Duties

• M& E Strategy – provide technical leadership to develop institutional and programmatic frameworks, plans and indicators to capture performance results and impacts.
• Reporting – provide leadership for effective, accurate and timely monitoring, evaluation, and reporting results of all project and program activities. S/he will also be responsible for working with the Communications team to ensure effective dissemination of ACET results.
• M&E Management – work closely with the technical and operational teams to design, implement and supervise M&E activities.
• Process improvement – Assess ACET’s M&E capacity and seek ways to streamline the process and increase efficiency in gathering and using performance information. This could include an M&E assessment and roadmap for the function (human resources, budget, etc.). They will ensure that lessons learned are integrated into program implementation to continuously improve quality of interventions and outcomes.
• Training – provide guidance and training to ACET staff for effective activity monitoring, evaluation and learning.
• Partner Engagement – Work with ACET’s partners to ensure for ACET’s M&E planning, activity monitoring and results dissemination process is endorsed and used by partners. This includes co-creation of indicators, and documenting and disseminating program successes, impacts, and challenges to ACET’s stakeholders. They will also support and contribute to ACET’s relationship management with funders & sponsors, including drafting ACET’s annual report.
• Quality Assurance – work closely with ACET technical and operational team to develop strategies and processes towards enhancing quality assessments and overall performance.
• Communication – the role will work with ACET’s communication office to develop methods of communicating ACET’s impact and influence
• People Management – manage the ACET M&E analyst
• Any other duties as may be assigned from time to time in support of ACET’s mission

Qualification Required & Experience

• Master’s degree in monitoring and evaluation or a related disciplines such as economics, political science, social science, program management etc.
• A proven track record of successfully developing and implementing an impact measurement framework for a development institution. Experience of doing this in an economic policy institute will be an asset
• Minimum of 5 years post-master’s experience of performance monitoring and/or evaluation with an international development organization.

Required Experience

• Demonstrated experience in project monitoring, and evaluation of development activities.
• Experience developing results frameworks, logical frameworks, or similar tools for project design is required.
• Experience developing and/or using performance management plans or tools.
• Demonstrated knowledge of and experience in providing leadership for monitoring and evaluating programs and institutional portfolios —including indicator development, study design, and data analysis—in multiple sectors.
• Experience using knowledge management or program management software/databases is highly desired.
• Proven experience in effective people management

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• Excellent research and data collection methodology skills
• Excellent oral and written communication skills to deal effectively with mid and high-level partner contacts, the host government, and the local communities.
• Excellent computer skills, including word processing, spreadsheet programs and data base management
• Ability to support staff with a diverse knowledge and capabilities
• Ability to lead and coordinate multiple offices through multiple step processes
• Strong organizational skills to balance competing priorities and work across complex systems
• Ability to work independently to efficiently meet deadlines

Personal Traits

• Fluency in spoken and written English. An ability to work in French will be an asset
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Effective at working in a team.

Apply through this email: hr@acetforafrica.org

NB: Contact details of 3 references will also be required.