Senior Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist

Salary Band 4: Senior Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist

Reports to: Team Leader WE4D

Duty Station: Hatfield, Pretoria

Duration: Until 31 December 2027

BACKGROUND

The Centre for Cooperation with the Private Sector (CCPS), was established at the beginning of 2014 to coordinate the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ) South Africa’s strategy for cooperation with the private sector. It is an umbrella unit responsible for implementing various regional or global programmes all with the aim to promote private sector cooperation.

This position will undertake implementation in South Africa relating to three programmes namely; 

  • The Employment Promotion for Women for the Green Transformation in Africa – (WE4D) Programme aims to improve women’s employment opportunities, especially in green sectors and in companies and value chains that are driving the green transformation on the African continent, sectors such as agriculture/agro-processing, blue economy/aquaculture, renewable energies, circular economy/waste management and eco-tourism, as well as traditional sectors with high potential to shape the greening of the economy like trans­port, logistics and construction.  
  • Team Europe Initiative Investing in Young Businesses in Africa - Supporting Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Development” (IYBA-SEED) is a programme supporting the entrepreneurial ecosystems of the five participating countries Benin, Kenya, Senegal, South Africa and Togo. The overall objective is to contribute to creating decent jobs for women and youth and resilient economies by strengthening ecosystems so that they can increase access to Business Development Services (both financial and non-financial) for SEED beneficiaries.
  • Skills for Youth Employability, Entrepreneurship and Empowerment Programme in Eswatini (S4YEEEP). This is an EU Co-financed programme focused on: Strengthened capacity of TVET providers to offer inclusive access and quality training that responds to identified skills needs in targeted sectors. Strengthening the capacity and involvement of employers to provide inclusive work-based learning schemes for TVET and skills development in targeted sectors. As well as increasing access of youth and women to TVET programmes leading to (self) employment.

WE4D South Africa is looking for an M&E expert to join our dynamic team and partners to focus on M&E design, service provider contract management, coordinating data collection, data analysis, and reporting for all of the above programmes.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

The Senior Monitoring & Evaluation Specialist is responsible for:

  • Managing the M&E systems for the above mentioned three programmmes.
  • Provide advisory services to the SnR technical advisors responsible for their respective partnerships regarding M&E tools for measuring project results.
  • Oversee and manage the M&E service providers tasked with data gathering in accordance with GIZ M&E guidelines.
  • Oversee and quality assure the knowledge management and communication activities within the respective projects, relating to M&E.
  • Manage and quality assure the reporting of data and qualitative report to partners, head office and commissioning parties
  • Ensure that monitored data is fed back into the implementation cycle in each partnership to support evidence-based decision making and project steering
  • Proactively engage in exchanges and peer-learning with other WE4D country offices.

TASKS

The Senior Monitoring & Evaluation Specialist assumes full responsibility for the M&E functions as well as provides advisory services to management and technical advisors, the following tasks:

Management and Advising:

  • Advise partnership Senior Monitoring & Evaluation Specialist regarding M&E, develop and implement in each partnerships M&E strategy, including results-based monitoring implementation according to WE4D and GIZ guidelines for measuring results;
  • Responsible for statistical research, analysis of results, introduction of innovative M&E tools and instruments;
  • Advises and provides backstopping to Senior Technical Advisors and development workers coordinating and carrying out activities in M&E and results-based monitoring;
  • Responsible for drafting and quality-assuring Terms of References (ToRs) related to M&E activities.
  • Oversees the work of consultants on M&E at project level, signing off on final deliverables;
  • Develops knowledge management products generated out of M&E data.
  • In consultation with Senior Technical Advisors, creates and maintains a M&E repository on GIZ Document Management Systems (DMS);
  • Regularly consults with the head office on implementation and progress of partnerships in relation to a M&E;
  • Quality assures project work plans regarding indicator achievements and is responsible for synchronizing the planning, M&E and different reporting processes;
  • Responsible for reporting aggregated results to WE4D head office and other funders (e.g. EU) for the projects.
  • Keeps abreast with recent development in the field of M&E with regards to theories methodologies, and ICT-based applications.
  • Offers M&E capacity development for partner organization if necessary and needed

Communication, coordination and networking:

The Senior Monitoring & Evaluation Specialist:

  • Ensures transparent and clear communication with project colleagues and partner organizations;
  • Coordinates and finalizes the WE4D South Africa annual reporting in collaboration with the respective SnR technical advisors on annual reporting, coordinates and finalizes the WE4D annual reporting to Headquarters
  • Coordinates with the WE4D Headquarters M&E colleagues;
  • Coordinates and participates in WE4D M&E working groups to facilitate learning & innovation for the programme.

Other Duties/Additional Tasks

The Senior Monitoring & Evaluation Specialist:

  • Performs other duties and tasks at the request of the management.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS, COMPETENCIES AND EXPRERIENCES

Qualifications:

  • University degree in Social/Economic/Natural Sciences Studies (equivalent to BA or MBA), additional certified qualification in Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) beneficial.

Professional Experience:

  • At least 10 years’ professional experience in a comparable position.

Other Knowledge, Additional Competences

  • Demonstrated knowledge, skills, and experience incorporating M&E into project planning, and implementation. This could include data capturing, tracer studies, data management ect
  • Demonstrated knowledge, and experience with the management of data protections (POPI Act)
  • Work experience in development sector specifically in the field of employment promotion (or its monitoring).
  • Experience with EU M&E reporting and data collection an added advantage
  • Good working knowledge of ITC technologies, database management and computer applications (e.g. MS Office).
  • Willingness to travel (locally and internationally).
  • Very good knowledge of English, German an added advantage
  • Willingness to upskill as required by the tasks to be performed – corresponding measures are agreed with management.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The position will be based at the GIZ Offices in Hatfield, Pretoria.

At GIZ, you will be offered global network and an atmosphere that is characterised by diversity, respect, and genuine equal opportunities. Gender equality promotion is a matter of course for us.

GIZ is a signatory of the Diversity Charter. Recognition, appreciation and inclusion of diversity in the company are important to us. All employees shall be valued - regardless of gender and gender identity, nationality, ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, social background, age or sexual orientation.

GIZ would like to increase the proportion of employees with disability. Applications from persons with disabilities are most welcome.

GIZ is committed to be an equal opportunities employer, therefore, women and people with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply.

The contract period for this position is until 31 December 2027 in line with the commissioning period of the Project/ Programme.

APPLICATION PROCESS

GIZ will only assess applications which meet the following criteria:

  • Suitable candidates should apply by submitting a:
    • Cover/Motivation Letter in PDF format (max. 1 page) clearly stating why they should be the preferred candidate, the value added they will bring to the project and their desired salary range.
    • A detailed CV in PDF format.

The application should be submitted to: recruit-pretoria@giz.de, with the following email subject line “Application for Senior Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist” for the attention of Head of Human Resource.

The deadline for applications is 21 February 2025.

Only shortlisted candidates who meet the above requirements will be contacted.