Technical Advisor: Monitoring and Evaluation at GIZ South Africa, Lesotho & eSwatini

What You Need to Succeed

Qualifications

• University degree (minimum bachelor’s level) in Social Sciences, Economics, Development Studies, Statistics, Natural Sciences or a related field
• Postgraduate qualification or certified training in Monitoring and Evaluation strongly preferred

Professional Experience

• Minimum of 8 years professional experience in Monitoring and Evaluation, with a strong focus on employment promotion, job creation or economic development programmes
• Demonstrated experience designing and implementing M&E systems for multi-year, multi-stakeholder projects
• Proven track record in measuring direct, indirect and induced job creation, enterprise and private sector development

Other Knowledge and Competencies

• Demonstrated knowledge, skills and experience incorporating M&E into project planning and implementation including data capturing, tracer studies and data management
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience with management of data protection in line with the POPI Act
• Work experience in the development sector specifically in employment promotion and private sector development
• Experience with EU M&E reporting and data collection as an added advantage
• Good working knowledge of ICT technologies, database management and computer applications such as MS Office
• Willingness to travel locally and internationally
• Very good knowledge of English, with German as an added advantage
• Willingness to upskill as required, with corresponding measures agreed with management

What You Will Be Doing

• In this role, you will ensure that programme results are measured with integrity, learning is captured effectively and evidence supports better decision making across partnerships.

Key responsibilities include:

• Managing the M&E systems across all three programmes
• Advising Senior Technical Advisors on results-based monitoring tools and approaches
• Overseeing M&E service providers responsible for data gathering in line with GIZ guidelines
• Ensuring high-quality reporting to partners, Head Office and commissioning parties
• Strengthening knowledge management and communication activities linked to M&E
• Feeding monitored data back into implementation cycles to support project steering and evidence-based decisions
• Engaging in peer-learning exchanges with other WE4D country offices

Tasks:

Management and Advising

• Advising partnership Senior Technical Advisors on M&E strategy development and implementation according to WE4D and GIZ guidelines
• Conducting statistical research, analysing results and introducing innovative M&E tools and instruments
• Providing backstopping support to colleagues coordinating M&E and results-based monitoring activities
• Drafting and quality assuring Terms of Reference related to M&E activities
• Overseeing consultants delivering M&E work at project level and signing off on final deliverables
• Developing knowledge products generated from M&E data
• Creating and maintaining an M&E repository on GIZ Centralised Organisation of Records (CORE)
• Consulting regularly with Head Office on partnership progress in relation to M&E
• Quality assuring project work plans regarding indicator achievements and synchronising planning, monitoring and reporting processes
• Reporting aggregated results to WE4D Head Office and other funders such as the European Union
• Keeping abreast of recent developments in M&E methodologies, theories and ICT-based applications
• Supporting M&E capacity development for partner organisations where needed

Communication, Coordination and Networking

• Ensuring clear and transparent communication with colleagues and partner organisations
• Coordinating and finalising WE4D South Africa reporting in collaboration with Senior Technical Advisors
• Coordinating and finalising annual reporting submissions to Headquarters
• Coordinating with WE4D Headquarters, M&E colleagues and consultants
• Participating in WE4D M&E working groups to facilitate learning and innovation

Other Duties

• Performing additional duties as requested by management