Grameen Foundation (GF) helps the world’s poorest people reach their full potential, by connecting their determination and skills with the resources they need.  In Ghana, Grameen Foundation develops mobile phone based solutions to strengthen health care delivery and improve health behaviors, particularly for the rural poor, and is starting up a new program that will use mobile phones to help smallholder farmers improve their efficiency and productivity.

JOB SUMMARY & KEY PRIORITIES:

This position will be responsible for leading monitoring and evaluation efforts for the ICT Challenge project.  The Lead, Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E), will work closely with the Program Director and collaborate with key stakeholders to implement the ICT Challenge project, a USAID initiative focused on providing ICT support to accelerate the adoption of new technologies that will yield food security and nutrition crops.  This individual will use knowledge of monitoring and evaluation practices to assist in the design and execution of an M&E framework for a project focused on developing a scalable suite of ICT-based services that will enable extension networks, input suppliers, and other value chain players to reach Ghanaian farmers with critical information on new agriculture technologies and promote their adoption and correct use in specific value chains such as maize, rice, sorghum, cassava, yam, and cowpea.

KEY RESULTS:

This role is accountable for supporting the design and execution of the project’s monitoring and evaluation plan.  Accountable for:

•   Assisting in the design of the monitoring and evaluation framework for New Alliance ICT Extension Challenge Fund
•   Assisting in the design of baseline surveys, farm management plans, and monitoring tools
•   Accompanying human-centered design consultant to conduct research on farmer needs
•   Leading and supporting needs assessment exercises with smallholder farmers
•   Ensuring equity and access standards, including gender and poverty goals and targets, are embedded in project design and outreach, including extension agent recruitment and support and farmer targeting
•   Implementing project M&E and overseeing data quality for surveys, baseline information, farm management plans, monitoring tools, and farmer meeting and information service logs
•   Overseeing quality and input of agricultural content that will be uploaded on CKW Search, GF’s mobile reference guide
•   Overseeing quality and input of videos and SMS campaigns for New Alliance ICT Extension Challenge Fund
•   Conducting field level monitoring and using outputs to track progress against M&E framework
•   Analyzing data produced by project M&E system, including quantitative and qualitative data, and presenting findings and recommendations to management
•   Designing and building reports and dashboards for data analytics
•   Monitoring quantitative data on key performance indicators and leading periodic qualitative research to understand trends
•   Setting data protocols for ensuring data quality
•   Producing data and writing supporting narrative as input into all project reports

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

•   Deep understanding of challenges facing poor, smallholder farmers and corresponding product/solution needs; combined with deep commitment to eradicating poverty
•   Understanding of the local context, target audience needs
•   Strong execution skills, and ability to overcome and work around operational obstacles
•   Excellent quantitative analysis skills
•   Ability to lead qualitative exercises to solicit insights on needs and impact, with broad battery of qualitative tools
•   Mastery of one or more statistical analysis tools (e.g. SPSS, SAS, STATA, R)
•   Communication and relationship management skills; with an ability to influence others without authority, and deliver results with diverse partners
•   Ability to analyze data, identify issues and recommendations, and work with stakeholders to get decisions in a timely manner.

Qualification Required & Experience

•   Masters degree in Statistics, Econometrics, Populations Studies/Demography or related
•   5- 8 years experience in designing and executing field program M&E
•   Strong knowledge of international best practice in M&E
•   Experience conducting impact assessments

ADDITIONAL COMMENT

The above job description is not intended as, nor should it be construed as, exhaustive of all responsibilities, skills, efforts, or working conditions associated with this job.

Reasonable accommodations may be made in appropriate circumstances to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job.

Location: Accra

How To Apply For The Job

Interested applicants should submit the following documents in addition to a cover letter:

•   Detailed Curriculum Vitae stating current and latest posts  (WITH DATES) as well as summary of job responsibilities
•   Certifies photocopies of relevant certificates of highest academic qualification
•   Names, e-mail addresses and  telephone numbers of three (3) Referees (work-related)
•   Applications should reach the following address not later than November 30,2014

rnaadeinikoi@grameenfoundation.org

Closing Date: 15 December, 2015

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