Monitoring Evaluation Learning Officer at Our Sisters Opportunity

Monitoring Evaluation Learning Officer
Our Sisters Opportunity

Job description

Position Title: Monitoring Evaluation Learning Officer

Project: Youth Entrepreneurship in Agriculture – Rwanda (YEA-R)

Location: Gakenke District

Reports To: Project Manager

Employment Type: Fixed-Term

Application Deadline: 10^th July, 2025

About Our Sister’s Opportunity (OSO)

Our Sisters Opportunity- (OSO) is a Rwanda Non-Governmental Organization founded in 2019, based in Gakenke District, Rwanda. OSO envisions a poverty free world where everyone has an equal opportunity to discover and fulfill their potential. OSO has the mission of transforming the communities’ livelihoods by providing vulnerable young girls and women with the holistic skills, safe spaces, tools and resources they need to create for themselves fulfilling, dignified, sustainable employment in the areas of Digital& Ethical Fashion, Soapmaking and Agribusiness. The employment created, foster lasting improvement of individual, households and community socio-economic status.

OSO implements additional initiatives that aimed to break cycles of generational poverty, challenge social norms and influence mindset shift among all the stakeholders, parents, duty bearers and community members in order to create a safe, free environment for all to thrive. Those initiatives include the prevention of Gender Based Violence, raise Awareness of Adolescent Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights, Leadership and Mindfulness. OSO stakeholders and rights holders embody and advocate for our core values, which include empathy, equity, innovation, leadership, integrity, and excellence.

About the YEA-R Program

The Youth Entrepreneurship in Agriculture in Rwanda (YEA-R) program aims to enable 40,000 dignified, fulfilling and equitable work opportunities for young people in the horticulture and poultry value chains. Young women will fill 70% of the total jobs and People with Disabilities targeted will be at least 5% of the total job.

YEA-R program is funded by The Mastercard Foundation and led by SNV Netherlands Development. It brings together a strong consortium of strong partners with complementary expertise in Economic Participation, Gender Equality and Social Inclusion-GESI, and Climate Smart Agriculture. It will be implemented in 10 districts in Rwanda and OSO will support five amongst 10, namely Muhanga, Karongi, Rusizi, Rubavu, and Burera, in the period of 5 years.

This project has 3 pathways and OSO will contribute to Pathways 3: Economic Empowerment, Inclusion and Voices- with a goal of focusing on Gender Equality and Social Inclusion-GESI, unlock youth leadership, improve access, promote agency and voices for young women, men, people living with disabilities agripreneurs, participants of YEA-R program.

Roles and Responsibilities

The M&E Manager will lead the design and implementation of the project’s monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) system. The role ensures that data collection, reporting and learning are timely, accurate, and contribute to improving project impact and accountability, particularly around gender transformation and youth empowerment.

Key Responsibilities

Monitoring and Evaluation system

Design and implement an M&E framework aligned with pathway 3 of the YEA-R program, including GESI-sensitive indicators.
Develop tools and processes for tracking quantitative and qualitative data on project activities to track all indicators and outcomes.
Establish baseline values and track progress toward KPIs and outcome-level results.

Data collection and analysis

Lead and oversee data collection and management across all the project areas (five districts)
Collaborate with the project team to track and report on project outputs, outcomes and GESI-sensitive indicators.
Ensure data disaggregation by gender, age, disability and other inclusion criteria.
Ensure alignment with OSO and YEA-R program safeguarding procedures through out data collection, reporting and publication process
Conduct regular field visits to monitor project activities and verify data quality.
Analyze data to generate insights and support adaptive project management.
Use digital platforms and dashboards to track indicators and visualize trends.

Reporting and learning

Prepare timely and quality reports for both internal and external use
Contribute to monthly, quarterly and annual planning, workplans and learning agendas.
Develop dashboards, case studies and learning briefs highlighting field learnings, project results and impact.
Coordinate with the project team to document best practices and lessons learned across all areas of project interventions.

Capacity building and stakeholder engagement

Train and support project officers, YAOs and implementing partners in M&E tools, data collection and GESI-sensitive reporting.
Promote a learning culture within the program by sharing findings and good practices.
Represent the M&E component in project reviews, donor meetings and external evaluations.
Collaborate with local government and YEA-R partners to align project M&E efforts with national and program frameworks.

Qualifications and experience

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Monitoring & Evaluation, statistics, Gender Studies, Development Studies, or related fields.
Minimum of 3 years experience in Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning, preferably with a focus on gender, youth empowerment or agriculture.
Proven experience developing M&E framework, plan, data collection tools and conducting field-level monitoring.
Familiarity with donors M&E reporting.
Strong data analysis skills (Excel, SPSS, Power BI, or other data tools).
Experience with qualitative and participatory methods
Knowledge of gender-sensitive indicators and inclusive data collection practices.
Strong communication, facilitation and monitoring skills.
Ability to synthesize information and communicate findings clearly in a contextualized manner.
Excellent interpersonal, organizational and time-management skills.