Organizational Setting
FAO country offices, headed by an FAO Representative, are assisting governments to develop policies, programmes and projects to achieve food security and to reduce hunger and malnutrition.

Reporting Lines  
Staff members deployed for surge support report to the FAO Representative.

Technical Focus

Monitoring and Evaluation

Key Results

Contribution to the effective and efficient management and coordination of the operational support of the programme and project activities of the Country Office.

Key Functions
o Develops and oversees the implementation of a M&E data and work plan to efficiently and effectively collect, analyse and report on key activity, output, outcome and impact indicators for various audiences;
o Leads/supports the planning and implementation of core M&E activities in the programme, namely beneficiary registration and verification; baseline, post-distribution and endline surveys and maintains related databases to report on achievements at activity, output and outcome level.
o Leads/supports quantitative and qualitative data collection through sampling, tools design, enumerator training, data collection and supervision, analysis and reporting;
o Where applicable manages/supports any third-party monitoring partner contracts to support the above activities, ensuring overall technical quality and timeliness of tools and deliverables in consultation with project managers/sector leads;
o In collaboration with project managers/sector leads, establishes a regular and standardized information flow between implementing partners and FAO, to provide consistent information on delivery and key indicators
o In alignment with FAO’s Office of Emergency and Resilience tools, establishes a real-time database to monitor activities implemented and beneficiaries reached across the portfolio, by donor, administrative level 2, partner and activity type to be maintained in collaboration with project managers/sector leads;
o Supports management and project managers/sector leads to identify priority indicators and realistic targets to promote a programmatic approach to monitoring and evaluation, and ensures their timely collection and analysis for management briefings and external reporting;
o Provides regular updates to management on the status of implementation of field activities, identifying and communicating challenges/delays/issues to management through monitoring tools and accountability mechanisms.
o Supports/leads up-to-date data visualisation to provide management with an overview of programming status and key information, building on existing corporate and OER tools for data visualisation purposes;
o Contributes data for internal and external reporting, including donor reporting, cluster/sector reporting, contributions to the IPC/CH, where applicable, interagency reporting, FAO corporate reporting, etc.
o Develops capacity of FAO staff and implementing partners in M&E practices;
o Identifies opportunities to learn and adapt programming through the data collected and presents these to management;
o Updates corporate monitoring systems (FPMIS, PIRES, workplanning, etc) as required;
o Other duties as required.

CANDIDATES WILL BE ASSESSED AGAINST THE FOLLOWING

Minimum Requirements

• Experience of relevant experience in agricultural development and/or project planning/formulation/ implementation.

Competencies
• Results Focus
• Teamwork
• Communication
• Building Effective Relationships
• Knowledge Sharing and Continuous Improvement

Technical/Functional Skills

• Work experience in more than one location or area of work, particularly in field positions is desirable;
• Experience in humanitarian contexts is required.