Coordinates monitoring, evaluation, data quality, learning, and reporting activities across forest protection, livelihoods, forest restoration, and community engagement programs in Tanzania.
Responsibilities
- Develop, adapt, and maintain monitoring tools, forms, guidelines, and standard operating procedures across program functions
- Maintain organized, secure, traceable, and audit-ready monitoring records and support the use of EarthRanger and other data collection systems
- Coordinate monthly and quarterly data collection with Program Managers, field teams, and community-based data collectors
- Ensure monitoring data is collected completely, consistently, on time, and in alignment with applicable standards
- Conduct routine quality assurance and quality control, including completeness checks, validation checks, spot checks, and field verification
- Identify and resolve data gaps or inconsistencies with Program Managers and data collectors
- Clean, compile, summarize, and analyze monitoring data to identify progress, trends, gaps, and data-quality concerns
- Prepare monitoring summaries and contribute verified data and documentation to project reporting, learning reviews, and carbon-standard verification
- Develop training materials and train and coach field staff, enumerators, community-based data collectors, and stakeholders
- Work with managers, field teams, communities, and government stakeholders to integrate monitoring into field activities and communicate findings
Requirements
- Understanding of monitoring and evaluation concepts, indicators, baselines, data quality, results tracking, data collection methodologies, and learning processes
- Strong analytical and data-management skills
- Ability to develop practical and user-friendly data collection tools
- Strong attention to detail and ability to apply quality assurance and quality control procedures
- Strong training and facilitation skills when working with rural communities and community-based data collectors
- Clear written and verbal communication skills
- Strong organizational and coordination skills across multiple programs, field teams, and locations
- Ability to work independently in field settings and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams and stakeholders
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel
- Comfort using smartphones, tablets, GPS devices, and digital data collection systems
- Commitment to organizational values, safeguarding principles, and environmental and social safeguards
