Monitoring and Evaluation Associate Interns at Africa Lead

The Africa Lead II Program welcomes applications from candidates interested in pursuing these young professionals development opportunities. Placement terms will be for a period of 12 months with anticipated postings in ECOWAS member states : Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo and Cape Verde.

Housing, monthly stipend, living allowances, round-trip airfare and related travel expenses to worksite will be covered by the program. These 12 month young professionals development opportunities are not guarantees for full time employment upon successful completion of the placement. Preference will be given to ECOWAS Nationals.

Africa Lead II’s Agriculture Internship Program aims to facilitate more efficient agricultural production, stronger agribusinesses and agricultural development institutions, a more direct link between NARS and farmers, and greater value addition in the agriculture sector across Africa. The broad goal is to support skills transfer and technological know-how that will help African agribusinesses and organizations to innovate, improve their commercial viability and catalyze agricultural transformation, thus contributing to improved food security.

Requirements for Monitoring and Evaluation Internship at Africa Lead

To qualify for the Africa Lead Internship, candidates must possess the following:

• A minimum of Bachelor’s degree in social science, agricultural science or related field
• Strong written & verbal communication skills, demonstrated research, data collection, report writing skills
• Creating, compiling, or presenting report skills is a plus
• Comfort with numbers, calculations, statistics and analytical skills is a plus
• Computer skills, comfort with the ability to develop forms as well as data entry and analysis
• MS Office (e.g., Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Access) preferred
• Attention to detail, ability to monitor own work and ability to work in a team environment
• Ability to manage own workload, handling multiple tasks simultaneously, prioritizing and responding in a timely manner on monitoring & evaluation issues
• English/French Bilingual required written and oral communication.

Job Description

The following responsibilities come with the position of Monitoring and Evaluation Intern at Africa Lead:

• Provide technical assistance and support to the design and implementation of organizational related M&E activities, including performance monitoring plan development, indicator definition, data collection tools and methodologies, data entry, analysis and reporting
• Assist in monitoring, documenting and communicating the processes, challenges, and achievements of implementation of the organization’s activities in both qualitative and quantitative dimensions
• Ensure timely collection (e.g., surveys, interviews), storage and processing of data in electronic applications systems
• Develop organization’s M&E application standards and procedures and tools
• Keep stakeholders (e.g. Supervisors, Directors, Stakeholders) informed of all program results and challenges identified in the M&E process
• Assist in developing and writing up results and success stories for organizational reports, and any marketing materials for the project
• Assist in the dissemination of various program documents such as newsletters, success stories and other related documents to various stakeholders when required
• Support the M&E team with entry and management of data by ensuring that data entered is accurate, timely and of the required quality
• Provide support during assessment activities, meetings and workshops carried out by the organization in capturing key data and entering data on results of institutional assessments and capacity building needs
• Communicate and interpret between English and French speaking individuals as necessary with external and internal stakeholders
• Transcribe reports, documents, forms and other technical materials between English and French as necessary
• Suggest overall M&E system improvement tools and procedures
• Perform other related duties as assigned

How to apply

To apply for the Internship program at Africa Lead, click here

NOTE:

• The deadline for application is May 13, 2016

• All candidates must submit the following required documents:
  • · Curriculum Vitae
  • · 1-Page Cover letter highlighting your ability to contribute your skills towards enhancing capacity of a regional organization involved in Food security. Kindly specify your strengths and weaknesses and ability to adapt to new mutli-cultural environment.
  • · 3 References: kindly provide 2 professional references and 1 personal reference

We wish you the best of luck in your application!!!