AGA KHAN FOUNDATION
Employment Opportunity in Tanzania
The Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) is a private, non-denominational, development agency promoting
creative and effective solutions to problems that impede social and economic development. AKF
Tanzania is implementing the Coastal Rural Support Programme Tanzania (CRSPT) in Mtwara and
Lindi regions. The programme’s ultimate goal is to improve the quality of life of rural
communities in Mtwara and Lindi Regions through sustainable socio-economic
interventions in food security, income generation, access to finance, health improvement,
and strengthening education systems. AKF invites applications from well-qualified and dynamic
individuals to fill the following vacancies based in its office in Mtwara.
MONITORING AND EVALUATION MANAGER
Reporting to the Programme Director, the Monitoring and Evaluation Manager will be based in
Mtwara and will lead the monitoring, evaluation and learning agenda for CRSP (T). The incumbent
will lead the M&E team and be responsible for designing and implementing M&E frameworks and
systems in order to ensure efficient and effective tracking of progress against CRSP (T)’s activities,
outputs and outcomes, facilitating sector managers in the use of M&E outputs for planning and
management, ensuring production of high quality reports for donors and AKF management, and
documentation and dissemination of lessons learnt. The incumbent will also lead the
communications portfolio and will provide support to address the communication needs of the
programme.
Qualifications/Experience:
 Post-graduate degree, preferably in Agricultural Economics, International Development,
Economics, Statistics or relevant field;
 Minimum 5years of solid professional experience in monitoring and evaluation of rural
development programmes particularly in agriculture, market development, and civil society; at
least 3 of these years in a M&E related management position.
 Extensive knowledge of Results-Based Management (RBM), including how to develop logic
models and how to develop SMART indicators;
 Demonstrated ability in design and implementation of surveys and qualitative studies including
competencies in quantitative and qualitative methodologies for programme monitoring,
evaluation and learning ; this includes experience in the development of quantitative and
qualitative data collection tools and in the analysis of data
 Knowledge of data entry systems for quantitative data (e.g. Ms Access, CSPro, or others) is
desirable;
 Demonstrated capacity to write high quality results-based and donor reports;
 Strong interpersonal skills and experience in leadership positions;
 Excellent written and verbal English language skills; knowledge of Kiswahili is an asset;
 Ability to travel extensively and live in remote conditions.
MONITORING AND EVALUATION OFFICER
Reporting to the CRSPT Monitoring & Evaluation Manager, the M&E Officer will be based in
Mtwara and will collaborate with the M&E team responsible for the monitoring, evaluation and
learning agenda for CRSPT. The successful candidate will be responsible for supporting the design
and implementation of M&E system/sub-systems to track progress, developing high quality progress
reports for donors, training project staff on M&E and on the use of information for management and
decision making, and collaborating in the dissemination of information to a range of stakeholders.
Qualifications/Experience:
 Atleast Bachelors degree in International Development, Agricultural Economics, Social
Sciences, Economics, Statistics or relevant field; with practical experience in M&E;
 A minimum of 5 years professional experience with at least 3 years implementing M&E
within a development context preferably in East Africa;
 Good knowledge of Results Based Management (RBM) and its application to projects and
programmes;
 Demonstrated ability to design and implement surveys and qualitative studies;
 Demonstrated capacity to write results-based donor reports;
 Experience in the development of data collection tools and systems for entry, analysis, and
storage of qualitative and quantitative data (e.g. Ms Access, SPSS, CS-Pro or others);
 Strong interpersonal skills ;
 Ability to work with minimum supervision and in a team;
 Excellent written and verbal skills in English;
 Willing to relocate and be based in Mtwara.
Interested applicants are requested to submit their CVs (not exceeding 4 pages), including contact
details for three professional references, and a covering letter explaining why they are best suited for
the particular position by 5 pm (Tanzania time) on Wednesday, 28th August 2013, to the Country
Director Aga Khan Foundation Tanzania, P.O. Box 125, Plot 37, Haile Selassie Road, Oysterbay
Dar-es-Salaam or by e-mail to recruit.akftz@akdn.org. Please note that only short listed
candidates will be contacted.
The Aga Khan Foundation is an Agency of the Aga Khan Development Network.