About Us
World Bicycle Relief empowers communities in rural regions around the world to thrive with life-changing bicycles. We envision a world where distance is no longer a barrier to education, health services, and economic opportunity. A catalyst for change, World Bicycle Relief helps people in need realize their goals by providing a tool that will support them to access these critical services. Equipped with a purpose-designed Buffalo Bicycle from World Bicycle Relief, students, health workers and entrepreneurs in low-income regions can create opportunities for themselves, their families and communities.
Our Social Enterprise- Buffalo Bicycle Zambia Limited offers users Sales, repair and maintenance services via a retail network of shops and local mechanics spread across the country.
Purpose of the Job
The Monitoring & Evaluation Assistant is a member of the Programs, Strategic Information & Innovation team. The position will support all Program, SII and Sales quantitative and qualitative research activities contributing to sustainable impact of the bicycle.
Description of Tasks / Key Performance Areas
Research
- Conduct focus group discussion and key informant interviews in support of M&E activities, treating all field materials with care and confidentiality
- Support identification and capturing of human-interest stories and success stories showcasing the power of the bicycle
- Transcribe key informant interviews and focus group discussion transcripts, assist with analysis
Data collection and entry
- Support team data collection including extracting data from field reports and registers, administering questionnaires and contacting program participants for specific data requests
- Support roll out and use of mobile data collection platform Taro-Works for M&E
- Responsible for program data entry and transcription, ensuring data collected are accurate, complete and submitted in a timely manner and in the correct format
- Clean data, perform data-quality checks and ensure feedback to the relevant staff if issues arise
Program Support, Documentation, Reporting and Communication
- Assist with compilation of PowerPoints or other reports under the guidance of the M&E Manager
- Assist with program implementation field activities such as community-based structures’ trainings & participant selections
- Assist with documentation of key learnings from WBR programmes
- File and document field materials, such as forms, reports and participant registers/contracts
- Attend and facilitate meetings and program follow ups as required
- Organize and coordinate field asset collection visits for communications, media and research as required
Job Specifications
- Relevant Bachelor’s Degree in social development, economics, developmental, demography or related discipline.
- Experience working on research projects including data collection, in-depth interviews and focus groups in local language and entering data.
- Computer skills and experience using MS Excel, Outlook and Access
- Good report writing skills.
- Self-motivated and familiar with current M&E concepts and trends.
- Excellent administration, communication and management skills
- Strong planning and organising skills
- Dynamism, independence, creativity
Interested persons should send their applications to emuzyamba@worldbicyclerelief.org and copy cmajata@worldbicyclerelief.org not later than 26th April 2024. You can also deliver to plot 38389, off Kafue Road, Makeni Lusaka.
Buffalo Bicycles Zambia is an equal opportunity employer
