Support the development and execution of performance monitoring plans at Area Level to guide routine data collection and monitoring of Kijani activities

Support and supervise routine data collection process such as Planting Site Registration, Survival Counts, tree growth rates etc. with guidance from the MEL Officer

Participate in routine data validation activities to ensure validity, integrity, precision, reliability and timeliness of all collected data

Perform real-time validation on all the submitted data to ensure the completeness, consistency, accuracy and integrity of incoming data. This will involve conducting regular quality checks on data to identify errors, inconsistencies and missing information on all data coming in from the field.

Conduct bio-data updates for framer records where applicable through routine monitoring activities

Conduct real time cleaning of data in line with approved data cleaning and management SOPs

Consult and engage the field teams in real time where applicable in the cleanup process for all incoming data in line with the data cleaning and management SOPs

Work closely with the IT team in supporting the data cleaning process

Prepare weekly and monthly reports clearly illustrating progress on quality of the PSR & Survival data

Offer technical support and guidance to the Field officers, PCs and BCs as required in regards to Kijani MEL activities.

Highlight and report challenges that occur during data validation to the MEL Officer. These include data that are unreadable, out-of-range, and inconsistent with the interactive checks provided by the MEL department.

Develop capacity of staff especially PCs and Plantation Management Teams to utilize MEL tools such as the Kijani App, Kobo Collect data collection tools and other MEL tools for proper tracking and reporting in line with Kijani Forestry guidelines including coaching and mentoring

Provide technical support to Kijani staff (PCs, BCs, ACs), beneficiaries and other stakeholders on monitoring and evaluation processes and applications

Periodically support data collectors (PCs, BCs, ACs, Plantation teams) to increase their technical capacity in the area of data collection, management and reporting.

Perform any other duty as assigned by management

Assist with ad hoc data requests