Monitoring and Evaluation and GIS Officer

Job Summary:

Under the direct supervision of the Monitoring & Evaluations and Collaboration, Learning and Adapting Specialist, the Monitoring and Evaluation and GIS Officer will provide assistance on tools, frameworks, and data collection methods and support GIS data collection to include the location of implementation activities, infrastructure, and environmental features and data from the applied Political Economic Analysis (PEA) and Land Use Plans (LUPs).

Responsibilities

• Supports the development, implementation, refinement, and harmonization of project’s MEL system; develops and operationalizes indicators, sets targets, and monitors progress; ensures they are informed by and feed into program decisions.
• Supports all project activities to capture data on indicators and to identify best practices and lessons learned as required by USAID.
• Supports the collection, analysis, and reporting on performance indicators by other team members and project counterparts.
• Work closely with partners and grantees to support data collection activities and requirements and help build their capacity in data management and sharing.
• Support review and update of the project’s MEL plan; EMMP and prepare appropriate reports as required.
• Support the Monitoring & Evaluation and Collaboration, Learning and Adapting Specialist to prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual progress reports on the status of project implementation.
• Works closely with partners and grantees to comply with mandatory data collection requirements and supports MERLA capacity building activities.
• Works with technical staff to support tools for data collection, storage, and analysis and guide data collection, management, and analysis in a consistent, standardized, and disciplined manner.
• Analyze satellite imagery for data variables such as forest cover, vegetative cover, and habitat fragmentation.
• Ensures appropriate disaggregation of project data to understand risks and benefits for actions based on demographics (e.g., youth, gender).
• Ensures gender, youth, and social inclusion considerations are mainstreamed across all activities.
• Ensures methodological rigor of research undertaken.
• Other activities as assigned.

Qualifications

Minimum Required Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree and 5 years of experience and/or master’s degree and 3 years of experience in designing and implementing M&E systems and identifying sources of scientific data and data gaps or equivalent combination of both the academic and professional experience in relevant professional field.

Skills & Abilities

• Knowledge of reporting procedures, best practices, guidelines, methods, and approaches for MEL.
• Experience building capacity of scientific research institutions, CSOs and private sector.
• Demonstrated experience with indicators relevant to natural resources management, biodiversity and conservation, wildlife trafficking, and/or climate change adaptation.
• Ability to articulate and apply CLA principles.
• Demonstrated experience in analytical skills and data visualization using various tools including Excel (Pivot Table and Charts), Power BI, and ArcGIS StoryMaps.
• Experience working with mobile data collection tools including Kobo Collect and Open Data Kit (ODK), ArcGIS and/or QGIS and other statistical software/tools.
• Experience with MEL that measures and promotes gender and social inclusion preferred.
• Ability to work effectively, responsively, and collaboratively with government counterparts, development and private sector partners, civil society organizations (CSOs), and academic/research institutions.
• Experience collecting and analyzing data from different sources, including CSOs, NGOs, and stakeholders to inform policy decisions.
• Great communication and interpersonal skills in English.
• Ability to travel and work throughout Tanzania.
• International donor and USAID experience preferred.