Monitoring and Evaluation Officer (REAP Project), Rabat, Morocco

Monitoring and Evaluation Officer

Reports to: Research Team Leader – Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning
Location: Rabat, Morocco

Purpose of the position

This project-based position supports the monitoring and evaluation of project indicators under the country results framework. Reporting to the Research Team Leader – Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning, the role ensures effective data collection, quality assurance, analysis, learning and reporting.

About the project

Rural Employment through Animal Feed production (REAP) is a five-year multi-country initiative intended to advance education and relieve poverty by enabling 1,000,000 financially disadvantaged young women and men, aged 18 to 35, to access new work opportunities in sustainable feed and livestock value chains across seven countries.

Among its participants, the Program targets 70% young women, at least 5% youth with disabilities and 20,000 refugees and displaced young people.

About ICARDA

The International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) is a treaty-based international non-profit research organization supported by CGIAR. Its mission is to reduce poverty, enhance food, water and nutritional security, and environmental health in the face of global challenges including climate change.

Main responsibilities

Monitoring and evaluation

• Support project activity monitoring by recording the project on the web-based MEL platform and tracking deliverables, including through routine field visits and stakeholder interactions.
• Track progress against the country results framework and performance indicators, with disaggregation by sex, age, disability and displacement status.
• Conduct or manage project evaluation processes at baseline (Year 1), mid-term and endline (Year 5), consistent with ICARDA's MELIAF Policy.
• Participate in project research studies by developing data collection tools and supporting mobile data collection platforms such as ODK, ONA, CSPro and KoboToolbox.
• Support the development and review of Plans of Work and Budget and periodic reporting processes.
• Implement pause-and-reflect activities to identify, document and share lessons learned, and use them for adaptive management.
• Develop and maintain simulation and foresight models to estimate higher-level results and associated innovations.
• Participate in the project MEL community of practice and provide MEL support, tools, templates and training to delivery partners.
• Conduct field data quality assurance, including back-checks, spot-checks and periodic data-quality assessments, and follow up on corrective actions with partners.
• Undertake other tasks relevant to the monitoring, evaluation and learning function and ICARDA as a whole, as assigned by the Research Team Leader.

Data management

• Develop and coordinate the Data Management Plan (DMP) implementation.
• Support research scientists in managing data across the project and data life cycles, in compliance with data management guidelines.
• Curate reported datasets in accordance with institutional requirements and best practices.
• Prepare and submit data through the program submit-review-approve-lock workflow, working with the ICARDA MEL team data management specialist.
• Ensure all data collection complies with ICARDA's Research Ethics Policy and the CGIAR Research Ethics Code, including ethics clearance, prior informed consent, data minimization, de-identification and secure storage.

Qualifications and experience

• Master's degree in Monitoring and Evaluation, Agricultural Economics, Development Economics, Agriculture, Statistics or related disciplines.
• At least 7 years of work experience in a monitoring and evaluation role with an organization in the agrifood systems research and development sector.
• Previous experience coordinating or conducting field studies to collect monitoring and evaluation data.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English and Arabic.
• Ability to engage with project stakeholders in a clear and professional way.
• Strong computer skills, including MS Office and familiarity with web-based platforms.
• Experience working in the country.
• Professional attention to detail, accuracy, and ability to multitask and manage deadlines.
• Ability to work in interdisciplinary and multicultural teams.
• Knowledge of the CGIAR, its research portfolio and Centers.
• Work or research experience in livestock, animal feed or agricultural value chains, and in youth employment, enterprise development or financial inclusion programs.
• Experience managing data of a research and development project with multiple partner institutions.

Terms of appointment, salary and benefits

This is a nationally recruited position open to Moroccan nationals. ICARDA offers an attractive compensation package including a competitive salary, medical insurance, 30 days of annual leave, five months' maternity leave and 15 days' paternity leave. The successful candidate will be offered an initial 3-year contract, renewable subject to continued need for the position and satisfactory performance.

Applications are accepted only in English. Applications in other languages will not be considered. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.