Monitoring and Evaluation Officer - Play Soccer Ghana

Play Soccer Ghana is a non-profit organisation that targets children and young people with the aim of equipping them with the requisite life skills needed for their healthy development into skilled, capable, educated and responsible adults and thus become agents of change within their communities as well as act as catalyst for community development on a whole. Our partners are global citizens who are passionate about improving the world we live in through value-based grassroots activities.

Job Summary

• The Monitoring and Evaluation Officer directly reports to the Programmes Manager and is responsible for leading the development and management of the performance Monitoring Plan (PMP).
• Lead project team in the development and implementation of an M&E system and and oversee routine program monitoring activities at all programme sites.
• Ensure the quality and relevance of projects monitoring and evaluation design for quality of delivery and effectiveness

Duties and Responsibilities

• Develop a monitoring strategy and impact indicators for the success of projects
• Monitor and evaluate overall progress on achievement of results
• Provide feedback to the Project Manager on project strategies and activities
• Report monthly, quarterly, mid-year and annual progress on all project activities to the country Director
• Assist the Project Manager in preparing other relevant reports
• Assist project manager in preparing monthly and quarterly reports on project activities
• Assist project personnel with M&E tools and supporting them in their use
• Assist the various program teams in data collection and analysis
• Collect data on a regular basis to measure achievement against performance indicators
• Prepare and maintain database
• Peform other duties as required

Qualification Required & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in social sciences, project management or any related discipline

Experience

• 2 years experience working monitoring and evaluation position and responsible for implementing M&E activities, especially on Sports for Development project interventions

Competencies / Personal Attributes

• Organises and accurately completes multiple tasks by establishing priorities while taking into consideration special assignments, frequent interruptions, deadlines, available resources and multiple reporting relationships
• Plans, coordinates and organises workload while remaining aware of changing priorities and competing deadlines
• Establishes, builds and maintains effective working relationships with staff and clients to facilitate the provision of support

Technical Skills

• Excellent knowledge of monitoring and the application of methology
• Computer literacy in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint and SPSS
• Effective report writing
• Understanding of a community-led process
• Understanding of the concept of Sport for development

Location: Accra