Network Monitoring & Evaluation Officer - EAGLE Network

Recruitment of a position in the forefront of fighting corruption and wildlife crime in Africa

Title of the position: Network Monitoring & Evaluation Officer

The EAGLE Network is looking for professionals with some experience of living, travelling or working in Africa. We are looking for individuals with strong personal engagement and internal motivation to effect change in Africa through activism, fighting wildlife crime and corruption.

The four permanent positions – Monitoring & Evaluation, Financial, Investigations Support and Organizational Development officers form a newly created Central Coordination Unit. Positions are based in Nairobi with frequent long missions in Central and West Africa. Salaries are modest.

The EAGLE Network operates in 8 African countries where it carries wildlife law enforcement operations that brought more than 1,000 traffickers to prison.

ESSENTIAL CONDITIONS FOR APPLICANTS:

1. Ability to adapt to pressure and stress
2. Strong ability to think creatively and outside of the box
3. Self-sufficient, independent and able to travel alone in new regions
4. Strong resilience and perseverance until results are achieved
5. Experience in volunteering and strong personal value system and non-conformism
6. Some experience of living, travelling or working in Africa and outside it, liking diversity
7. Strong desire to effect change in society
8. Ability to speak French and English

Description of the position

The M&E Officer is a permanent position in the Central Coordination Unit. His/her monitoring and validation is both monthly and ad-hoc with missions to Member operations as required. Technical and financial inspections are linked because they are used to check the progress and efficiency of activities based on agreed budgets and expenditure incurred.

On a monthly basis the M&E Officer is to review and verify the Enforcement Results Report and a summary of results for the Network report. The information and targets to be included in the reports are details on circumstances, names of arrested and prosecuted individuals, corruption incidents and suspicions, analysis of causes, reasons for lack of results and photos. Specifically, the M&E Officer is to check procedures and results of the Enforcement Model:

i. Investigation: investigations undertaken and evidence collected
• Target: five (5) investigations per week
ii. Arrests: number of arrests and details
• Target: one (1) significant trafficker arrested per week
iii. Prosecution: number of court hearings followed, number of prosecutions tracked, detentions, court decisions.
• Target: 100% detention, imprisonment prosecutions rate
iv. Media: number of media items produced, distributed and recorded, connected to a specific enforcement result.
• Target: one (1) media item per day produced, distributed and recorded
v. External Relations: actions being taken to foster relations with government, diplomatic and the NGO community in order to build leverage for effective enforcement and legitimacy to the EAGLE model.
• Target: details of meetings taken and their conclusions
v. Management – actions taken to build local personnel capacity and foster activism
• Target: A healthy team is determined by Network Organizational Development Officer

Summary Results for Network Report: containing the indicators of the Activity and Enforcement Results report

In addition to the above the M&E Officer is to check and verify the following:

1. Monthly program activity report is sent to the CCU by the 7th and online by the 15th of the following month and include all indicators outlined above
2. Investigations reports completed and included in monthly activity report
3. Arrest operation reports are counted and filed into the Internal Control System immediately
4. Trial reports are immediately filed
5. Media and legal files are continually updated and backed up each day
6. The Internal Control System is continually up-to-date and is backed up the 1st working day each month

Additional duties are:

1. Check adherence to systems and procedures being followed, e.g., case tracking
2. Improving systems and procedures on a cyclical basis
3. Document shortcomings, inconsistencies, lack of results, quality gaps, reporting delays and consistently repeated errors. Then following the procedure as required, specified in document “Reporting & Verification Procedure”
4. Compare any failings in the Internal Control Systems
5. Develop a summary table of criteria and measurable indicators as required to facilitate technical inspections
6. Undertake Inspection Missions as required to inspect, rectify and improve the performance of the Network Member, including producing a report with recommendations and follow up support required

Job Email id: activism(at)laga-enforcement.org