Job Description

• Reports to: WSA Regional Director, with additional technical oversight provided by Senior Director of Program Development
• Position Location: Accra, Ghana,
• Travel:  As necessary throughout the region

Primary Purpose and Function
The primary purpose of the Regional M&E Consultant is to reinforce M&E capacity across West Africa in both project design and execution in support of programmatic excellence and sustained impact.

The M&E Consultant will work closely with country directors, program managers, division staff and M&E staff throughout the region to:

• Provide overarching guidance and recommendations in M&E strategy and methodologies for West Africa programs; and
• Support development and implementation of M&E plans for priority programs in the region, including capacity building of program managers to effectively develop and execute M&E plans and use findings to course-correct programs to meet targets.

The consultant’s time will be roughly apportioned to the following country/regional programs:

Ghana: 45% of the consultant’s time will support M&E priorities in Ghana, including:

• Lead the development of Ghana M&E planning
• Capacitate relevant Ghana staff in M&E principles and methodologies
• Work with Program Managers to develop program-specific M&E strategies, across data collection, data manipulation and data analysis
• Lead the development of M&E strategy on proposals 

Nigeria: 20% of the consultant’s time will support programs in Nigeria, namely to:

• Capacitate Program Managers in M&E principles and methodologies and develop and provide guidance and oversight on program-specific M&E strategies
• Lead the development of M&E strategy on proposals 

Cote D’Ivoire: 10% of the consultant’s time will support programs in Côte d’Ivoire, including:

• Capacitate Program Managers in M&E principles and methodologies and develop and provide guidance and oversight on program-specific M&E strategies

Cross-cutting M&E activities: 25% of the consultant’s time will support M&E activities cutting across all programs in the region, to include support to corporate measurement activities, including:

• Roll out region-wide transition to TechnoServe’s revised program status report methodology, ensuring each project has a clearly articulated log frame with annual targets established
• Assess common M&E development needs across the region and time permitting, develop tools as prioritized
• Support M&E planning and execution for programs in non-presence countries
• Contribute to M&E knowledge sharing across the region

Required Skills or Experience

• Advanced degree in Economics, Business Administration or other relevant field
• 3+ years of experience with M&E methods and approaches, designing, planning and implementing M&E systems, information analysis and reporting the logical approach framework/other strategic planning approaches
• Experience in economic development or living and working in the West Africa region
• Strong understanding of M&E tools and current methods in data collection and analysis
• Experience developing and managing M&E plans
• Strong analytical skills, including quantitative
• Results oriented, with proven track record of working to achieve project targets
• Knowledge of USG regulations and procedure preferred
• French proficiency a plus
• Demonstrated capacity to produce high quality reports and proposals
• Previous successful experience mentoring and building capacity of  staff
• Proven ability to create buy-in and build consensus among colleagues
• Willingness to travel up to 30% of the time