer community outreach initiative that empowers SEGA graduates to mentor girls aged 10 to 20 in various Tanzanian communities. The program focuses on health and hygiene education, life skills development, financial literacy, and entrepreneurship training. The program uses experienced SEGA alumnae to expand the school’s impact beyond its campus by fostering a network of empowered young women equipped to make informed decisions and contribute positively to their communities.

SEGA Graduates Business Development Program

Provides small revolving funds and training opportunities to SEGA program graduates to run and sustain small businesses, promoting economic independence and entrepreneurial success.

Position summary

The MEL Coordinator will be responsible for overall strengthening of SEGA’s M&E systems across programs. The incumbent will be responsible for familiarizing themselves with all SEGA’s programs and developing appropriate mechanisms for evaluating each one as related to the core organization’s objectives. Furthermore, the incumbent will be responsible for working closely with program colleagues to ensure high quality and accuracy in data collection, data analysis and interpretation, data storage, and reporting to support evidence-based decision-making ability in order to improve the programs.

Job responsibilities

1. Review existing monitoring and evaluation system.
2. Refine and revise indicators as necessary, seeking input from SEGA Management, Staff, NM M&E Committee.
3. Refine or develop new tools for all indicators to ensure there are tools in place for collecting the data needed.
4. Work with IT Coordinator to ensure data capture and storage facility in place and that data is regularly available when needed
5. Work with program staff to orient them on their monitoring and evaluation and reporting tasks—ensure all know the reporting formats and report on the data as required in a timely way. Work with Director and all supervisory staff to refine or make new staff reporting formats as needed (for activity and output level indicators and qualitative reports).
6. Devise a system to ensure that data reported on is fed to the data base.
7. Spot check /conduct follow-up to ensure validity of data reported.
8. Organize and Facilitate learning workshops for regular sharing of results/indicators with program staff for ongoing strengthening of programs and management team; and handle all logistics for these workshops
9. Produce the Annual Report Card and support the development of other reports according to the reporting schedule and templates provided by SEGA Nurturing Minds and other donors.
10. Provide inputs and support for fundraising proposals, Social media content, and information for public relations.
11. Perform any other duties assigned by the management

Professional qualifications and requirements

• Master’s degree in Monitoring and Evaluation or similar field is an added advantage
• At least 5 years’ experience in data collection, cleaning, analysis systems, and research skills, with good experience in M&E trends
• Excellent written and spoken English,
• Experience in designing and conducting qualitative and quantitative research/evaluations
• Ability to organize and conduct trainings in M&E
• Experience in working with programs from Non-Governmental Organizations.

• Review existing monitoring and evaluation system.
• Refine and revise indicators as necessary, seeking input from SEGA Management, Staff, NM M&E Committee.
• Refine or develop new tools for all indicators to ensure there are tools in place for collecting the data needed.
• Work with IT Coordinator to ensure data capture and storage facility in place and that data is regularly available when needed
• Work with program staff to orient them on their monitoring and evaluation and reporting tasks, ensure all know the reporting formats and report on the data as required in a timely way, and work with Director and all supervisory staff to refine or make new staff reporting formats as needed.
• Devise a system to ensure that data reported on is fed to the data base.
• Spot check /conduct follow-up to ensure validity of data reported.
• Organize and Facilitate learning workshops for regular sharing of results/indicators with program staff for ongoing strengthening of programs and management team; and handle all logistics for these workshops
• Produce the Annual Report Card and support the development of other reports according to the reporting schedule and templates provided by SEGA Nurturing Minds and other donors.
• Provide inputs and support for fundraising proposals, Social media content, and information for public relations.
• Perform any other duties assigned by the management

• Data collection, cleaning, and analysis
• Monitoring and evaluation systems and trends
• Research skills
• Designing and conducting qualitative and quantitative research/evaluations
• Organizing and conducting M&E trainings
• Excellent written and spoken English
• Data interpretation, storage, and reporting
• Facilitation and workshop organization

• Master’s degree in Monitoring and Evaluation or similar field is an added advantage
• Excellent written and spoken English
• Ability to organize and conduct trainings in M&E
• Experience in working with programs from Non-Governmental Organizations.