The Lutheran Development Service in Liberia (LDS – Liberia) is a Lutheran Church-related semi-autonomous non governmental organization that was established in January 2002. It is the development arm of the Lutheran Church in Liberia charged with the responsibilities to provide diaconal services to God’s people in an impartial way. LDS has a clear vision and a clear mandate which continue to guide its operations. LDS took over the activities of the Lutheran World Federation/Department for World Service when it phased out in July 2010. LDS was established through the efforts of the Lutheran Church in Liberia and the Lutheran World Federation/Department for World Service Liberia Program –

LWF/DWS/Liberia.

Lutheran Development Service in Liberia (LDS-Liberia) is seeking funding support from Bread for the World to support agriculture and food security, health activities, PTAs strengthening and other livelihood activities in Sanoyea & Jorquelleh Districts, Bong County and Salayea District, Lofa County over the next three years. LDS now seeks applications from interested individuals who have basic qualifications for the positions below:

Job Title: M&E Officer

Qualifications:

1. Minimum an Associate but preferably Bachelor degree in development education, social science or related subject areas
2. Minimum 3 years of evidence-based M&E experience in the implementation projects

Other competencies

1. Good field report writing informed by data from the field – skill will be tested
2. Ability to work cordially with rural farmers
3. Willing to live and work in Bong County
4. Willing to work extra hours as may be necessary for the successful implementation of the project e. Good communication skills

Major Responsibility:

The incumbent will lead the collection, analysis and storage of CLAP data to inform progress and final reports and facilitate conduct of the mid-term and final evaluation of CLAP serving as the key resource person.

Other Responsibilities:

1. Facilitate baseline data collection for each project objective
2. Track and collect data for monthly, quarterly and annual reports to the donors;
3. Use project data to provide guidance to the Program Officer regarding the project direction in terms of weaknesses and strengths in implementation and suggest solutions for strengthening the project implementation weaknesses; d. Develop data spreadsheet for each of the three objectives of the project
4. Do other activities as may be assigned by the Program Officer and Project Manager

Application procedure:

. Interested candidate that meets the requirement can deliver a hard copy of the application to the Human Resource Office, LDS Office on Payne Avenue 12th and 13th Streets corner, Sinkor, Monrovia or by Email: LDSrecruitment2002@gmail.com. Please enclose a copy of recent resume and contact numbers.

The deadline for application is August 25, 2023 by the close of the day.