Monitoring and Evaluation Officer Agriculture Transformation Office (ATO) Sierra Leone

Location: Freetown, Sierra Leone

Job Reference: ME/SL/03/2026

AGRA and its Work to Transform Agriculture

AGRA is an African-led institution that actively supports the drive towards inclusive agricultural transformation and sustainable food systems. We do this by empowering the continent’s estimated 33 million small-farming households to transform their subsistent agriculture into profitable businesses. The continent’s farmers regularly face challenges, and we, in collaboration with our partners, aspire to provide uniquely African solutions that respond to their agricultural and environmental challenges, leading to increased harvests for reduced hunger and more incomes aligned with the Kampala CAADP and national priorities.

Working in alignment with the development priorities of our focus countries, we enable farmers to access improved and high-yielding seeds, gain knowledge on sustainable farming, and linkages to profitable markets. In our work, we aspire to build the alliances, partnerships, and networks required to drive an inclusive agricultural transformation. We work with our partners to create an equitable youth-friendly environment that harnesses the youth dividend on the continent to drive growth and facilitate open employment opportunities for young women and men. We achieve our key objectives through a focus on the following four areas of intervention:

1. Policy and state capability – We support governments in creating an enabling environment for private sector involvement in agricultural transformation.
2. Seed systems – We trigger higher productivity by increasing the availability and access to improved seeds by farmers allowing them to increase their harvests for food security and better incomes.
3. Sustainable farming – We support farmers in building resilient farming systems for sustained high yields through interventions such as mechanization and irrigation.
4. Inclusive markets and trade – We work to increase the linkages between farmers, and other market actors for a positive, sustained cycle of commercialization and reinvestment.
5. Youth, Gender, and Inclusiveness – We enable women and youth to contribute to and benefit from agriculture for their economic empowerment.

Implementing Our New Strategy Through People

People are the heart of our organization and remain the true drivers of our delivery and our impact.

We work with incredible people and partners who have roots in farming communities across the continent, combined with an inclusive and diverse workforce from over 24 nationalities. Our commitment to a call to action goes beyond ourselves as we arise to catalyze African Food Systems & transformation by being Deeply collaborative, Executing Excellently, Sincerely Constructive, and Increasingly Entrepreneurial, aligned with our values of (I-RISE; Integrity, Respect, Innovation, Stewardship, and Equity).

We are looking for people who are passionate about Africa to join our innovative, growing, and multidisciplinary team. Together, we can accelerate Africa’s food system transformation, thereby improving the livelihoods of smallholder farmers. Want to join us?

Background

The Government of Sierra Leone has launched the Feed Salone Strategy (2023–2028) to accelerate and ensure food systems transformation, food security, and inclusive economic growth, targeting an annual growth rate of 10% for the agriculture sector within the next five years. The strategy focuses on boosting productivity in high- impact value chains, leveraging the comparative advantages of targeted districts, and enhancing resilience through climate-smart practices. The Feed Salone Strategy focuses on six strategic pillars: mechanization and irrigation, seed and input systems, aggregation and marketing, agricultural finance, AgTech and climate-smart agriculture, and the empowerment of women and youth.

To drive its effective implementation, the Sierra Leone Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (MAFS), in collaboration with AGRA and its partners, seeks to hire a qualified Monitoring and Evaluation (M &E) Officer who will lead the design and operationalization of a monitoring, evaluation and learning framework working directly with the Minister and engaging across government, development partners, and the private sector to deliver “Feed Salone” strategic priorities.

The Position Overview

The M&E Officer will support the Agriculture Transformation Office (ATO) and the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (MAFS) to embed evidence-based decision-making across the implementation of the Feed Salone Strategy and the ATO flagships. Reporting to the data analytics specialist, the role will strengthen results tracking, data quality, performance reporting, and learning across Feed Salone’s priority pillars and interventions.

