Malawi Agroforestry MEL Coordinator

About One Acre Fund
Founded in 2006, One Acre Fund supplies 1 million smallholder farmers with the agricultural services they need to make their farms vastly more productive. Our 8,000+ team is drawn from diverse backgrounds and professions. With operations across six core countries in Africa, we make farmers more prosperous by providing quality farm supplies on credit, delivered within walking distance of farmers’ homes, and agricultural training to improve harvests. On average, the farmers we serve harvest 50 percent more food after working with One Acre Fund.

To learn more about our work, take a look at our Why Work Here blog for more information.

About the Role

One Acre Fund is looking for someone to join our Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning team in Malawi, Zomba as a MEL Coordinator. The coordinator will manage MEL efforts aimed at improving our tree program including survey execution, survey codding, data quality management, preliminary analysis and field team management. The Coordinator will manage a team of 20 to 30 Field Officers including Field Supervisors and will report directly to Malawi MEL Lead.

Responsibilities
Execute Surveys: draft survey calendars- survey timelines; create Key Performance Indicators dashboards; write survey and training guides; and review agroforestry surveys.
Code Surveys: code surveys in Commcare- adding questions, question types, question IDs and and validation conditions; create and upload case lists; dry testing surveys in Commcare; conduct survey error checks and make necessary corrections.
Manage Data quality: review and code backchecks into Commcare; sample backcheck farmers; create a backcheck Key Performance indicators tracker; create a field feedback receipts (FFR) Key Performance indicators tracker; conduct error checks; draft and code FFRs.
Analyze data: set up real-time preliminary results dashboards; clean data; conduct preliminary descriptive analysis.
Conduct desk research.
Manage field team: make work plans for the field team, facilitating survey trainings and pretests; recruitment of field team, providing oversight to field team, making sure field team has the necessary materials.
Career Growth and Development
We have a strong culture of constant learning and we invest in developing our people. You’ll have weekly check-ins with your manager, access to mentorship and training programs, and regular feedback on your performance. We hold career reviews every six months, and set aside time to discuss your aspirations and career goals. You’ll have the opportunity to shape a growing organization and build a rewarding long-term career.

Qualifications
Across all roles, these are the general qualifications we look for. For this role specifically, you will have:

You must possess at least a Bachelor’s Degree in Statistics, Economics, Monitoring and Evaluation or any other related disciplines.
Basic Knowledge in Agroforestry working with trees
You must have at least two years of experience in Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning field management and/or data processing.
You must have experience working with excel (can maintain complex spreadsheets) and Google Sheets.
You must have experience coding surveys in Commcare.
You must have experience running surveys
Experience working with STATA is also an added advantage.
Leadership and mentorship experience, including a clear record of leading teams and providing professional development support for others
You must be proficient in English
Preferred Start Date
As soon as possible

Job Location
Zomba, Malawi

Benefits
Health insurance, paid time off

Eligibility
This role is only open to citizens or permanent residents of Malawi

Application Deadline
28th November  2021

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Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (DEI), and anti-racism are deeply connected to our organization’s mission and purpose. One Acre Fund aspires to build a culture where all staff feel consistently valued, represented, and connected – so that our team can thrive as professionals, and achieve exceptional impact for the farmers we serve.

We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace
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