Vacancy title:
Monitoring and Evaluation Officer

[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Public Administration, and Government, Category: Admin & Office]

Jobs at:
Vice President's Office

Deadline of this Job:
Monday, May 26 2025

Duty Station:
Kigoma | Kigoma | Tanzania

Summary
Date Posted: Tuesday, May 13 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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JOB DETAILS:

The Vice President’s Office, in collaboration with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the Kigoma Regional Secretariat, the National Environmental Management Council (NEMC), and the Tanzania Forest Services (TFS), is launching the “Building Climate Resilience in Kigoma Region” project. This project is funded by the Green Climate Fund (GCF) through UNEP and aims to address the impacts of climate change in Kigoma.

The project, set to run from 2024 to 2028, will be implemented in the districts of Kasulu, Kibondo, and Kakonko in the Kigoma Region. The objective is to enhance community resilience to the effects of climate change through sustainable land management, conservation of natural resources, and climate-smart agricultural practices.

In line with this initiative, the Office of the Vice President invites qualified Tanzanians to apply for various positions within the project. These positions are available on a fixed-term basis for the project’s five-year duration.

Available Position

Monitoring and Evaluation Officer

• • Project: Building resilience in the landscapes of Kigoma, Tanzania (GCF FP218)
  • Post Title: M&E Officer. National, full-time position.
  • Duration: 1-year contract with possibility of renewal up to 5 years.
  • Duty Station: Kigoma.
  • Objectives of the Position:
    Responsible for the implementation of the project M&E Plan, monitoring and reporting on the project’s activities in the field, and production of project learning and communication outputs in coordination with relevant government agencies and implementing partners. The M&E Officer will report directly to the Project Manager and will work in close collaboration with all the project implementing partners. In addition, the M&E Officer will operate under the technical supervision of the M&E Expert and the Chief Technical Advisor.
  • Duties and Responsibilities:
    • Monitoring and Evaluation:
      • Collaborate with Baseline consultants to establish the M&E framework/system for reporting project logic framework indicators.
      • Support the refinement and elaboration of data collection tools and means of verification.
      • Provide training on M&E Plan requirements and monitoring tools to implementing partners, district coordinators, and village focal points.
      • Liaise with project stakeholders to collect implementation data on project activities.
      • Conduct field visits to collect data, track progress against the workplan, and monitor the implementation of EbA activities.
      • Conduct annual result verification missions to measure indicators and evaluate project progress towards targets.
      • Collect and analyze disaggregated data regularly to report performance on project indicators and for mid-term and terminal evaluations.
      • Work closely with the Gender and Safeguards specialist to integrate the monitoring of the environmental and social safeguards action plan, gender action plan, and the grievance redress mechanism into the overall M&E systems and project reports.

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• • • Reporting:
      • Prepare reporting formats and data collection forms for use by implementing partners, district, and village focal points.
      • Report project performance to the PMU and PSC, contributing information to project reports on a monthly, quarterly, and annual basis.
      • Coordinate the monthly progress tracking of project activities, compiling and submitting tracking reports to the PMU, executing entities, and UNEP Task Manager.
      • Establish clear reporting requirements and templates for implementing partners, consultants, and contractors.
      • Review the quality of reports produced by partners and consultants, providing guidance and support to ensure high-quality and timely reporting.
      • Collaborate with the PMU to consolidate reports from the co-executing entity UNHCR and implementing entities to prepare Annual Performance Reports and Half-yearly Progress Reports, as well as ad-hoc reports, presentations, and briefings.
    • Knowledge Management and Communication:
      • Produce project lessons learned and represent the Project Management Unit in learning events.
      • Lead communication activities and develop knowledge products and promotional materials for a landscape-level integrated ecosystem-based approach to climate change adaptation.
      • Conduct interviews, collect photos, and write stories, particularly human-interest stories on positive project impacts.
      • Manage the dissemination of knowledge products developed by the project.
      • Track and measure behavioral change resulting from communication products and intervention.
      • Assist the PMU in co-hosting workshops, forums, and consultations within ongoing policy and planning processes to showcase project results and implications for the legal, policy, and planning frameworks of the country.
      • In collaboration with PMU and the communication Units from VPO and Kigoma RS, ensure project stakeholders, including the private sector, are aware of project objectives, activities, and outputs, consistent with the project Stakeholder Engagement Plan.
      • Ensure compliance with intellectual property and visibility regulations as per the Project Cooperation Agreement.
  • Qualifications:
    • Education:
      • A bachelor’s or master’s degree in a relevant field such as Monitoring and Evaluation, Project Management, Environmental Science, Forestry, Development Studies, or a related discipline.
      • Successful completion of both degree and non-degree training programs in data analysis and spatial analysis is an added advantage.
    • Experience:
      • At least 5 years of work experience in project monitoring and evaluation, including the development of results monitoring and evaluation frameworks, SMART indicators, and monitoring tools.
      • Experience collecting and analyzing data for donor-funded project Baseline Studies, Mid-Term Reviews, and/or Terminal Evaluations is an added advantage.
      • Demonstrated experience in providing training and capacity building on M&E related to donor-funded projects.
      • Experience in climate change adaptation, disaster risk reduction, and/or restoration projects is an added advantage.
      • Experience using tools and software commonly used in M&E, such as statistical analysis software and database management systems.
      • Proficiency in MS Excel, MS Word, and MS Internet.
    • Languages:
      • Proficiency in English written and spoken.
      • Fluency in Kiswahili is required.
    • Skills:
      • Quantitative and qualitative data analysis.
      • Excellent communication, facilitation, and inter-personal skills.
      • Creativity and analytical skills.
      • Conscientiousness and accuracy in reporting.
      • Excellent presentation skills.
      • Excellent writing skills in English and Swahili.
  • Remuneration:
    Salary will be paid according to the project procedure, regulations, and salary structure.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 60

Level of Education: bachelor degree

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