The M&E Officer will develop and operationalize M&E frameworks, KPIs, dashboards, and reporting tools that enable regular performance monitoring, learning, and course correction. Working closely with ATO Delivery Leads, MAFS teams, and implementing partners, the role will ensure that reliable data is collected, validated, and synthesized into clear insights that inform delivery reviews, accountability, and continuous improvement.
The Officer collects data and evidence to prepare baseline, mid-term, and final reports, an integral part of the effective formulation and execution of development program strategy, flagship, or project. This role generally involves designing M&E indicators, frameworks, and tools, monitoring, tracking, and reporting performances against target KPIs and indicators, and facilitating learning and review sessions with the Feed Salone stakeholders

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Strengthen evidence-based decision-making across the Feed Salone Strategy by embedding monitoring, evaluation, and learning systems within ATO and MAFS.
• Develop M&E result framework, KPIs, dashboards and tools, automated data capture and reporting system.
• Operationalize M&E frameworks, indicators, and reporting tools covering the full project cycle, from planning and implementation to review and learning.
• Collect, validate, analyze, and synthesize data from priority flagships and pillars to support dashboards, stock takes, and reports.
• Produce timely M&E input for weekly, quarterly, and annual reporting, including Feed Salone stock take and annual reports and other submissions.
• Support regular delivery reviews and learning sessions, documenting findings, lessons learned, and recommended corrective actions.
• Maintain data quality assurance processes and version-controlled repositories for M&E tools, datasets, and reports.
• Provide hands-on support and capacity building to MAFS staff on results tracking, reporting, and use of M&E tools.
• Improve accountability, transparency, and performance management across priority flagships and interventions through consistent tracking of results.
• Support institutionalizing results and learning culture within MAFS that supports adaptive management and continuous improvement.
• Ensure Feed Salone implementation is credibly measured and reported in line with government and AGRA requirements.
• Develop ATO’s M&E result frameworks, KPIs, and dashboards.
• Work closely with ATO Delivery Leads, Data & Analytics Lead, MAFS directorates and AGRA’s M&E team to align indicators, data needs, and reporting timelines.
• Engage implementing MDAs, districts, and partners to improve data quality, timeliness, and consistency.
• Support learning and performance review discussions by presenting clear evidence, trends, and insights in an accessible way.
• Coordinate with development partners to ensure M&E requirements are understood, met, and integrated into national reporting processes.
• Monitors, tracks, and measures ATO’s performance against result frameworks and performance indicators and reports regularly.

Skills, Qualifications and Experience Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in Statistics, Economics, Monitoring and Evaluation, Project Management, Social Sciences, Development Studies, or a related field.
• An advanced degree in any of the above fields will be an added advantage.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in monitoring and evaluation, results-based management, performance monitoring, or data-driven programming support.
• Demonstrated experience supporting government programs, donor-funded projects, or development initiatives, preferably in agriculture, food systems, or public sector delivery.
• Practical experience in designing and applying M&E frameworks, indicators, data collection tools, and reporting templates across the project cycle.
• Proven ability to collect, validate, analyze, and synthesize data to support management reporting, dashboards, and learning reviews.
• Strong proficiency in Excel and data analysis tools.
• Familiarity with dashboards or digital M&E systems is an added advantage.
• Must demonstrate practical experience supporting the design and operationalization of M&E frameworks, indicators, and results matrices.
• Ability to collect, clean, validate, and consolidate data from multiple implementing units and partners, ensuring consistency and reliability.
• Experience preparing routine performance reports, dashboards, and analytical inputs for management, delivery reviews, and reporting.
• Capacity to support periodic reviews and learning sessions by synthesizing findings, documenting lessons, and tracking follow-up actions.
• Familiarity with donor M&E and reporting requirements and ability to contribute to compliant, timely
  submissions (e.g., AGRA and other partners).
• Demonstrated capacity to support MAFS staff through guidance, templates, and on-the-job support to strengthen internal M&E and results-tracking practices.

If you believe you are a fit for this position, please submit your application with a detailed CV (including your email and telephone contact information) to recruit@agra.org. Please quote the job reference number ME/SL/03/2026 on the subject line of the application email.

Applications must be received on or before 18 th March 2026. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

For more information on the AGRA, visit www.agra.org.

AGRA is an Equal Opportunity Employer