Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning and GIS Officer
RTI International
Dar es Salaam,
About the job
Research
Triangle Institute (RTI) has over 30 years’ experience assisting
governments, communities, and the private sector in managing their
environment and natural resources. We have delivered innovative,
breakthrough solutions in key development sectors, including countering
wildlife crime, forestry, protected area management, climate change,
water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH), economic livelihood development,
community engagement, and institutional capacity building.
Project Description
The
USAID Tuhifadhi Maliasili activity aims to address dynamics that
threaten habitat connectivity and the long-term persistence of
biodiversity in Tanzania in a manner that: i) increases private sector
engagement in conservation and natural resource management (NRM); ii)
builds the capacity of the public sector and civil society; iii)
strengthen the policy and regulatory framework for conservation and NRM;
and iv) enhances knowledge management across sectors. This is an
anticipated 5-year project.
Position Description
RTI
is seeking a Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) and GIS officer
to join the USAID Tuhifadhi Maliasili activity. The candidate will
provide assistance on tools, frameworks, and data collection methods and
support GIS data collection to include the location of implementation
activities, infrastructure, and environmental features and data from the
applied Political Economic Analysis (PEA) and Land Use Plans (LUPs).
The MEL and GIS officer will report to the M&E Specialist.
Responsibilities
- Supports
the development, implementation, refinement, and harmonization of
project’s MEL system; develops and operationalizes indicators, sets
targets, and monitors progress; ensures they are informed by and feed
into program decisions. - Supports all project activities to
capture data on indicators and to identify best practices and lessons
learned as required by USAID. - Supports the collection, analysis, and reporting on performance indicators by other team members and project counterparts.
- Works
closely with partners and grantees to comply with mandatory data
collection requirements and supports MERLA capacity building activities. - Works
with technical staff to support tools for data collection, storage, and
analysis and guide data collection, management, and analysis in a
consistent, standardized, and disciplined manner. - Analyze satellite imagery for data variables such as forest cover, vegetative cover, and habitat fragmentation.
- Supports
the team on identifying Learning Questions, knowledge gaps and puts the
mechanisms in place to respond to these questions/gaps. - As part
of a comprehensive learning agenda, designs needs-based operations
research studies and protocols to generate evidence for which
innovations work, which do not work, and why. - Proactively
reviews/analyzes project activities and their outputs and outcomes to
continuously learn from and adapt ongoing project implementation;
provides feedback to the technical team on where to improve. - Ensures
appropriate disaggregation of project data to understand risks and
benefits for actions based on demographics (e.g., youth, gender). - Ensures gender, youth, and social inclusion considerations are mainstreamed across all activities.
- Ensures methodological rigor of research undertaken.
- Other activities as assigned
Qualifications
- Master’s
degree in education, social sciences, statistics, or related field
and/or Bachelor’s degree with minimum of 1 year of experience designing
and implementing M&E systems for international donor-funded
projects, including USAID-funded projects. - Knowledge of reporting procedures, best practices, guidelines, methods, and approaches for MEL.
- Excellent
management, communication, and organizational skills (attention to
detail is required); flexibility and capacity to multi-task. - Familiarity
and experience with indicators relevant to natural resources
management, biodiversity and conservation, wildlife trafficking, and/or
climate change adaptation. - Ability to articulate and apply CLA principles.
- Demonstrated experience in analytical skills and data visualization.
- Computer literacy, with ability to analyse and interpret data using Excel, online reporting tools, and statistical packages.
- Experience working with ArcGIS.
- Experience working with PowerBI and Tableau is desirable.
- Experience with MEL that measures and promotes gender and social inclusion.
- Ability
to work effectively, responsively, and collaboratively with government
counterparts, development and private sector partners, civil society
organizations (CSOs), and academic/research institutions. - Experience building capacity of or mentoring CSOs, NGOs, small businesses, or associations is desirable.
- Great communication and interpersonal skills in English.
- Ability to travel and work throughout Tanzania
RTI
is an equal opportunity employer. Candidates may apply directly on
RTI’s careers site or submit an updated CV and cover letter to [email protected] Please reference the position title in subject line. Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted
