Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
## Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Specialist
**About FAO**
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is a specialized agency of the UN that leads international efforts to defeat hunger. FAO’s goal is to achieve food security for all and ensure that people have regular access to enough high-quality food to lead active, healthy lives. With 195 Members (194 countries and the European Union), FAO works in over 130 countries worldwide.
**Job Location:** FAO Country Office in India, New Delhi
**Experience Required:**
* Master’s degree in agribusiness, natural resource management, Rural Development, Agriculture, or a related subject.
* At least 3 years of experience in monitoring and evaluating NRM projects with particular emphasis on participatory development and climate change.
* Working knowledge/Full proficiency (level C) of spoken and written English.
* Indian National.
**Job Description:**
This position is part of the FAO’s GEF6 Green Ag. Project titled, “Green-Ag: Transforming Indian agriculture for global environmental benefits and the conservation of critical biodiversity and forest landscapes.” The project aims to catalyse transformative change for India’s agricultural sector to support achievement of national and global environmental benefits and conserve critical biodiversity and forest landscapes.
**Responsibilities:**
* Develop indicators for tracking regular progress of the project based on the Results Framework.
* Perform qualitative and quantitative analysis of data collected by the project team to report project results.
* Review and discuss assessment, evaluation or monitoring results with FAO and implementing partners.
* Support the training of staff and partners on Prodoc based strategic result framework of GEF 6.
* Develop methodology and protocols for M&E of the project for reporting on the GEF tracking tool for the five project landscapes.
* Work with third party agencies to oversee periodic evaluation of the project.
* Prepare the technical design document for the impact evaluation.
* Elaborate and submit review and update of the project Results Framework and the Theory of Change (ToC).
* Create a system to periodically assess project indicators and monitoring tools for the Project Management Unit (PMU) and implementing partners.
* Support the operational partner (SPMU and the GLIU) define methodologies, timelines and quality assurance of the project monitoring framework.
* Participate in team meetings/ briefings, communication/presentations to conceptualize and propose for assessing project impacts and process indicators.
* Contribute to addressing cross-cutting issues such as gender, generational and intercultural approaches, knowledge/ communication planning.
**Core Competencies:**
* Results Focus
* Teamwork
* Communication
* Building Effective Relationships
* Knowledge Sharing and Continuous Improvement
**Technical/Functional Skills:**
* Knowledge and experience in project cycle management, and well versed in logical frameworks.
* In-depth knowledge and experience of monitoring methods, approaches and tools relating to Community Based NRM (CBNRM).
* Experience working with or in international non-governmental and donor organizations (UN agencies, World Bank, IFAD, Asian Development Bank, etc.) with implementation of participatory projects.
* Good analytical and report writing skills.
**Selection Criteria:**
* Full proficiency in Hindi is desirable.
**Additional Information:**
* FAO does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process (application, interview meeting, processing).
* Applications received after the closing date will not be accepted.
* FAO only considers higher educational qualifications obtained from an institution accredited/recognized in the World Higher Education Database (WHED).
* Appointment will be subject to certification that the candidate is medically fit for appointment, accreditation, any residency or visa requirements, and security clearances.
**FAO is a non-smoking environment.**
To apply for this job please visit jobs.fao.org.
