VacancyAnnouncement

Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) Advisor

for

the Project “Job Partnerships and SME Promotion”

The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH is a federally owned international cooperation enterprise for sustainable development with worldwide operations. The GIZ Office in Kigali covers GIZ’s portfolio in Rwanda and Burundi. GIZ Rwanda/Burundi implements projects on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, the European Union and other commissioning authorities in the following priority areas: Sustainable Economic Development; Good Governance; Climate, Energy and Sustainable Urban Development; Digital Transformation and Digital Economy; and regional projects in the Great Lakes Region.

Under the brand Invest for Jobs, the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) put together a package of measures to support local and international companies in investment activities that have a high employment impact in its African partner countries. The Special Initiative “Decent Work for a Just Transition”, its official title, offers comprehensive advice, contacts, and financial support to overcome investment barriers.

The objective of Invest for Jobs is to team up with private-sector companies to offer comprehensive advice, contacts and financial support to overcome investment barriers, improve the competitiveness of small and medium sized enterprises, and eventually create good jobs and improve working conditions and social protection in eight African partner countries. Invest for Jobs is implemented by GIZ, amongst other implementing partners.

In Rwanda, GIZ implements Invest for Jobs via the project: “Job Partnerships and SME Promotion”. The project was launched in June 2019 and runs until April 2027. For more information, see www.invest-for-jobs.com.

To support the Monitoring & Evaluation unit of the project “Job Partnerships and SME Promotion”, GIZ Rwanda is searching for one candidate for the position of M&E Advisor, as per below candidate profile.

Candidate Profile

Reporting to the Head of Investment & SME Promotion, the M&E Advisor will join the M&E unit of the Invest for Jobs Rwanda country program, encompassing a broad range of responsibilities as detailed below. He / She will collaborate closely with technical experts and partners to ensure comprehensive oversight and data quality for all project activities, proactively and in response to regular and ad-hoc requests. The role demands established technical proficiency in M&E, strong communication skills, and substantial experience in data collection, cleaning, and independent analysis.

Location: Kigali, Rwanda

FixedTerm: 15.3.2025 – 30.06.2026

Position: One (1)

MainTasksandResponsibilities

The Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist performs the following tasks for the Special Initiative’s Rwanda country program:

Management of Project M&E Systems

• Develop and manage the project’s M&E calendar to ensure timely collection, analysis, and reporting of data on all project activities, key performance indicators (KPIs), and results indicators.
• Design and oversee offline and online data collection tools.

Data Management

• Plan and supervise data collection, cleaning, verification, and compilation activities, ensuring alignment with the program’s requirements.
• Track KPIs and results indicators in close collaboration with the projects’ technical teams, reporting developments to management.
• Identify areas in need of alignment or corrective action, especially when delays or risks affect the timely achievement of targets.
• Plan and oversee external data enumerator assignments, adapting approaches based on program-specific needs.

Data Analytics

• Beyond standard KPIs and results indicators, analyze the program’s unique M&E requirements, conducting in-depth evaluations of target achievements and identifying program-specific trends and insights.

M&E Advisory

• Provide tailored M&E guidance to technical and partner teams, adapting advice to meet the project needs.
• Support implementing partners with M&E onboardings and training to ensure high-quality data collection and reporting.

Quality Assurance

• Develop Terms of Reference (ToR) and conduct data quality checks for baseline, tracer, and end-line studies, ensuring that all processes comply with GIZ standards.
• Manage data collection activities during studies, applying program-specific protocols and methodologies.

Reporting and Documentation

• Deliver updated and reliable M&E data to support bi-annual, special, and annual reporting requirements, as well as strategy workshops.
• Oversee the compilation and review of progress reports and multiple project activities, consolidating findings as necessary.

Communication

• Provide accurate and program-specific data for communication materials.
• Ensure M&E data is continuously updated across relevant communication platforms.

Other duties / tasks:

• Collaborate on cross-sectional tasks and support the processing of technical topics as needed.

Required Qualifications, Competences and Experience

Qualifications and professional experience

• Bachelor’s degree in the field of IT, Statistics, Economics, Project management or development studies or related fields.
• Excellent knowledge of English (C1 as per the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR)), orally and written; ability to express oneself in clear sentences; being able to write precise English texts with correct grammar and spelling is an absolute must.
• Excellent knowledge of Kinyarwanda.
• 4 years of experience in M&E or analytical research work, preferably in the context of international development cooperation projects in private sector development / cooperation with the private sector.
• 2 years of experience in analytical report writing, including the application and designing of tools for data collection and analysis.

Other knowledge and additional competences

• Very good interpersonal, communication, and facilitation skills.
• Experience with GIZ-specific M&E requirements, rules and regulations, from previous GIZ assignments considered an advantage.
• Working Experience with online databases.
• Very good working knowledge of ICT and computer applications (e.g., MS Office); good knowledge of Excel and PowerPoint essential.

Interested candidates should submit their application (motivation letter, updated CV, certificates and references), via our electronic job portal by using the button “Apply”; until 25^th February 2025 at 4:00 PM. All attachments should be put together in one PDF file not larger than 2 MB. Please quote the job title in the subject.

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. We support equal opportunities and welcome applications from people with disabilities.

This includes the provision of reasonable accommodation, if needed, in order to participate in the job application and interview process and to perform essential job functions. Please let us know, if you have any particular requirements should you be invited for assessment/interview or that you wish us to consider, when considering your application.

Women and persons with disabilities are particularly encouraged to apply.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for test and interview.

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