National Expert for Monitoring and Evaluation 50 views1 application

IAK Agrar Consulting GmbH is a German agricultural consulting company with almost 40 years of experience in the field of consulting in the agriculture and rural development sectors in Germany and abroad. Since 1981 we have been implementing agricultural projects in developing and emerging countries on behalf of Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, the German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL), EU, World Bank and other public and private clients in more than 30 countries worldwide.

We are currently planning to submit a bit for a GIZ tender. The project “Technical cooperation with Federal Republic of Ethiopia” aims at laying the methodological and legal foundations for future land consolidation procedures. The responsible authorities shall be prepared for being able to plan and prepare land consolidation procedures independently. For this reason, the capacities of staff at relevant national and regional authorities as well as civil society organisations will be strengthened.

The contractor will be responsible for the following outputs:

Output 1: Methods and approaches for awareness-raising and preparation phases for land

consolidation procedures as well as voluntary land exchange in pilot areas have been tested;

Output 2: Skills of employees of the responsible authorities and private service providers have

been strengthened.

In this context, we are looking for an

National Expert for Monitoring and Evaluation in Amhara Region:

Selected tasks

• Review the result matrix, and refine the indicators if necessary;
• Prepare a M&E plans and extract relevant indicators to monitor the project outcomes and outputs;
•  Establish an effective data collection system and reporting forms for capturing quantitative and qualitative information;
•  Identify sources of verification that the project can use. As much as possible, use existing data sources embedded in existing systems;
•  Assist in implementing the established M&E system during the remaining life cycle of the project;
• Have under the guidance of the International Coordinator for the Amhara region of overall responsibility for project M&E;
•  Support the project in reporting and project administration.

Qualifications and skills

Education/training:

• Postgraduate university degree in a field related to the subject   of the assignment, e.g. economics, monitoring and evaluation; social sciences, sociology.    Seite 2/2
•  General professional experience: 10 years of professional experience in the land sector (land registration, land management, land consolidation, etc.);

Specific professional experience:

• Five years of specific experience with monitoring  land issues;
• Experience of work with local communities through participatory approach;  experience in data collection and analyses in the fields of socio-economy and environment;