Description
ZIMBABWE WORKS
Position: MERL Officer
Location: Mutare
About Zimbabwe Works
Zimbabwe Works seeks to bridge the gap for young Zimbabweans and drive positive change in helping youth transition from lack of equal access to opportunities to having a chance to become successful citizens realizing their dreams of earning a meaningful livelihood and contributing impactfully towards the economy of Zimbabwe.
Position Summary
The MERL Officer will provide overall support for monitoring, evaluation, accountability and Reporting to the District Field Officers across Zimbabwe Works projects. S/He will work closely with the ZW District Field Officers, Program Co-ordinator and HQ staff in the area of knowledge and information management combined with generation of reports, developing and managing M&E systems in accordance with donor standards, data quality and gathering learning and best practice documentation in M & E and related key program areas.

Duties and Responsibilities
Responsibilities
• Develop, manage and refine the project MERL system
• Lead in the statistical analysis and/or interpretation of results, data and information for program development.
• Provide technical input into the design and implementation of project MERL
activities.
• Support the organization’s business development initiatives by contributing to proposal development, program design, and evidence generation.
• Manage and update the organization’s website and social media platforms to enhance visibility and stakeholder engagement.
• Respond to information demands placed on ZW by management, staff and donors.
• Ensure that the project(s) complies with donor DQA requirements.
• Develop and refine project data collection tools and identify strengths and weaknesses in existing data collection and management systems and propose solutions.
• Undertake periodic and timely field monitoring visits as required to ensure the quality of
submitted data and verify accuracy of the data.
• Verify, clean, collate, analyse project generated data.
• Manage project information such as beneficiary data base, projects district level Indicator
Performance Tracking Table.
• Support the project staff in the compilation and verification of project reports
• Document the lessons learned and best practices of the different project sectors that can be implemented and or up-scaled in future for business development opportunities.


Qualifications and Experience
Required Skills and Experience
• Must possess good leadership skills
• Should be able to work with minimal supervision
• Should be computer literate (Microsoft word and excel).
• Team player and experience in multi donor setup an added advantage
• Good interpersonal and writing skills
• Proficiency in English the relevant local language
Minimum of a University degree in Information Technology, Monitoring and Evaluation, Statistics or equivalent. Certification in Monitoring & Evaluation will be an added advantage.
Minimum 5 years working in developmental programs preferable in youth and livelihood programming

How to Apply