Overview

Job Title: Monitoring and Evaluation Coordinator

Work location: Butiama District, Musoma, Mara

Global Resource Alliance

 

 

The Global Resource Alliance – Tanzania (GRA-Tz) is an international non-profit organization headquartered in Musoma, Tanzania. It is linked with the US non-profit Global Resource Alliance (GRA). GRA-Tz works to address poverty, malnutrition, disease, and environmental degradation in Tanzania’s Mara Region through natural, comprehensive, and sustainable solutions. Our activities are expanding, and we are searching for a monitoring and evaluation (M&E) coordinator to join our Tanzanian team to supervise data collecting and analysis for an upcoming multi-year forest landscape restoration project in Butiama District.

 

 

The Tanzanian Forestry Program

Since 2011, GRA-Tz has worked with the Belgian NGO WeForest to distribute approximately 2 million trees to government schools and local communities in the Mara Region. To this goal, it manages two tree nurseries, one in Butiama and one in Utegi, which produce over 800,000 seedlings each year.

GRA-Tz, in collaboration with WeForest, intends to launch a four-plus-four-year effort (two stages) named ‘the Butiama Hillside Forest Restoration Project, re-greening the surrounding terrain starting’ in 2023. The group promotes Forest Landscape Restoration (FLR) best practices, sparking a movement, and encouraging local communities and authorities to act responsibly.

The forest restoration project aims to reforest the hillsides of Mwikoro, Kigori, Busegwe, and Singu villages in Butiama District, as well as increase the number of trees in the overall landscape. For the first four years, the intervention will cover 1,921 ha of hillsides, with 1,475 ha falling within the limits of Mwikoro, Kigori, Busegwe, and Singu communities. Forest restoration will be done via supported natural regeneration and the installation of woodlots and agroforestry systems to improve the livelihoods of the local inhabitants. The program will also include the establishment of legally recognized community forests on slopes, as well as improvements to water catchment to aid in the restoration of dried up springs.

GRA-Tz executes the project by managing tree nurseries, agroforestry, project coordination, community forest management of hillsides, and monitoring. WeForest is the project’s principal donor, providing direction and technical assistance for project interventions.

 

The M&E Duties:

The M&E Coordinator will have the following responsibilities:

  • Revise the M&E framework and logframe in detail.
  • Make improvements to all tools and processes in the M&E program.
  • To conduct quantitative and qualitative biophysical and socioeconomic surveys among beneficiaries and potential beneficiary populations.
  • Data can be collected and analyzed utilizing digital technologies and statistical programs.
  • To provide regular, thorough progress reports to the GRA-TZ director, GRA-USA, and WeForest.

 

Prepare an M&E budget.

  • To produce quality deliverables on time to guarantee that milestones are met according to the scope, timeframe, and budget.
  • To assist as needed in the development of grant applications.
  • To assist the project manager with other responsibilities as needed.

 

The Terms and Conditions:

The contract type: A one-year renewable contract.

The start date: Ideally, beginning of May 2025.

Position: Full-time contract in Butiama or Musoma.

Full-time, with a minimum of 8 hours per day. Hours will vary depending on project needs, thus flexibility is key.

The reporting line: The M&E Coordinator will report to both the Project Manager and the GRA-TZ Country Director.

Package: Competitive package for a small NGO, including pay dependent on experience.

 

 

The expected deliverables:

  • The expected deliverables and dates will be decided upon within the first month on board.

 

The Required Attributes:

  • Focused, disciplined, and determined.
  • Structured and analytic attitude.
  • Innovative and collaborative.
  • Patient and adaptable, especially in cross-cultural contexts.
  • Good interpersonal skills.
  • Willingness to maintain flexible working hours.
  • Believe in the GRA purpose and vision.

 

The qualifications and further requirements:

Education

  • A Master’s degree or equivalent experience in Natural Resource Management, Forestry, Ecology, Bioengineering, Quantitative/Qualitative Research Methods, Statistics, Remote Sensing, or another similar discipline.

 

Experience:

  • A minimum of three years of M&E experience working in the relevant sector with smallholder farmers in Tanzania.
  • Experience creating logical frameworks (logframes), work plans, unambiguous indications, milestones, and objectives.
  • Experience collecting biophysical data (forest structure and vegetation evaluations) and socioeconomic data (household surveys).
  • Experience with digital data gathering tools (such as KoboCollect and GIS Cloud).
  • Computer savvy and adept with Windows Office (particularly Excel and Word).
  • Experience with geographic data and GIS applications (such as QGIS and ArcGIS).
  • Competent in coordinating, training, reporting, and communicating.
  • Experience in (statistical) data analysis methods and tools (e.g., SPSS, R) is beneficial.

 

Language requirements:

  • Fluent in English and Swahili (both spoken and written). This position requires collaboration with a diverse group of people from the institution, local communities, and local and international partners, including technical and nontechnical colleagues.

 

 

The Other requirements:

  • In possession of a driving license, experience with driving motorbikes and other vehicles is considered a plus.
  • Be flexible in terms of traveling and living situations.
  • The ability to work under pressure, tight deadlines and less supervision, self-motivated worker, team player, reporting and presenting skills.

 

 

The Application Procedure:

All applications should include the most recent Curriculum Vitae (CV), three names of credible referees, a daytime phone number, and an e-mail address, and be sent to the GRA-TZ director at the following e-mail address:

Submit by e-mail to: trainergra@gmail.com

 

Only the short-listed candidates will be contacted for interview.

 

The deadline April 15th, 2025