Vacancy announcement No:12/2023

Issued on:

12 October 2023

Deadline For Application:

26 October 2023

Job Title:   Project Monitoring and Evaluation Expert

Type of requisition:

NPP

Duty Station:

Chisinau, Moldova

Organizational Unit:

FEMOL

Duration:

3 months, with the possibility of extension

FAO seeks gender, geographical and linguistic diversity in its staff and international consultants in order to best serve FAO Members in all regions.

Qualified female applicants and qualified nationals of non-and under-represented member countries are encouraged to apply.

Persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply.

All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence.

Organizational Setting: FAO is implementing an emergency programme in Moldova to support vulnerable people living in rural areas with required agriculture inputs for the planting season and technical assistance on sustainable and resilient agriculture production. The aim of the Emergency Program is to mitigate the negative effects of the multiple crisis on agri-food systems. The activities will be implemented through three different projects with harmonized performance indicators and synergized outputs. 

Reporting Lines: The Project Monitoring and Evaluation Expert will perform duties under the overall supervision of the Assistant FAO Representative in Moldova, the technical supervision of the Agriculture Officer at the Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia and in collaboration with the relevant departments of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry.

Tasks and responsibilities:

The incumbent will perform the following tasks and responsibilities:

• Develop and implement results-based monitoring and evaluation system (the dashboard) for the Emergency Program, building on projects’ Logical Framework Matrix (LogFrame)/indicators and annual work-plan.
• Ensure the dashboard indicators are updated monthly and pro-actively advocate that corrective measures are taken when activities, output and outcome are off-track;
• Maintain a farmer beneficiary Database, by compiling and verifying lists provided by implementing partners;
• Design Post-Distribution Monitoring (PDM) questionnaires and implement PDM on a sample of farmers’ beneficiaries;
• Prepare short PDM reports;
•  Implement a Grievance Redress Mechanism (GRM) to enable the tracking and addressing of complaints, and ensure an effective feedback mechanism between FAO, implementing partners and beneficiaries;
• Document success stories of beneficiary farmers who benefited from FAO support;
• Collect relevant information and data to be used for analysis and reports in the agriculture sector;
• Participate in trainings, workshops and other similar events with required expertise and presentations;
• Liaise with Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) and M&E team in Rome for guidance on PDM and GRM;
• Perform other related duties as required.

CANDIDATES WILL BE ASSESSED AGAINST THE FOLLOWING

Minimum Qualifications

• A university degree in one of the following fields is required: Economics, Agriculture, Law or Public Administration etc
• A minimum of 2 years of relevant professional experience in areas such as project monitoring
• Planning, monitoring and Evaluation capacities
• Proved analytic and reporting abilities
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in quantitative and qualitative research, evaluation, and development of strategic documents

Required skills

• Excellent presentation skills
• Excellent computer competences
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills 

Required language(s)

•  English

FAO Core Competencies

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

Please note that all candidates should adhere to FAO Values of Commitment to FAO, Respect for All and Integrity and Transparency.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

• FAO does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process (application, interview meeting, processing).
• Applications received after the closing date will not be accepted.
• For other issues, visit the FAO employment website: http://www.fao.org/employment/home/en/

HOW TO APPLY

To apply, please send your CV with all relevant details to FAO-Moldova@fao.org by 26 October 2023 inclusive.

Vacancies will be removed from the recruitment portal at 23:59 Central European Time (CET) on the deadline for applications date. We encourage applicants to submit the application well before the deadline date.

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If you need help, or have queries, please contact: iRecruitment@fao.org

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