The Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor (SAGCOT) is an international public private partnership that aims to transform agricultural in Tanzania's Southern Corridor.Partners include local and international companies, farmers, development partners, Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and the Tanzanian Government. By 2030, the partnership aims to attract USD 3.2 billion of investments, transforming 350,000 hectares of arable land into profitable production and lifting 10,000 small scale farmers into commercial farming to the Southern Corridor.
SAGCOT Centre Ltd is the administrative unit to the partnership and functions as a hub to promote investments in inclusive, sustainable commercial value chains. The SAGCOT Centre Ltd is also a neutral broker and catalyst that links different agriculture stakeholders in order to create synergies and help them achieve the SAGCOT objectives.
SAGCOT Centre Ltd is currently looking for: Monitoring and Evaluation Consultant
Duration: 40 Days Maximum
Objective of the Assignment
The objective is to design an M&E system to;
- Enable the SAGCOT Centre to regularly track progress against milestones set out in its logframe for outputs and outcomes and 5 year annual work plan.
- Designing a methodology for assessing impact (both positive and negative) and value added on investments that the Centre would like to claim to have had some influence in realising.
- The M&E SYSTEM to have component which allow process for evaluative studies that assess why some investments in the SAGCOT Corridor seem to be successful, while others are failing - using an agreed set of criteria. This would require a commitment to an independent system of information collection and analysis on annual basis. The M&E consultant will need to develop an independent system of data collection methodology which will be applied by the Centre or any funder to conduct annual evaluation to asses failures and success of SAGCOT Corridor investments.
Qualifications & Experience:
- The following set of competencies will form the basis for selection of the consultant.
- A minimum of 10 years' experience in design and implementation of monitoring and evaluation systems and baseline surveys
- At least a Master Degree in economics, statistics or social science field, PhD Degree will be an advantage
- Experience with cluster development and cluster analysis
- Experience of working with other development institutions and familiarity with their approaches to agricultural interventions
- Knowledge and understanding of the agricultural sector in Tanzania
- Experience in developing results chains/intervention logical framework/ theories of change of complex multi-donor initiatives
- Understanding of the linkages between various factors, including definition and measurement of process and investment indicators, capturing partnerships needs, furthermore the sustainability, including competitiveness, profitability by different stakeholders and social acceptance.
- Experience in undertaking needs assessments and supporting capacity development
- Familiarity with both quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis techniques
- Experience in using Data Analysis software such as SPSS
How to Apply
To view the complete terms of reference (ToR) for this consultancy please visit: http://www.sagcot.com and review the vacancies section
Only interested and qualified candidates meeting the minimum requirement should submit their CV and cover letter outlining their suitability for the position To: jobs@sagcot.com or hard copies to :Operations Manager SAGCOT Centre ltd.TPSF Building Mwaya road, Masaki P.O. Box 11313, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Submission deadline is 26th October, 2014
Candidates applying for this post are subject to recruitment procedures and background checks.SAGCOT Centre Limited actively encourages diversity - qualified men and women are encouraged to apply.
Only short listed candidates will be contacted for interview
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