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Job Description
We are seeking a highly talented and passionate Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) officer to lead the organization’s impact strategy.
Key Responsibilities
- Design and manage MEL frameworks aligned with the organization's 3Cs model (Capacity, Capital, Connections).
- Define indicators, targets, and data sources across programs and investment activities.
- Ensure that data collected through the Organization's Connect aligns with MEL frameworks and complements other data collection methods (field visits, assessments, surveys).
- Track KPIs related to business performance, job creation, capital mobilization, and program outcomes.
- Coordinate data collection across multiple sources, including Anza Connect, field tools, surveys, and program records.
- Guide the structured use of the organization's Connect for entrepreneur self-reporting, milestone tracking, and activity logs, in line with MEL requirements.
- Work with the Program and IT teams to define what data is collected through the organization's Connect and how it is validated.
- Ensure data quality, consistency, and completeness across digital and non-digital sources.
- Analyze quantitative and qualitative data collected through the Organization's Connect and other MEL tools.
- Triangulate digital data with field evidence to ensure accuracy and credibility of results.
- Prepare performance summaries, dashboards, and reports for internal management, donors, and partners.
- Use insights generated from the organization's Connect data and field monitoring to support adaptive program management.
- Document lessons learned, trends, and emerging insights from entrepreneur performance and program implementation.
- Support program teams to interpret data correctly and use it to strengthen delivery.
- Build internal capacity among staff and entrepreneurs on effective and accurate data reporting, including the use of Organiztion's Connect as a supporting tool.
- Develop simple guidance notes and templates to improve data quality and reporting discipline.
- Collaborate closely with Program, Fundraising, Marketing, Capital, and IT teams to ensure quality MEL systems are in place.
Professional Skills & Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Statistics, Social Sciences, Business Administration, Monitoring & Evaluation, or related field
- 3–5+ years of MEL experience in donor-funded programs, ESOs, or private sector development initiatives
- Strong experience in digital data systems, dashboards, and MIS platforms
- Proven ability to translate data into actionable insights
- Experience working with entrepreneurs or SME-focused programs
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