Summary
Date Posted: Thursday, November 09 2023, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Overview of the Role
Job Purpose Statement
• The Quality Assurance Specialist is responsible for supporting the design and overseeing implementation of effective systems for monitoring, impact measurement, knowledge management and internal accountability for a youth empowerment in agriculture value chains project. Additionally, the position holder will liaise with the ICT Specialist and the Impact Management Team Leader to support the development of effective, efficient, user-friendly management data collection tools. The position is also responsible for implementing project research and contributing to program development through the effective utilization of research results and learning. The position has a critical role in supporting the Project Manager to review M&E findings and take any necessary action to ensure that desired results are achieved; including compliance with Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), CARE & Donor policies, and the results that have been articulated in the project’s log frame. The position will as well have responsibilities to build capacity of implementing partner organizations M&E staff.

Requirements for the Role
Educational Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant subject (e.g. Statistics, Rural Development)
Experience:
• At least 5 years quality experience in design and execution of project M&E frameworks, including baseline studies and project/program impact evaluations
• Some exposure to working in an international organization preferred
• Prior experience in youth engagement and young women empowerment programming preferred
• Familiarity with EU and USAID MEAL systems is an added advantage
• Experience of working with management information systems (MIS) and the design of data collection tools, including digital tools
• Experience of building capacity of non-experts to implement effective Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL)

Technical skills:
• Strong technical knowledge and understanding of program design, adaptive management, monitoring, evaluation and reflective learning
• Skills in qualitative and quantitative data collection, data management and analysis, including knowledge of computer software; MS Office applications and other information systems (e.g., MS Word, Excel, Power Point, statistical packages, infographics, etc.)
• Ability to design both electronic and manual data collection tools and systems that are user friendly and effective
• Good relationship building skills; including the ability to coach and support non-experts
• Good writing and communication skills in English; fluency in spoken Kinyarwanda and French
• Good facilitation skills
• Basic understanding of the main conceptual frameworks underpinning gender analysis, youth engagement, women’s empowerment, rights-based programming and the underlying causes of poverty

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 60

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

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