Monitoring and Evaluation Associate

AGRA and its Work

AGRA is an African-led institution that actively supports the drive towards inclusive agricultural transformation and sustainable food systems. We do this by empowering the continent’s 33 million small-farming households to transform their agriculture from a struggle to survive to profitable businesses. The continent’s farmers regularly face challenges, and we aspire to provide uniquely African solutions that respond to their agricultural and environmental challenges, leading to increased harvests for reduced hunger and more income.

Working in alignment with the development priorities of our focus countries, we enable farmers to access improved and high-yielding seeds, gain knowledge on sustainable farming, and link to profitable markets.

In our work, we aspire to build the alliances, partnerships, and networks required to drive an inclusive agricultural transformation. We work with our partners to create an equitable, youth-friendly environment that harnesses the youth dividend on the continent to drive growth and facilitate open employment opportunities for young women and men. We achieve our key objectives through a focus on the following four areas of intervention:

• Policy and state capability – We support governments in creating an enabling environment for private sector involvement in agricultural transformation.
• Seed systems – We trigger higher productivity by increasing the availability and access to improved seeds by farmers, allowing them to increase their harvests for food security and better incomes.
• Sustainable farming – We support farmers in building resilient farming systems for sustained high yields through interventions such as mechanization and irrigation.
• Inclusive markets and trade – We work to increase the linkages between farmers and other market actors for a positive, sustained cycle of commercialization and reinvestment.
• Youth, Gender, and Inclusiveness – We enable women and youth to contribute to and benefit from agriculture for their economic empowerment.

Implementing Our New Strategy Through People

People are the heart of our organization and remain the true drivers of our delivery and our impact. We work with incredible people and partners who have roots in farming communities across the continent, combined with an inclusive and diverse workforce from over 24 nationalities. Our commitment to a call to action goes beyond ourselves as we arise to catalyze African Food Systems’ transformation by being Deeply collaborative, Executing Excellently, Sincerely Constructive, and Increasingly Entrepreneurial, aligned with our values of (I-RISE; Integrity, Respect, Innovation, Stewardship, and Equity).

Monitoring and Evaluation Associate (6 months Contract)

Role Summary

The M&E Associate will assist the M&E team in reviewing data from the Continental Pillar Program, with a focus on milestone delivery, as well as supporting the STRAK Project through the Agricultural Market Information System (AMIS). The scope of work includes developing initial milestone reports and conducting basic data analysis to inform quarterly grant performance reviews. Additionally, the role will involve compiling all M&E-related documentation for the STRAK Project in preparation for the end-of-program evaluation and uploading critical documents to the Knowledge Management Repository.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Assist in organizing and developing milestone status reports for Continental Pillar grants with a focus on AGRA self-reported work under Value for Her and Generation Africa.
• Review supporting documents uploaded on AMIS and submitted by grantees to ensure completeness, with a particular focus on verifying the list of youth reached under the YEFFA program.
• Compile and organize M&E documentation as the project closes in preparation for archiving and uploading to the Knowledge Management (KM) portal.
• Support the results harvesting documentation process for Continental Pillar program activities.
• Upload finalized documents and reports to the KM portal, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and completeness.
• Provide general support to the central M&E team in the execution of M&E-related activities.

Required Skills and Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in development, Business Administration, Social Sciences, or a related field.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and familiarity with management information systems.
• Basic understanding of working with management information systems like AMIS
• A basic understanding of Knowledge Management principles is an asset.
• Ability to work independently and meet deadlines.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.