The Millennium Villages Project, supported by Millennium Promise Alliance and the Earth Institute at Columbia University, is a bottom-up approach to lift developing country villages out of the poverty trap that afflicts more than a billion people worldwide. The Millennium Villages’ team of experts in Agriculture, Nutrition and Health, Economics, Energy, Water, Agribusiness, Environment and Information Technology are working with local communities and governments to apply a proven holistic package of interventions to help villages get out of extreme poverty and meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

With support from Savannah Accelerated Development Authority (SADA) and funding from the Department for International Development (DFID) of the United Kingdom, a SADA Millennium Village has been  established in parts of the West Mamprusi, Mamprugu Moaduri and Builsa South Districts of the Northern and Upper East Regions of Ghana. The project area covers a cluster of contiguous rural communities with an estimated population of 25,000 people.

Background:

In an effort to accelerate progress towards the Millennium Development Goals in the northern savannah ecological zone, the Government of Ghana through the Savannah Accelerated Development Authority (SADA) partnered with UK Aid, and Millennium Promise to implement the Millennium Villages Project in 35 communities located in the West Mamprusi, Mamprugu Moaduri and Builsa south districts. The MV area represents the poorest sections of three District Assemblies.

JOB SUMMARY

The M&E Officer is being recruited for the SADA Millennium Villages Project site to assist the M&E Coordinator in all aspects of monitoring and evaluation of the project, including quality assurance and reporting of key impact, outcome monitoring, economic costing and process evaluation data.

Specific responsibilities:

Assist the M&E Coordinator in the collection of key impact, outcome monitoring, economic costing and process evaluation data in the MV SADA site. In particular:

Main Tasks
Management    

•   Assist the M&E Coordinator in reporting of M+E data in annual project and donor reports for public dissemination,
•   Assist the M&E Coordinator to prepare and submit reports to various stakeholders
•   Assist the M&E Coordinator to develop workplan and budgets for M&E activities in the site

Impact assessment    

•   Assist the M&E Coordinator in training, oversight, and management of survey staff,
•   Assist  in the coordination of survey field and data systems,
•   Assist  in data cleaning and indicator generation,
•   Assist in generation of site-reports.

Outcome Monitoring    

•   Assist Sector Coordinators in entry results into the MVIS system.

Process Evaluation     

•   Assist the M&E Coordinator in collecting and reporting annual qualitative process data,
•   Ensure accurate collection of transcripts and notes,
•   Assist in organizing and properly labeling of anonymous data.

Economic costing    
Assist the M&E Coordinator to coordinate the annual collection of costing data from all external project stakeholders: government sector offices, NGOs, UN organizations, community groups, and any other partners,

Relationships    

•   Reports directly to the M&E Coordinator
•   Directly supervise data entry clerks
•   Work closely with sector coordinators

Other    

And any other task that might be assigned to him/her by the Team Leader or M&E Coordinator

Qualification Required & Experience

The M&E Officer will have the following minimum qualifications:

•   A First degree in Epidemiology, Statistics or a related discipline;
•   Ability to work with different data sources:  quantitative, economic and qualitative data;
•   A minimum of 3 years of field research experience including undertaking survey, outcome monitoring, process evaluation or economic costing work;
•   Experience with working with African Demographic Health or Socioeconomic Surveys data sets;
•   Fluency in statistical software including CS-Pro, Excel, SPSS, NVivo, and Stata; Geo-referencing skills desirable;
•   A proven track record of data management and analytical skills;
•   Demonstrated capacity in generating scientific reports, data tables, presentation materials and scientific outputs;
•   Familiarity with the Millennium Villages Project and its field and data management systems would be an advantage.

Location: Bolgatanga, Northern Ghana

How To Apply For The Job

Terms of offer

MVP offers a competitive salary with an excellent benefits package. The employment contract is for a period of one year with the possibility of renewal. MVP prides itself on its collegial, supportive and gender sensitive working environment and believes that staff diversity promotes excellence. Women are strongly encouraged to apply.

Applications

Applicants should apply by email, sending a cover letter summarizing their relevance to this position, a full C.V. and names and contact information of three referees knowledgeable about the candidate’s professional qualifications and work experience to:

SADA.MVP@millenniumpromise.org with copies to employment@mdgwca.org and jacob.ubindam@millenniumpromise.org.“Application for "SADA M & E Officer” should be clearly marked on the subject line of the email message.

Closing Date: 16 October, 2014

•   Applications will be considered until 30th September, 2014.
•   Only short-listed applicants meeting the above requirements will be contacted.

We invite you to learn more about us at:

www.millenniumvillages.org

www.millenniumpromise.org

www.unmillenniumproject.org

www.mdgcentre.org