25/08/2026
Vacancy 📢📢📢📢📢
Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Officer Vacancy
CHIKUKWA ECOLOGICAL LAND USE ORGANISATION (CELUO), an equal employment opportunity organization, invites applications from suitably qualified recent persons.
Duty station: Chikukwa, Chimanimani
1. Minimum Qualifications and Experience
- Diploma in Monitoring & Evaluation, or related disciplines such as Project Management, Development Studies, Statistics, Social Impact Assessment and Social Sciences.
- At least 1–3 years of relevant experience in monitoring and evaluation, preferably with an NGO or community development organisation.
- Experience in project monitoring, data collection, analysis and reporting.
- Knowledge of M&E frameworks, indicators, logframes, targets and data quality assurance.
- Experience in developing and using data collection tools, including questionnaires, monitoring forms and beneficiary tracking tools.
- Good computer skills, particularly MS Excel, Word and data management systems.
- Experience working with smallholder farmers and rural communities would be an advantage.
- Knowledge of the complexities of gender equality, social inclusion, project safeguarding and accountability will be an added advantage.
- Good communication, report-writing and analytical skills.
- Willingness to travel frequently for project implementation and associated meetings and workshops.
2. Key Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain the project's Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) system.
- Fundraising (looking for grant proposal opportunities, contributing to conceptualization and writing of grant proposals)
- Develop monitoring tools based on the project's objectives, indicators and targets.
- Conduct baseline, routine monitoring, mid-term and end-of-project assessments.
- Collect, verify, analyze and document project data.
- Conduct regular field monitoring visits to project sites and farmer groups.
- Track project progress against planned activities, outcomes and indicators.
- Maintain accurate and up-to-date project databases and beneficiary records.
- Ensure data quality through verification, validation and documentation.
- Prepare monthly, quarterly, and donor M&E reports and contribute to project progress reports.
- Document project success stories, lessons learned, challenges and best practices.
- Support project staff and community structures to understand and use M&E tools.
- Participate in project review meetings and support adaptive management and learning.
- Ensure project monitoring is conducted in accordance with Trocaire and CELUO requirements.
- Support accountability mechanisms, including beneficiary/community feedback and donor complaints systems.
- Ensure that monitoring and data collection respect confidentiality, safeguarding, CELUO´s gender and ethical standards.
3. Reporting Channel
The M&E Officer will report directly to the Project Manager/Project Coordinator and will work closely with the CELUO management team and project implementation staff.
For significant findings, including serious data discrepancies, major implementation risks, safeguarding concerns, or suspected fraud, the M&E Officer should escalate the matter to senior management in accordance with CELUO policies and procedures.
4. APPLICATION PROCESS
Interested applicants should send their application letter, CV, and educational certificates to the following email addresses on or before 27 August 2026, 15:59
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