Monitoring, Evaluation, Research, Reporting and Learning (MERRL) Officer SAfAIDS

Background:

SAfAIDS is a regional non-partisan and non-profit civil society organization; whose Strategy Towards Agenda 2030 (2021-2025) commits to a mission or promoting Integrated Effective and Ethical Development Responses to SRHR, by enabling Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) and Resilience for All. We are looking for a quality conscious, results focused, systematic planner, problem solver, strong qualitative and quantitative data skilled Monitoring, Evaluation, Research, Reporting and Learning (MERRL) Officer for our Zambia Country Office. The MERRL Officer will ensure alignment of monitoring and evaluation activities to programmes MERRL frameworks and plans, log-frames, PMPs, theories of change, data quality standards and guidelines. She/He/They will generate monthly, quarterly and annual MERRL Reports, and MERRL work plans for the Zambia country programmes. She/He/They will do analysis of all data, and reflect this analysis with outlined implications for programming direction, financial and other organizational dimensions; within MERRL reports they generate. She/He/They will strengthen monitoring and evaluation capacity of SAfAIDS programmes staff and partners to ensure timely collection and reporting of accurate data; this includes ensuring consistent and correct use of monitoring and reporting tools both in SAfAIDS and among its partners. She/He/They will apply compliance MERRL checks with all partners; and is responsible for complete and correct up to date maintenance of all MERRL files, and relevant Country Office files, on a monthly basis. She/He/They champion Data management, which includes mobilizing data from programmes staff and partners, conduct routine data verifications, ensuring that programmes data is captured onto database on time and appropriate filling of data sources.

Requirements

The Ideal Candidate should have the following qualifications and experience:

• A relevant Bachelor’s Degree in statistics, operations research, economics, Information Systems or any social sciences. Master’s degree in Biostatistics, Population Studies, statistics or any relevant field is an added advantage.
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in developing log frames, results-based management (RBM) frameworks, performance monitoring plans (PMPs), and designing Theories of Change (TOCs) and related MERRL and research tools.
• Strong research experience (data collection, enumerator training) with demonstrated ability in the use of quantitative and qualitative methods.
• Excellent interpersonal and people management skills with effective communication, problem-solving and sound decision-making capacity, ability to prioritize multiple tasks and work effectively in a demanding environment
• Advanced computer skills in spreadsheets and info-graphics presentations, including knowledge of software packages such as SPSS/STATA/SAS/Excel/Access.
• Exceptional analytical and report writing skills.

SAfAIDS is committed to equality in all our work. Gender Equality, Social Inclusion and Diversity is core to our internal and external work. Internally, this enriches the ideas, perspectives and competencies, for fulfilling our commitment to serving diverse populations across the SADC region. Our Fit-For-Purpose employee recruitment and consultant engagement approach; welcomes applicants who identify as PLHIV, persons with disability, non-binary persons, and all sexual orientations and gender identities

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