Project Officer Tempo Inteiro

About ELIM Serviços Lda
ELIM Serviços Lda (ELIM) is a market research and development consultancy focused in the design, implementation and measurement of socio-economic interventions for sustainable growth.

Established in Maputo in 2007, we have implemented projects in every Mozambican province and have worked in Angola, Botswana, Kenya, South Africa and Tanzania. We are driven by a vision to strengthen Africa’s rural communities and local enterprises to foster inclusive benefit of the Continent’s economic growth opportunities. We do so by partnering with funders and implementers of development interventions to model sustainable solutions that adequately respond to the development challenges hindering Africa’s growth.

As an organisation, ELIM is an ardent supporter of the UN Sustainable Development Goals and this is reflected both in our work and in our culture. Our purpose in our areas of focus is driven by a mission to facilitate integrated growth for African communities at for sustainable social and economic benefit.

The root of ELIM is our vibrant and experienced team, a balanced combination of internal experts and a close network of trusted and seasoned associate consultants.

About The Hiring Department
ELIM is looking to welcome an Project Officer to join our Research and Evaluation Unit. The Research and Evaluation Unit is responsible for the design of research projects across various areas/sectors, project implementation and management of projects activities from contracting to report delivery. Our technical experts engage in office and field-based activities, designing and rolling out complex surveys for qualitative and quantitative data collection, utilising statistical to analyse large data sets, and interpret these to generate insightful reports on findings and recommendations.

About The Job
The Project Officer is a senior staff position reporting to the Research and Evaluation Manager. S/He should possess superior analytical abilities and knowledge of research techniques, excellent research and report-writing skills, high concentration levels, good task management, and superior problem solving and critical thinking skills. S/He will conduct research on a variety of socio-economic sectors including but not limited to Agriculture and Rural Development, Education, Finance, Health and Nutrition. The Project Officer must demonstrate a strong ability to work in a diverse team and keep up with fast-paced deliverables.

Specific Responsibilities

The Project Officer will work closely with the Research and Evaluation Manager in the implementation of her/his tasks. The responsibilities of this function include but are not limited to the following:

New Business Development (25%)

• Supporting new business efforts by:
• Conducting the necessary research (to apply technical approach and methodology) in proposal   development
• Writing technical proposals and support development of financial proposal
• Supporting the calculation of research sample calculations based on bid specifications to be factored into the development of ELIM’s technical and financial proposals
• Supporting the new business efforts in any other way deemed necessary by Senior Management staff.

Research and Data Management (5%)

Assisting in the implementation of monitoring and evaluation projects with tasks including but not be limited to:

Supporting Open Data Kit (ODK) programming of questionnaires to Android tablet devices

Supporting survey instrument development

Project Coordination (20%)

Supporting the Research and Evaluation Manager in the implementation of monitoring and evaluation projects as necessary including:

Conducting desk-based research on key topics to support technical documents

Assisting in design and review all research plan including IRB Protocol, Manuals & Field Procedure Plans questionnaires as well. Also review final sampling as per the inception meeting with client

Assisting in designing ToR for recruitment of field staff

Recruitment of field staff

Develop in collaboration with admin the budget implementation plan

Develop data collection plan aligned with project timelines and budget

Follow up administrative and logistic aspects prior to, during and post field project deployments

Ensures occurrence of field-based data collection efforts from the office, with trips to the field as necessary

Field Work (50%)

. Assisting in conducting training of field staff

Support coordination of pilot exercise

Supervise data throughout data collection checking quality spot including follow up inconsistences and the number of interviews done against the defined survey sample

Continuous report throughout the project implementation

Write field report including results, challenges and lessons learned. As well other deliverables as per client request

Develop lessons learned based on specific projects

Necessary Qualifications
Applying candidates should have the following minimum qualifications and/or experience:

Degree in social science with higher level of literacy

A person with great organisational skills

Strong knowledge of county context and background of community development work

A professional worker with high integrity

Person who has ability to coordinate and lead staff

A community mobiliser who is outgoing and able to work with people from all walks of life’s

Adapt at queries, report writing and presenting findings

Excellent communication skills, both oral and written

Experienced in use of Tablet Devices and GPS’s

Higher level of computer knowledge using word, Excel, Power Point and others

Data Base Management:

For data collection applications-CSpro, Tangerina, ODK, Survey CTO, Survey Solutions, Kobo.

Statistical packages: Excel, SPSS, STATA.