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The Government of Mongolia has received a loan from the World Bank toward the cost of the Livestock Commercialization Project (LCP). The project development objective is to improve livestock health, productivity, and commercialization of targeted value chains in project locations and to provide immediate and effective response in the event of an eligible crisis or emergency. The project is structured as an IPF financed by an IDA credit in the amount of US$30 million over five years.

The project will strengthen institutional systems and governance of veterinary services at the national level by supporting (a) analytical studies and surveys, (b) strategy formulation and policy making, (c) developing national immunization plans and monitoring rollout plans, (d) staff capacity building, (e) upgrading trainings and extension systems, and (f) information systems. In addition, it will provide intensive support to western aimags for last-mile veterinary service delivery and investments in animal disease surveillance, prevention, and control. The project will also implement value chain commercialization interventions with strategic focus on meat and dairy sectors.

The Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Light Industry is now seeking to recruit qualified below individual for its implementing Livestock Commercialization Project (LCP). Procurement of individual consultants will be carried out in accordance with the World Bank’s Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers, dated November 2020 and the provisions stipulated in the Financing Agreement (http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/628061576551773067/Mongolia-Livestock Commercialization-Project).

MONITORING AND EVALUATION SPECIALIST (M&E)

Under the direct supervision of Project Coordinator, the MES will develop and manage the project overall monitoring and evaluation activities and report in a timely manner. The MES consolidates, analyzes and verifies the findings, data, and reports prepared by other members of the PIU, FAO consultants and the beneficiaries. The MES will undertake the following tasks:

• Develop/improve project performance monitoring system, which would be connected with a field-based reporting system that allows the continuing identification of best practices and lessons learnt, in cooperation with other project specialists.
• Participate in the quality control process of sub-project proposals through supporting technical experts/specialists;
• Ensure the M&E strategy incorporates a system-wide approach, is flexible and responsive and builds ownership amongst local stakeholders;
• Provide the beneficiaries, local task forces and PIU members with support and guidance to all monitoring and evaluation activities;
• Assist PIU to prepare for evaluation teams to conduct the mandatory mid-term and terminal evaluations and follow up on the evaluation results;
• Provide support to any other (MoFALI, GAVS, WB) external M&E on the project’s activities.
• Lead organizational/institutional assessment of sub-projects and beneficiaries;
• Regularly analyze progress reports from the supported sub-projects to determine outputs, impacts, best practices, innovations, most significant stories and issues affecting project implementation;
• In collaboration with other specialists, identify training needs for capacity building on the use and management of all monitoring and evaluation tools/other project specific areas;
• Report on progress of the project and subprojects performances on a timely basis to the Project Coordinator, PSC, the WB and all stakeholders with high safeguards sensitivity (quarterly and annual monitoring reports);
• Support procurement specialist on contract management and prepare contract management  quarterly reports  to respective parties.
• Provide any other relevant to the post services as required

Required Qualifications:

• University degree in appropriate disciplines e.g. in the fields of development studies, social sciences, environmental sciences. Formal training in WB project monitoring and evaluation is desirable;
• A minimum of 5 years of professional experience in project planning, monitoring and evaluation, including data collection and analysis;
• Proven experience in designing of monitoring and evaluation systems and implementation and management of complex field-based monitoring and evaluation processes;
• Experience in writing and developing monitoring and evaluation training packages;
• A minimum of 3 years working experience with/for international development institutions, hands on understanding of their requirements and work ethics;
• Ability to plan and prioritize work duties as well as work competently under pressure and tight deadlines;

RECRUITMENT TIMETABLE:

Interested candidates are invited to submit a Cover Letter Eng/Mon, CV (Curriculum Vitae) Eng/Mon, copy of diplomas along with two reference letters, no later than 11A.M. on 18 April, 2023 to Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Ligtht Industry at the following address: External affairs department, 6^th Floor, Government building IXa, Peace avenue, Bayanzurkh District, Ulaanbaatar 13381, Mongolia or through email: policy@mofa.gov.mn and procurement@lcp.mn.  Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.  Contact information: phone: 51 261908, 976+7010-4041