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# Job Description


Background

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism MNRTis implementing a project
named “Combating poaching and the illegal wildlife trade in Tanzania through
an integrated approach” with funds from the Global Environment Facility GEF
through UNDP in efforts to combat poaching and the illegal wildlife trade in
Tanzania. This project, which forms part of the GEF-financed, World Bank-led
Global Wildlife Program has as its main objective to support Tanzania in
enhancing capacity for biodiversity conservation at the national and local
levels. Component 1 of the project is focusing on supporting the Government in
enhancing legislative and policy frameworks as well as its national wildlife
crime monitoring system. One of the outcomes under this component is related
to the implementation of the NSCPIWT to promote the value of wildlife and
biodiversity for Tanzania’s national development and to combat IWT through a
coordinated approach. Component 2 of the project will focus at the landscape
level, by strengthening the capacity of Tasking and Coordination Groups
TCGs, in improving multi-institutional collaboration, and increasing their
level of cooperation with local communities, business, and NGOs in targeted
ecosystems. Component 3 facilitates increased involvement of local communities
in wildlife enforcement and monitoring activities and addresses the need for
enhanced sustainable livelihood opportunities to reduce dependency on
vulnerable habitats and wildlife within the Ruaha-Rungwa ecosystem of southern
Tanzania. Component 4 focuses on gender mainstreaming, supported by strong
knowledge management, communication, and Monitoring & Evaluation. Project
Document will be availed for more details on the project. The project will
run for a period of 6 years effectively from July 2020 to December 2025.

The MNRT through UNDP wishes to engage the services of a Monitoring &
Evaluation Specialist who will assume the overall responsibility and
accountability for monitoring, evaluation, performance management and results
reporting activities for the project. The M&E Specialist will form part of the
Project Management Unit PMU at MNRT and will work in close collaboration
with the Project Coordinator/Manager, Project Officer, Finance and
Administration Officer, Technical Advisor TA, as well as liaise closely with
relevant staff at UNDP CO.
Duties and Responsibilities
The specialist will execute a dual but strongly inter-related function. He/she
will be responsible for implementing the M&E plan of the project, developing
relevant M&E tracking systems for the project, and supporting all project
staff and partners in monitoring progress on project implementation. He/she
particularly focuses on the documentation of lessons learnt and the
appropriate communication of project results and learning. The M&E and
Communications Specialist reports to the Project Manager

Specialist will provide M&E expertise in the development and implementation of
the M&E Plan for the project, assist in building the capacities of project
staff and cooperating institutions and agencies to ensure that data quality
standards are monitored, met and reported on a timely manner as per project
Results Framework. This includes ensuring collection, analysis and reporting
on sex-disaggregated and gender-responsive data. The M&E Specialist will lead
in identifying M&E technical needs of the project and make appropriate
recommendations to MNRT/UNDP and relevant agencies cooperating with the
project including the Global Wildlife Programme that ensures all planned
outcomes and outputs are achieved, tracked, and reported. Lessons learned need
to be captured, documented and disseminated broadly.

The M&E Specialist will provide technical input to the implementation of
activities with socio-economic bearing to achieve project outputs, and
outcomes. Particularly, the M&E specialist shall ensure that all innovative
activities are based on good socio-economic models and can be quantifiable to
show the anticipated changes. The results of the project outputs and outcomes
shall be captured, documented, and disseminated in technical reports and
publications. Working with the Project TA, and technical officers mainly from
conservation agencies TANAPA , TAWA , NCAA , TFS .

Institutional Arrangement;

Under the guidance of the MNRT and the Project Management Unit in consultation
with UNDP, the M&E Specialist will be part of the Project Management Unit
PMU. The M&E specialist will report to the Director of Wildlife through the
Project Coordinator as well as to UNDP country office for all project’s
substantive M&E related issues. She shall from time to time report to the
Regional Coordination Unit based in Addis, particularly during the project
reporting to the GEF.
At the UNDP Country Office level, the M&E Specialist will report directly to
the Head of Programme through the Programme Specialist responsible for
Environment, Climate Change and Resilience Pillar.

Competencies

Job Knowledge & Technical Expertise in M&E
Promoting Organizational Learning and Knowledge Sharing
Development and Operational Effectiveness
Required Skills and Experience
Minimum Academic Education
Master’s Degree or equivalent in Socio-economic or Social Sciences with M&E
related experience in the field of environment and natural resources
management. Additional qualifications in Rural Development, Business
Management, or related studies are desirable
Minimum years of relevant Work experience
A minimum of 7 years of post-graduate professional experience in M&E related
experience in the field of environment and natural resources management or
related sciences preferably in Tanzania including the following
Extensive knowledge of monitoring and evaluation methodologies i.e. both
quantitative and qualitative data collection, processing and analysis.
A strong background in environment and natural resources and having managed
projects wherein systematic input, output and process data were collected and
used to guide reporting of results
Knowledge of sampling techniques and questionnaire design
Solid experience in gender mainstreaming and collection, analysis and
reporting on sex-disaggregated and gender-responsive data
Substantive knowledge of UNDP/GEF programming tools for planning, monitoring
including general knowledge of the UNDP Practice Areas, particularly
Environment & climate change would be an advantage
Experience in designing and implementing M&E plans and trainings
Experience in working with and maintaining good relations with government
counterparts and programme beneficiaries e.g. development partners, CSOs and
private sector representatives.
Disclaimer
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