Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist at IITA - International Institute of Tropical Agriculture

Background and Responsibilities
The successful candidate will among other things perform the following duties:
• Develop a Monitoring & Evaluation framework for the project. A key aspect of the M&E framework should be gender sensitivity/mainstreaming.
• Lead M&E activities  in the the ATASP-1 Outreach Program
• Assist Scientists in designing survey instruments
• Carryout socio-economic surveys  and write up as necessary
• Clean and edit data collected from surveys
• Support ATASP1 outreach project in the implementation of results-based performance management.
• Prepare draft quarterly reports for ATASP1 outreach cassava component and merge with reports from ICRISAT and AfricaRice
• Provide Outreach Coordinator and  other  Commodity Specialists with adequate information for strategic decision making
• Any other duties, properly assigned, as may be occasioned by the exigencies of the service

Qualification and Experience
• Minimum of Masters’ degree in Agricultural Economics or related fields.
• At least 5 years’ experience in monitoring and evaluation as well as working in cassava based system.