Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Officer

About CorpsAfrica:CorpsAfrica Volunteers listen to local people, facilitate, and help implement community-chosen projects that address critical needs, and build local capacity. This community-centered and community-led approach ensures effective local ownership, cost efficiency, and a deep understanding of the target communities’ long-term needs. In The Gambia, CorpsAfrica’s focus is climate change and resilience, emphasizing its Green Initiatives. CorpsAfrica Volunteers are expected to perform a comprehensive impact evaluation analysis to serve as a
model for future Volunteers and their projects. For more information on CorpsAfrica, please visit www.corpsafrica.org.

OVERVIEW OF THE POSITION:
The M&E Officer for CorpsAfrica performs a variety of highly responsible and confidential managerial and administrative duties for the Country Director.

Specific Responsibilities

• Have oversight function of all M&E activities at the country Office and support the designing and implementing the M&E activities of the Project
• Provide support to Volunteers and Volunteer Liaison Officers for the collection, collation and reporting of accurate data.
• Maintain records and database for all data reported at the country office level
• Monitor Volunteer activities and ensures that data is reported as at when due.
• Analyze and prepare Quarterly/annual reports on office and Volunteer activities.
• Conducts quarterly review meeting at the country office and shares the finding for the quarter with Country Office staff for informed decisions
• Trains all staff and volunteers on data collection and reporting templates and supports the reporting of valid, reliable and accurate data from the country office to GSO Create and maintain a dash board on Volunteer activities and outcomes
• Participates in all M&E training activities organized by GSO M& E unit
• Conducts supervisory visits to projects in the field and provides technical assistance to volunteers.
• Where necessary, work with the M&E Coordinator at GSO level to adapt, and implement M&E tools.
• Supporting project progress reporting, project mid-term review and final evaluation.
• Ensures that functional M&E systems is in place for the collection of data.
• Support Volunteers with project monitoring and evaluation, data collection, and reporting of activities and projects.
• Develop clear and concise methods for interpreting the data gathered to a variety of audiences including donors, management, as well as the public.
• Provide accurate and relevant data to the Communications Officer as and when requested
• Perform other responsibilities as requested by the Country Director.

Qualifications:

• A Bachelor’s degree and at least three years of professional experience in M&E with one year of field experience.
• Knowledge of statistical data analysis tool (SPSS, STATAR) would be a great advantage
• Extremely detail-oriented, results oriented, and organized.
• A passion and commitment to youth leadership, participatory community development, impact evaluation, transparency, and accountability.
• Excellent speaking, writing, presentation, and computer skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and all Google Docs).
• Impeccable integrity, judgment, and discretion along with a professional demeanor and personal style that elicits trust.
• A demonstrable understanding of (country) laws and the government administrations.
• Fluency in English is required.
• Knowledge of at least two major local languages

TO APPLY:
Interested applicants should send CV and Cover letter that illustrates qualifications relevant to this role through JazzHR. The deadline to apply for the position is 1st May, 2025.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, CorpsAfrica encourages applications from all individuals regardless of age, gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, marital status, physical ability or any other legally protected basis.