Overview

Swisscontact – the Swiss Foundation for Technical Cooperation, is an independent non-profit foundation based in Zürich, founded in 1959 by leading figures from the Swiss private sector and Swiss universities. It is exclusively involved in international development, active in 41 countries with 133 programs and more than 1,300 staff members. At the heart of all Swisscontact’s work stands the private sector and its crucial role in achieving more inclusive economic growth.

Our development work focuses on unleashing the potential of private initiatives in developing and emerging countries. We foster sustainable and inclusive economic development with the objective of improving living standards, creating jobs, and bettering the quality of life for all people. Our involvement is based on three foundational pillars: We strengthen the competitiveness of individuals so they can improve their opportunities for employment; we enhance the competitiveness of companies to help them grow; and we promote socio-economic systems that favour comprehensive development in the affected regions.

Swisscontact has been operating in Rwanda since 2012. Building on the organization’s regional and global experience and contributing to Rwanda’s transformation agenda, Swisscontact in Rwanda focuses on skills development, sustainable agriculture, and entrepreneurship for the green transition.

Purpose

The Monitoring and Results Measurement (MRM)and Learning Officer is a key staff at the level of the country office. S/he is responsible for designing and overseeing the overall monitoring and results measurement system for the country program, and currently for two current projects: the “AgroInnovation – Fostering resilient food systems and smallholder livelihoods” project and a Skills development and labour market integration pilot project. The position is expected to maintain working relationship with all its project partners in relation to proper monitoring and for preparing project progress reports as per requirements.

Tasks:

• Support the Project and Intervention Managers to implement the project as per the donor mandate: planning, budgeting, monitoring & evaluation and documenting of project interventions.
• Develop and operationalize results chain, intervention plans, and MRM plan together with relevant partners, focusing on A-B testing and adaptive management.
• Develop and operationalise a framework for aggregating quantitative results from the interventions, analyse the results and present progress to the team within agreed timeline and format focusing on outcomes.
• Support the Project and Intervention Managers to prepare project progress reports (quarterly and annually) as per project requirement.
• Lead development of a knowledge management process to identify the key evidence and lessons learnt from interventions.
• Collaborate with other Swisscontact projects and support in knowledge exchange workshops, global learning events and exposure visits.
• Actively participate in brainstorming initiatives for project implementation and provide feedback to the Senior management.

Requirements

• Profound interest in international cooperation for the green transition, skills development, climate-smart agriculture and entrepreneurship.
• Experience of project cycle management with excellent analytical and strategic skills Effective communication, interpersonal, and analytical skills.
• A degree (bachelor’s or master’s) in statistics, business, economics, international development, or another relevant field
• A minimum of 5 years’ professional experience preferably in MRM or applied research with a high degree of autonomy.
• Very advanced MS Office skills and experience using digital data collection tools. Experience of using statistical software will be an added advantage
• Fluency in Kinyarwanda and English. French is a plus.

• Support the Project and Intervention Managers to implement the project as per the donor mandate: planning, budgeting, monitoring & evaluation and documenting of project interventions.
• Develop and operationalize results chain, intervention plans, and MRM plan together with relevant partners, focusing on A-B testing and adaptive management.
• Develop and operationalise a framework for aggregating quantitative results from the interventions, analyse the results and present progress to the team within agreed timeline and format focusing on outcomes.
• Support the Project and Intervention Managers to prepare project progress reports (quarterly and annually) as per project requirement.
• Lead development of a knowledge management process to identify the key evidence and lessons learnt from interventions.
• Collaborate with other Swisscontact projects and support in knowledge exchange workshops, global learning events and exposure visits.
• Actively participate in brainstorming initiatives for project implementation and provide feedback to the Senior management.

• Excellent analytical and strategic skills
• Effective communication, interpersonal, and analytical skills
• Very advanced MS Office skills
• Experience using digital data collection tools
• Experience of using statistical software will be an added advantage
• Fluency in Kinyarwanda and English
• French is a plus

• A degree (bachelor’s or master’s) in statistics, business, economics, international development, or another relevant field
• A minimum of 5 years’ professional experience preferably in MRM or applied research with a high degree of autonomy.