Internship: Monitoring and Evaluation

Job Description

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

The M&E Intern will work under the guidance of the M&E Team to:

• Collect and file information/data coming from grantees and country teams.
• Critically analyze grantee reports and country reports and escalate identified discrepancies to the relevant M&E team.
• Enter data on Agra Management Information System (AMIS) and ensure its correctness and consistency.
• Generate quality reports and dashboards from the reports available and disseminate them to the team members.
• Conduct data quality assurance on the selected indicators for selected countries and grantees.
• Contribute to various M&E reports including Quarterly reports including but not limited to Annual reports, PIATA Reports, DQA reports, QMR reports.
• Active participation in the design and maintenance of contextualized data collection tools for ongoing and new projects and grantees.
• Contributing to AGRA led research papers, reports and blogs and other leaning products.

Academic, Professional Qualifications and Relevant experience:

• An undergraduate qualification in the field of social science, statistics, economics or any other relevant academic discipline.
• Experience in online data management and storage sites and/or agricultural. entrepreneurship will be an added advantage.
• Any technical certificate in a related discipline (desirable).
• A determined, agile, pragmatic and patient approach to problem solving.
• Good communication skills, both verbally and in writing.
• Willingness to continually improve technical and analytical competencies
• Desire to learn and grow professionally.
• Ability to embrace AGRA values.
• Ability to prioritize and execute with prudence to achieve AGRA goals.
• Able to work collaboratively within and across teams and to organize time accordingly.

Terms of Employment

This is an internship position based in Nairobi, Kenya. The initial contract will be for a period of three (3) months and the successful candidate shall receive a monthly stipend during this period.

If you believe you are the right candidate for this position, kindly submit your application with a detailed CV (including your e-mail and telephone contacts) to recruit@agra.org. Please quote the job reference number in the subject line of the application e-mail.

To be considered, applications must be received by 12^th March 2020.

For more information on AGRA, applicants can visit www.agra.org

Note: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

About the Organization

The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) is a partnership that works with governments, donors, NGOs, the private sector, and African farmers to significantly and sustainably improve the productivity and income of resource-poor farmers in Africa. Founded and initially funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Rockefeller Foundation, AGRA supports interventions aimed at improving seed systems, soil fertility, input and output markets, policies, and other priority sectors, with the overall objective of reducing food insecurity. AGRA aims to achieve these goals by: supporting and building capability of farmers and enterprises across the agricultural value chain; being a thought-leader on African agriculture by collecting, packaging, and disseminating knowledge; and creating strong partnerships with public, private, and donor actors to drive change within the sector. AGRA is headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya, and has an office in Accra, Ghana.

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