Monitoring & Evaluation Coordinator

Established in 1984, Self Help Africa is an international development organisation that works through agriculture and agri-enterprise development to address hunger, poverty, social inequality and the impacts of climate change.

We believe that equitable economic development is key to lifting communities out of long-term poverty, empowering them to take control of their futures and improving their quality of life.

Our current five-year organisation strategy, defines our mission as the alleviation of hunger, poverty, social inequality and the impact of climate change through community led, market-based and enterprise-focused approaches, so that people can have access to nutritious food, clean water, decent employment and incomes, while sustaining natural resources.

Our three core values are:

Impact: We are accountable, ambitious and committed to systemic change.
Innovation: We are agile, creative and enterprising in an ever-changing World.
Community: We are inclusive, honest and have integrity in our relationships.
Job Purpose:

This position contributes to the design, continual improvement, and implementation of monitoring and evaluation activities for SHA Malawi, primarily under the FCDO Humanitarian Project. The M&E Coordinator also contributes to the institutionalization of M&E systems and standards for the purpose of improving programmatic quality, documentation and program development efforts, while assisting with program coordination.

Key Responsibilities:

Provide overall leadership for the design, continual improvement and implementation of a effective M&E strategy for the FCDO Project and other SHA Malawi programs.
Provide leadership for the organization-wide technical assistance and support in M&E and programmatic research.
Maintain effective coordination and/or provision of technical support on reporting as needed for country program.
Maintain effective coordination with the Project Manager, National MEAL Manager Deputy Country Director-Programmes, Global Office on reporting and as needed for relevant programs in compliance with SHA contractual programs.
Identify current M&E needs and priorities, and resources in the country. Strengthen organizational capacity in application of state-of-the-art M&E methods and techniques, including program/project/study design. Oversee research activities including impact assessments and support efforts for identifying opportunities for design and implementation of Operations Research Studies. Develop or strengthen existing M&E plans for SHA Malawi program portfolio, ensuring that existing M&E systems and tools are functioning adequately. Oversee the design and implementation of selected baseline assessments, project reviews, mid-term and final evaluations. Oversee the identification, documentation and sharing, both within SHA and externally, of best and promising practices, including projects’ success stories, develop, and implement dissemination strategy. Contribute to proposals, design of programs, projects, and studies, including review and provision of feedback on selected program/project/study designs, survey methodology and findings; performance monitoring plans, evaluation methodology and findings. Oversee implementation of M&E plans for selected country programs, ensuring monitoring of indicators to ensure program/project progress against objectives. Design, implement and/or provide technical assistance and training on quality improvement of programmatic interventions. Orient key staff and partners to M&E plans, data collection and reporting methodology. Key Relationships: