Consultant for Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) at Cultivating New Frontiers in Agriculture

 Company Description:

With offices in 16 nations across Africa, Asia, and Eastern Europe, Cultivating New Frontiers in Agriculture (CNFA) is a global non-profit with headquarters in Washington, D.C., and Brussels, Belgium.

We develop specialized local and international collaborations with corporations, charities, governments, and communities to satisfy the increasing worldwide demand for food. We have created and implemented enterprise-based agricultural development programs since our company's founding in 1985 with the goal of facilitating market access, boosting agribusiness competitiveness, boosting productivity, and enhancing access to inputs and loans in 45 different nations globally.

We are hiring for the role listed below:

Job Title: Consultant for Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) at Cultivating New Frontiers in Agriculture

Job Location: Abuja

Employment Type: Full-time

Job Description:

• The Monitoring Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Consultant will be required to carry out the following tasks:
• Implement a MEL strategy (data collection, targeting and tracking custom and USAID/FTF indicators, knowledge management, learning activities and reporting) in compliance with the requirements provided in the Activity contract, USAID regulations and CNFA standards; 
• Ensure timely data collection, analysis, reporting, and completion of other M&E activities; 
• Facilitate Collaborating, Learning and Adapting (CLA) strategies to support the use of data and information from the M&E system for real-time decision-making to improve project implementation; 
• Regularly review monitoring data to help managers identify successes to be highlighted for USAID;  
• Lead project close-out MEL activities including final reporting and data collection; 
• Work closely with other technical units to manage a GIS referencing, cloud-based MEL system and ensure data requirements are integrated into project management processes; 
• Provide oversight and training to relevant project staff on data collection and analysis;  
• Ensure compliance with all USAID, CNFA, and, if/where applicable, host country government reporting requirements; 
• Complete other duties as necessary and assigned by Chief of Party. 

Job Requirements:

• The Monitoring Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Consultant should have the following qualifications:
• Degree (Master’s Degree preferred) in Economics, Business, Social Sciences, or a related field; 
• Proven experience in managing multiple and competing tasks while maintaining quality of deliverables within deadlines
• Willingness to collaborate, innovate and ability to think systematically
• Minimum of 5 years of relevant, progressively responsible experience, with a proven track record evaluating and assessing donor-funded agriculture development projects. 
• Experience implementing monitoring, evaluation and learning systems with USAID-supported indicators especially during a project close out; 
• Possess technical familiarity with the Automated Directives System (ADS) 200 Series and with evaluation methods and standards under the USAID Evaluation Policy; 
• Demonstrated ability to interact and communicate with wide range of stakeholders both verbally and in writing; 
• Strong communication skills and ability to present and write high quality technical reports in English.

Job Application Deadline:
27th September, 2023.

Method of Application:
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: operations@ag-invest.org using the Job Title as the subject of the mail.