Godfrey Senkaba discusses five of the top ten tips every manager should know in order to hire the best monitoring and evaluation staff. Whether you are a monitoring and evaluation manager or a generalist project manager, we often must deal with organizational processes, systems, practices, and our own individual choices in any hiring decision. The following tips will help you make a good M&E Staff hire: Tip #1. Never hire a monitoring and evaluation staff without first confirming the need/s the job will address. Tip #2. It is always good to socialize the roles and responsibilities of the monitoring and evaluation job with the teams it will serve, for clarity and buy-in. Do this before and after hire. Tip #3. Know the possible career path and growth opportunity for monitoring and evaluation staff before you hire them. Tip #4. Never undermine the human resource role before and after hiring monitoring and evaluation staff, but don't suffocate under its weight. Tip #5. It’s a good practice to keep all those with high influence and impact on your hiring choice for a monitoring and evaluation job, but level the expectations. If you need to get a complete understanding of how to make the most out of a monitoring and evaluation job hiring process and output, check out Episode 16 for the rest of the top 10 tips. Certainly, this is not an exhaustive list. Share with me any additional tips you have by using the comment box below. I also welcome your questions or comment on this podcast episode. Thank you for your feedback.  Connect with Godfrey Senkaba: Website: https://www.mandeboost.com Email: [email protected] Twitter: https://twitter.com/senkaba_g LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/godfrey-senkaba-32452428/