MONITORING & EVALUATION OFFICER (ECOWAS)

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Institution: ECOWAS Commission
Agency: ECOWAS Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency – ECREEE
Department: Energy and Mines
Directorate: Energy and Mines
Division: Office of the Executive Director
Line Supervisor: Executive Director
Supervising: N/A
Grade: P3/P4

Role Overview

• The Monitoring and Evaluation Officer is expected to play the cross-cutting function of guiding the planning of program results, and the monitoring and evaluation of progress towards achievement of those results across the organization.
• With support from the Office of Executive Director, the M&E Officer provides general leadership, sets standards and maintains oversight of ECREEE’s entire monitoring and evaluation function.
• The M&E is a core member of the agency’s strategic plan implementation committee, ensuring that overall performance is measured and adequately disseminated.

Role And Responsibilities

• Coordinate planning, monitoring and evaluation of programmes and projects;
• Periodically update existing procedures for projects performance monitoring and evaluation, and champion their use by programme officers and other related staff;
• Lead the development of plans for monitoring and evaluation of projects;
• Support programme officers to monitor implementation of projects’ performance;
• Coordinate periodic performance reviews of projects;
• Provide technical and coordinate administrative support to external evaluators to conduct planned evaluations;
• Lead the reporting of results to ECREEE management, Board and ECOWAS Commission;
• Identify M&E capacity needs within ECREEE and, design and deliver, and/or recommend external capacity building opportunities, and
• Conduct any related tasks assigned by the Executive Director.

Academic Qualifications And Experience

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Economics, Development Economics, Sociology, Statistics, Public Administration, Management, or other Social Sciences from a recognized university;
• 5 years of relevant experience in strategic planning, monitoring, evaluation;
• Knowledge of the Result Based Management approach to planning, monitoring, evaluation of development interventions ;
• Knowledge of rules, policies, and guidelines of development partners;
• Professional technical knowledge/expertise in collect and data analysis.

Age Limit:

• Be below 50 years old. This provision does not apply to internal candidates.

Ecowas Key Competences:

• Ability to persuade/influence others to consider a certain point of view, adopt a new idea or implement new methods and practices;
• Ability to lead a team of trainees/junior staff and instill a spirit of teamwork to engage employees and achieve a well-defined set of activities;
• Ability to respect the chain of command in an appropriate manner;
• Ability to resolve challenges that occur with minimal direction and/or to recommend and explain solutions or alternatives for approval;
• Ability to utilize the Code of Ethics to manage self, others, information, and resources;
• Ability to mentor others and create feedback loops with supervisors, colleagues, and the subordinates to build strong working relationships and improve performance.
• Contribute to maintaining organizational unit’s performance goals and standards.
• Interpersonal skills with the ability to keep key stakeholders informed about progress or setbacks, paying attention to timelines and, quality work;
• Ability to proactively interact with clients and build strong trusting relationships based on mutual respect and regular discussions;
• Ability to establish and sustain professional credibility with clients/stakeholders in a manner that anticipates their need, mitigates issues and that carefully balances professional obligations with the need to be sensitive and responsive to their needs;
• Ability to counsel, advise, consult and guide others on matters pertaining to assigned responsibilities and established client service standards;
• Demonstrate respect for cultural differences, fairness, and ability to relate well with people from varied backgrounds, nationality, gender, ethnicity, race, and religion;
• Understanding of diverse cultural views especially within West Africa, with sensitivity to group differences; ability to challenge bias and to practice tolerance and empathy;
• Ability to listen actively, consider people’s concerns and apply judgement, tact, and diplomacy;
• Ability to work in a diverse and inclusive interactive environment that benefits from diverse strengths;
• Ability and responsibility for incorporating gender perspectives and ensuring the equal participation of women and men in all areas of work;
• Ability to encourage, empower, and advocate for people in an unbiased and transparent manner.
• Knowledge of ECOWAS institutions, sectors, programmes and policies;
• Knowledge of ECOWAS internal operational requirements of programs, projects, services and systems required to achieve work assignments and meet performance goals;
• Knowledge of rules and procedures of ECOWAS associated assigned responsibilities and ability to explain these clearly to others;
• Knowledge of the ECOWAS culture, structures and performance issues and priorities impacting assigned responsibilities;
• Knowledge of member states development trends, indicators, challenges, and opportunities as it relates to project/programme assigned to own position.
• Ability to study data/information from a variety of sources, identify anomalies, trends, and issues, present findings, and make recommendations;
• Ability to break down problems or processes into key parts to identify and solve gaps in service, quality assurance, compliance and performance targets;
• Knowledge of and ability to apply techniques to generate creative ideas and new approaches to meeting goals;
• Ability to use evidence and research to inform policies and programs and identify relevant and appropriate sources of information, including stakeholders, regional institutions and/or internal committees.
• Demonstrate proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, and web-based data management;
• Ability to make sound use of graphics and tables to effectively present numerical data to write semi-complex technical reports/proposals and edit/check templates, letters, etc.
• Ability to convey information clearly and concisely in a succinct and organized manner through both writing and verbal means;
• Exhibit interpersonal skills, make presentations, express opinions and debate ideas with others in a constructive manner;
• Fluency in oral and written expressions in one of the ECOWAS official languages of the Community (English, French & Portuguese). Knowledge of an additional one will be an added advantage.
• Ability to develop, implement an individual action plan for achieving specific work goals;
• Identify, organize and monitor tasks throughout to facilitate execution;
• Ability to contribute and/or lead on projects as per accepted project management standards and techniques, to co-ordinate contributions by others  to set and meet deadlines;
• Ability to organize work, set priorities, and work within timelines, giving attention to details, stakeholders, indicators, and risks;
• Ability to formulate results, identify/construct indicators, and lead the determination of targets and collect indicator data to monitor performance and to take proactive remedial action as required.

Annual Salary
UA37,651.28, USD59,406.19/UA44,032.04,USD69,473.75.