Programme Support Officer Wanted – Christian Aid
• Salary (full time): $15,825 Salary (full time)
• Type of contract: Fixed Term
• Contracted hours: 40
• Contract length:1 year
• Location: Harare, Zimbabwe
• Closing date:19 April 2019
• Interview date: 30 April 2019
Programme Support Officer – Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) – Buhera or Chipinge, Zimbabwe
About us
Christian Aid is a humanitarian and development organization that insists the world can and must be swiftly changed to one where everyone can live a full life, free from poverty. We work globally for profound change that eradicates the causes of poverty, striving to achieve equality, dignity and freedom for all, regardless of faith or nationality. We are part of a wider movement for social justice. We provide urgent, practical and effective assistance where need is great, tackling the effects of poverty as well as its root causes.
About the Role
This role manages Monitoring and Evaluation systems within the Christian Aid Cyclone Idai response in Zimbabwe to allow for effective and accurate reporting. The position contributes towards building the response team and partner’s capacity to develop and use participatory approaches to monitoring and evaluation for effective project implementation for results. The role facilitates sharing of best practice and lessons learnt with external stakeholders as appropriate and develops and provides reference materials and quality information across the programme.
This role manages Monitoring and Evaluation systems within the Christian Aid Cyclone Idai response in Zimbabwe to allow for effective and accurate reporting. The position contributes towards building the response team and partner’s capacity to develop and use participatory approaches to monitoring and evaluation for effective project implementation for results. The role facilitates sharing of best practice and lessons learnt with external stakeholders as appropriate and develops and provides reference materials and quality information across the programme.
About you
Do you have passion, knowledge, and experience to support Christian Aid in responding to Cyclone Idai in Zimbabwe? Can you promote effective and efficient monitoring and evaluation of programme activities by partners, centred on impact and outcomes? support our partners in delivering high quality emergency projects to affected communities? Can you support partners and the Christian Aid team to institute effective systems of tracking results for their work?
Further information
This role is either based in Buhera or Chipinge, supporting both locations. This role requires applicants to have the right to work in Zimbabwe where this position is based. The incumbent must be a permanent resident in Zimbabwe.
Contract terms: Initial contract is fixed term for 12 months. Renewal subject to performance and availability of funding.
We value diversity and aspire to reflect this in its workforce. We welcome applications from people from all sections of the community, irrespective of race, colour, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief.
You can expect a wide range of rewards and benefits and flexibility that will ensure you enjoy a good work/life balance.
Competency questions
As part of your application you will be asked to demonstrate your suitability by giving answers to the following questions:
Question 1: Communicate effectively
Give us an example of a time when you communicated something complex in a way that could be easily understood by others
• What was the situation?
• What did you need to communicate effectively?
• How did you make sure the message was understood by others?
• What was the impact? How did you know you were successful?
Give us an example of a time when you communicated something complex in a way that could be easily understood by others
• What was the situation?
• What did you need to communicate effectively?
• How did you make sure the message was understood by others?
• What was the impact? How did you know you were successful?
Question 2: Deliver results
Tell us about a time when you had to make recommendations or take decisions after analysing data, information and other evidence
• What was the background? What recommendations or decisions did you have to take?
• What was your particular task or responsibility?
• What actions did you take? How did analyse the information and data?
• What was the outcome? Were you successful?
Question 3: Strive for improvement
Describe a time when you made positive suggestions for a way forward despite being faced by challenges from others
• What was the context? What was your idea? Why did other challenge it?
• Where did you fit in? What was your role?
• What action(s) did you take? Why?
• What was the result? Were you successful? If so, how did you know?