Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Manager

Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Manager

Type – Full time Location - Liberia

Reporting – Deputy Chief of Party (DCOP)

Introduction Nascent Solutions, Inc., (Nascent) is seeking a professional for the role of Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Manager to assist with overseeing a USAID program - Food Security Nutrition and Resilience Activity (FSNR) - NOFO Number: 72066922RFA00002. The FSNR activity is a five-year activity with a total estimated amount of approximately $20 million. FSNR will target smallholder and subsistence farmers, agricultural cooperatives, and women and youth groups. The goal of the Food Security, Nutrition and Resilience (FSNR) activity is to increase agriculture led economic growth, through improved productivity to enhance food security and nutrition. The FSNR activity promotes a shift from a historic focus on rice and cassava towards a diverse mix of nutritious and high-value crops. The FSNR activity will promote food security and nutrition by increasing the production, availability, utilization, and demand of diverse, nutritious, and high-value crops. The sustainable intensification of diverse high-value crops will increase farmers’ incomes, strengthen household and community resilience, and promote broad economic growth. This activity will also contribute to the cross-cutting priorities of inclusive development, gender equality, youth engagement, and sustainable climate-smart agriculture.

Company Details

Nascent is a Virginia-based 501(c) (3) non-profit and international development organization. Its mission is to enable vulnerable people, especially women and children in rural Africa, to develop skills for self-sufficiency. The organization’s areas of focus are food security and nutrition, health, literacy and skills development, and gender equity.

Role: Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Manager

The recipient shall provide a Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Manager for the duration of the agreement. The MEL Manager will provide overall leadership, coordination, and technical supervision for all MEL aspects of the activity. The incumbent will preferably have experience within a developing country and expertise in managing agriculture, food security, nutrition, and/or resilience program (s) is required.

Experience:

• Minimum five (5) years of work experience as a Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Manager, Senior Specialist, or equivalent position.

• Direct experience working on MEL for agriculture, food security, nutrition, and/or resilience programs is strongly preferred. Direct experience in Africa is strongly preferred.

• Prior experience working on MEL in alignment with the U.S. Feed the Future monitoring requirements is strongly preferred.

• Demonstrated ability to develop, manage and implement the activity’s M&E systems, including relevant performance indicators, baselines, and annual targets and ensure compliance to USAID requirements, specifically Feed the Future.

• Demonstrated ability to supervise the collection and analysis of data and reporting on performance indicators by other team members and project counterparts, with key responsibilities to work with technical staff members to manage their reporting inputs and contributions.

• Demonstrated ability to oversee project reporting, data collection and management, and indicator documentation in alignments with the activities approved Annual Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Plan.

Education:

• Required minimum education is a Bachelor of Arts (BA)/Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree in statistics, economics, monitoring and evaluation, development studies or other relevant fields, or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Language:

• The candidate must be professionally proficient and fluent in written and spoken English

How to Apply

Interested candidates should submit a cover letter, CV, to recruitment@nascents.org. Please include “MEL Manager – Liberia” in the email subject line. Each CV must not exceed two pages, the Applicant must also submit three references for each person proposed and provide complete contact information, including his/her most recent supervisor’s name and contact information. Closing date for applications is July 15, 2022. Salary commensurate with experience.

About Nascent Solutions

Nascent Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, national origin, marital status, religion, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, personal appearance, family responsibilities, or political affiliation. Nascent offers employees a competitive compensation package, including health insurance, paid vacation, 401(k), and a professional development stipend