Monitoring And Evaluation Assistant

TIYENI is a local non-governmental organization mandated to promote sustainable farming in Malawi through an innovative climate smart agriculture method known as the Deep Bed Farming. Since 2005, Tiyeni has been implementing soil and water conservation agriculture to smallholder farm families to achieve food security and combat poverty at household level in Malawi.

With Funding from the Global Innovation Fund GIF, Tiyeni in Partnership with the Northern Region Water Board NRWB and the Stockholm International Water Institute SIWI is implementing a 4 year project to conserve the Lunyangwa River Catchment in Mzimba.

We are inviting applications from suitably qualified and experienced persons to fill the following vacant position.

General Abilities and skills

1. Ability to work under pressure and meet targets
2. Passionate about serving farmers in the rural areas
3. Must be able to work with minimum supervision
4. Excellent report writing skills
5. Ability to analyse data and provide actionable insights based on field assessments.
6. Designing and implementing M&E systems
7. Problem-Solving Abilities. A proactive approach to identifying challenges and developing solutions.
8. Strong Communication Skills

MONITORING AND EVALUATION ASSISTANT

The person should be able to develop a project’s results framework, baselines, and indicators. The Assistant should be able to provide information that tracks the project’s implementation and outcomes and puts the project in context with the larger agricultural investment environment.

Duties and responsibilities

1. Technical Knowledge: Proficiency in agricultural science, crop management, and sustainable practices. The ability to convey complex agricultural concepts in a clear and concise manner to farmers. This includes developing a project’s results framework, baselines, and indicators. The M&E will be able to provide information that tracks the project’s implementation and outcomes and puts the project in context with the larger agricultural investment environment.
2. Developing and implementing M&E plans and strategies: Comprehensive, realistic, and use appropriate data sources.
3. Contributing to project design and implementation: Contributing to technical expertise to project concept notes, proposals, and Terms of Reference (ToR).
4. Collecting and analyzing data: Collect and analyse quantitative and qualitative data to measure the
   performance and impact of programs.
5. Writing evaluation reports: Write evaluation reports that adhere to farmers and donor evaluation policies and standards.
6. Overseeing evaluation teams: Provide guidance to evaluation teams on client relations, evaluation activities, logistics, and budgets.
7. Contributing to new Agricultural initiatives: M&E officers will contribute technical expertise to proposal development. Having an analytical mind, a passion for data, and the ability to interpret and present complex information in an accessible way.

Qualifications and required skills.

1. Degree in Statistics, Economics, Agribusiness, Project Management or any relevant.
2. Knowledge and experience in analytical software
3. Should be able to formulate project outcomes, performance indicators, and data capture systems, assisting new project development, conducting benefits and analysis.

The Country Director
Tiyeni Organization
Kaning’ina, Next to MBC Studios
P.O. Box 429,
Mzuzu, Malawi
or E-mail to: [email protected]

To be received not later than 14th February 2025. Only shortlisted candidates will be acknowledged.

For more information about TIYENI, visit our website: www.tiyeni.org