Catholic Relief Services
Job Description
Catholic Relief Services (CRS) is the Lead Implementing Organization (LIO) for Restore Africa project – Restoring Landscapes and Livelihoods in Malawi, designed and implemented in collaboration with Global Evergreening Alliance with investment from Climate Asset Management. The project is being implemented in the 7 districts of Chitipa, Mzimba, Ntcheu, Mangochi, Machinga, Neno, and Zomba through a consortium of 6 implementing partners and one technical partner.
The project seeks to improve livelihoods, food security and resilience to climate change in Malawi by restoring ecosystem services and improving management of agricultural and forest areas, contributing to emissions reductions. This project will enable and build substantial carbon sinks and sequestration opportunities, allowing viable returns to both farmers and investors. Landscapes will be restored on approximately 350,000 ha, improving livelihoods and climate resilience for an estimated 380,000 households. This will sequester approximately 15,500,000 tonnes CO2e, over a 30-year crediting period. The project goal is to improve resilience to climate shocks for smallholder farmers and communities resulting in improved livelihoods, food security, and landscapes.
The Restore Africa project seeks to engage an intern to support the Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEAL) Manager in managing data generated by the consortium partners.
Responsibilities
Anticipated duties with supervision and guidance from the MEAL Manager include:
- Data cleaning and review
- Data consolidation and analysis
- Data visualization of the collected data using tools such as PowerBI
- Data Quality Assurance (DQA) with project partners
- Assist in development of digital MEAL tools to be used by Field Officers for offline collection and reporting of data on smartphones
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in Informatics, Computer Sciences, or a related degree with a focus on data analysis or MEAL systems
- Competency and confidence in handling and analyzing data, including generation of visual presentation
- Good computer skills, knowledge of Microsoft Office, and preferably of GIS and Commcare
- Willingness to learn
- Interest in ICT for development
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