WorldVision Zambia
With over 70 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith.
Come join our 33,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories!
Key Responsibilities:
Monitoring & Evaluation System Implementation
- In liaison with the Catch-Up Specialist, will oversee all planning and implementation of Technical Program (TP)-related monitoring and evaluation activities.
- Lead the development and implementation of the Catch-Up Performance Monitoring Framework and ensure it is aligned to the approved log frame.
- Develop the quality control systems and mechanisms needed to guarantee proper management of information, data and identify areas of risk that might affect the TP.
- Lead all data quality assurance, analysis, data dissemination and data use.
- Providing expert technical advice to the Catch-Up Specialist and the Education Officer (s), education partners, and other stakeholders to improve implementation and tracking performance of education activities in intervention sites.
- Develop and review data collection tools and procedures for the TP.
- Lead the development of a data repository for the TP for better knowledge management and utilization.
- Support the development of M&E systems for the Catch Up project.
Capacity Building
- Identify training needs, as well as MoE and community-based level partners in monitoring and evaluation and other competencies.
- Support staff orientation and participate in building capacity of MoE officials and teachers through coaching and mentoring for increased/enhanced competency.
Ensure Program, Project Effectiveness, Documenting and Reporting
- Lead in annual monitoring of indicators, tracking Catch Up outcomes and evaluation of the Programme.
- Lead in quarterly review meetings for the project.
- Lead all data audits for the TP.
- Reporting and Communicating – to demonstrate progress against key Catch Up indicators.
- Provide technical leadership in Annual, semiannual, quarterly, monthly reports for the project.
- Provide technical support for the Catch Up on documentation and communication of best practices.
- Provide leadership on Knowledge management for the project.
- Support the integration of gender and disability in monitoring progress in the catch Up implementation.
- Initiate and lead the development of terms of reference (ToRs) for case studies and surveys.
Attributes & Competencies
- Show spiritual maturity, integrity and energetic personality, through self-disposition and involvement in spiritual nurture programmes.
- Other duties as designated by the Project Manager or his/her delegate
Qualifications: Education/Knowledge/Technical Skills and Experience
The following may be acquired through a combination of formal or self-education, prior experience or on-the-job training:
- A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in Education, Social Science, statistics, demography, evaluation, or information systems or its equivalent.
- At least 3 years’ experience in program Design Monitoring and Evaluation.
- Good level of proficiency in qualitative and quantitative analysis using statistical packages including Excel, SPSS and STATA.
- Excellent analytical/problem-solving skills and detail orientation.
- Ability to design M&E tools, surveys, surveillance systems, and evaluations.
- Demonstrated ability to build capacity of WV staff and local partners.
- Builds and maintains effective relationships with colleagues and external partners.
- Strong written and spoken communication and interpersonal skills.
- Computer literate in Word, Excel and PowerPoint
- Capacity to function well in a team and contribute effectively to team efforts.
- Ability to adapt in different work environments: office based and field work (rural and peri-urban)
- Ability to work in a cross-cultural environment, and must be a mature Christian.
- Must be able to speak at least one of the local familiar languages for North Western (Lunda, or Luvale, or Kiikaonde).
Working Environment / Conditions:
- Office-based 50%: field 50%
WV Zambia takes a zero tolerance to safeguarding breaches in all its operations. Zero tolerance means;
- Failure to follow WV’s safeguarding behaviour protocols, or any other part of the WV safeguarding policy.
- Other inappropriate behaviour toward children and adults in the communities we work.
- Or failing to report a known or suspected safeguarding incident committed by a WV staff or affiliate report
Applicant Types Accepted:
Local Applicants Only