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Job ID<\/strong>: 82300
Job Title:<\/strong> Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist
Company:<\/strong> Self Help Africa
Location:<\/strong> Lusaka, Zambia
Project Title<\/strong>: Climate-resilient ecosystem restoration and sustainable land management in the Central and Southern Provinces of Zambia
Reports to<\/strong>: Project Manager
Benefits<\/strong>: 24 days annual leave, Medical Insurance, 5% employer and 5% employee pension contribution and 25% gratuity
Length of Contract<\/strong>: Two years \u2013 renewable subject to performance
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About Self Help Africa<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n

Self Help Africa\u2019s Zambia programme works with local communities to help them improve their livelihoods. Our mission is to alleviate hunger, poverty, social inequality and the impact of climate change through community-led, market-based and enterprise-focused approaches, so that people have access to safe, nutritious and affordable food throughout the year.<\/p><\/div>

Self Help Africa has been working in Zambia for over 35 years and has reached over 250,000 smallholder farmers. Our work has been focused on ending poverty and hunger through community-led and market-based approaches. Our experience working with rural communities and smallholder farmers during this time has honed our expertise in addressing climate change and its impact on food production and the environment.<\/p>

While our core work is with small-scale farming families, who make up the majority (70 per cent) of the extremely poor in Zambia, we also implement projects that support communities facing grave humanitarian crises, and we assist farmers and farming cooperatives in sourcing profitable markets locally, nationally and regionally for their produce.<\/p>

We collaborate with companies \u2013 both large and small – seeking to create jobs, add value, and develop markets that enable small-holder farmers to trade their goods. We also seek relationships with international businesses and corporations seeking opportunities to invest, collaborate, and develop markets that contribute to economic growth in Zambia.<\/p>

Project Background:<\/strong><\/p>

Self Help Africa is anticipating starting implementing a project funded under The Global Environment Facility (GEF) in the Central and Southern Provinces of Zambia. The project focus is on environmental restoration, climate change and biodiversity conservation. The Climate-resilient ecosystem restoration and sustainable land management in the Central and Southern Provinces of Zambia project will address the barriers to sustainable land management and biodiversity conservation at six project sites in two provinces (Central and Southern Province).<\/p>

The project has four components. Component one will support the development of an enabling environment for climate change adaptation that will also support reduced ecosystem degradation and strengthened biodiversity. Component two will focus on restoring the ecological integrity of the degraded natural environment in the proposed project sites, mainly riding on the provisions of natural resources and environmental management, land management, water resources management, agriculture, and climate change frameworks. Component three is focused on promoting Gender-responsive, climate-resilient natural resource-based livelihoods. It will aim to support sustainable agricultural production practices that will reduce the negative impacts associated with bad livelihood practices, such as charcoal production and unsustainable agricultural practices. Component four will focus on Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning ensuring that lessons and learning from the project are captured, developed, reported and disseminated to relevant stakeholders.<\/p>

The Project will generate global environmental benefits and contribute substantially to revenue generation, employment and sustainable rural livelihoods.<\/p>

Job Purpose:<\/strong><\/p>

The Monitoring & Evaluation Specialist  will advise the Project Manager  in planning, implementation and reporting of monitoring, evaluation and learning related activities of our anticipated  GEF funded grant. <\/strong>S\/He will contribute to the development of programme related M&E systems, tracking performance indicators, development of data collection tools, data collection, analysis and reporting, drafting of learning papers and thought leadership papers. Independently manages surveys through SHA specific methodologies and tools. Provides accurate analysis and presentation of information to enhance SHA\u2019s position as a strong development partner. S\/He is the overall technical lead for the implementation of all project outputs and activities and ensure technical soundness of project implementation.<\/p>

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