SoCha seeks a full-time, qualified MEL Specialist to support the associated MEL services on the Feed the Future GTI Activity. The MEL Specialist is a member of the core GTI MEL activity team and will report to the MEL/CLA Director.
The MEL Specialist will work with the GTI MEL team and GTI Technical teams to:
- Plan and coordinate implementation under the oversight of the MEL/CLA Director.
- Develop data collection tools and integrate reporting system into adaptive program management cycle.
- Support the day-to-day execution of the Mission’s MEL and analytic work requests.
- Coordinate discrete work requests under the supervision of the MEL/CLA Director.
- Provide other MEL technical support as needed.
Minimum Qualifications and Experience
- Bachelor’s degree, or higher, in a relevant field.
- Five (5) or more years of M&E experience on donor projects; CLA experience preferred.
- Prior experience assessing impact in the agriculture and trade industry is strongly preferred.
- Prior experience working with USAID, or similar donors, is preferred.
- Prior experience working on a Feed the Future Activity is preferred.
- Strong proficiency in English.
The MEL Specialist will have experience in one or more of the following areas:
- Performance Monitoring, including:
- Developing performance monitoring plans.
- Designing and optimizing quantitative and qualitative indicators for international development projects.
- Collaboration, Learning, and Adapting:
- Coordinating with stakeholders.
- Building institutional capacity and memory.
- Incentivizing learning and sharing.
- Relevant Sector Expertise:
- Agricultural value-chains.
- Ghana’s trade and investment landscape.
- Enterprise-led development
- Market-systems development.