World Bicycle Relief
World Bicycle Relief
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Monitoring & Evaluation Assistant (6 Months Contract)

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About Us

World Bicycle Relief empowers communities in rural regions around the world to thrive with life-changing bicycles. We envision a world where distance is no longer a barrier to education, health services, and economic opportunity. A catalyst for change, World Bicycle Relief helps people in need realize their goals by providing a tool that will support them to access these critical services. Equipped with a purpose-designed Buffalo Bicycle from World Bicycle Relief, students, health workers and entrepreneurs in low-income regions can create opportunities for themselves, their families and communities.

Our Social Enterprise- Buffalo Bicycle Zambia Limited offers users Sales, repair and maintenance services via a retail network of shops and local mechanics spread across the country.

Purpose of the Job

The Monitoring & Evaluation Assistant is a member of the Programs, Strategic Information & Innovation team. The position will support all Program, SII and Sales quantitative and qualitative research activities contributing to sustainable impact of the bicycle.

Description of Tasks / Key Performance Areas

Research

Conduct focus group discussion and key informant interviews in support of M&E activities, treating all field materials with care and confidentiality

Support identification and capturing of human-interest stories and success stories showcasing the power of the bicycle

Transcribe key informant interviews and focus group discussion transcripts, assist with analysis

Data collection and entry

Support team data collection including extracting data from field reports and registers, administering questionnaires and contacting program participants for specific data requests

Support roll out and use of mobile data collection platform Taro-Works for M&E

Responsible for program data entry and transcription, ensuring data collected are accurate, complete and submitted in a timely manner and in the correct format

Clean data, perform data-quality checks and ensure feedback to the relevant staff if issues arise

Program Support, Documentation, Reporting and Communication

Assist with compilation of PowerPoints or other reports under the guidance of the M&E Manager

Assist with program implementation field activities such as community-based structures’ trainings & participant selections

Assist with documentation of key learnings from WBR programmes

File and document field materials, such as forms, reports and participant registers/contracts

Attend and facilitate meetings and program follow ups as required

Organize and coordinate field asset collection visits for communications, media and research as required

Job Specifications

Relevant Bachelor’s Degree in social development, economics, developmental, demography or related discipline.

Experience working on research projects including data collection, in-depth interviews and focus groups in local language and entering data.

Computer skills and experience using MS Excel, Outlook and Access

Good report writing skills.

Self-motivated and familiar with current M&E concepts and trends.

Excellent administration, communication and management skills

Strong planning and organising skills

Dynamism, independence, creativity

Method of Application

Interested persons should send their applications. You can also deliver to plot 38389, off Kafue Road, Makeni Lusaka.

Buffalo Bicycles Zambia is an equal opportunity employer

Application deadline
26 Apr 15:00
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World Bicycle Relief
Lusaka
International NGO
Dedicated to providing access to independence and livelihood through the power of bicycles, World Bicycle Relief is an international NGO that specialises in large-scale, comprehensive bicycle programs. The organisation has supplied over 23,000 bicycles to Zambia. The NGO was originally founded in 2005 by SRAM Corporation and Trek Bicycles in response to the Indian Ocean Tsunami. Since then it has grown to include operations in Sub Saharan Africa, distributing thousands of bicycles across Africa.