Employment Type : Definite 

Job Purpose: 

• Ensure that programmes are designed and implemented adhering to Concern’s policies, programme principles and standards of program cycle management and M&E guidelines both in development and emergency programs
• Ensure that commitments to mainstreaming crosscutting issues(Gender/equality/ ,HIV and AIDS , accountability DRR )across both development and emergency programs are realized in all PCM stages
• Strengthen Result Based Management through consistently following PCM processes of context analysis, design, planning , implementing, monitoring and evaluation systems
• Enhance Concern and partners staff capacity through conducting training on result based planning , monitoring and evaluation , learning and knowledge management HAP and P4 )
• Attend to all duties assigned to her or him by line manager

Main Duties & Responsibilities; 

Programme design and implementation

• Work with the programme teams on all new proposals to facilitate the Theory of Change exercise, identify appropriate indicators, and develop logframes
• Make sure that Concern’s policies, programing principles , Program Cycle Management and M&E guidelines are followed in program design & implementation in both in emergency and development programmes  
• Ensure that crosscutting issues (Equality/gender/, HIV and AIDS, accountability and DRR) are mainstreamed during the design process ensuring Concern’s commitment to these issues and are adhered to at all stages including implementation for both development and emergency programs
• Ensure that contextual analysis parameters and policy environment considerations are taken into account during design and implementation of all programmes and projects
• Ensure that inclusive and participatory process is followed for both design and implementation of programmes so that all stakeholders (government, international and local NGOs private sector and more importantly the beneficiaries contribute and own the programmes.

Monitoring and Evaluation

• Manage field-level data collection activities in line with M&E plans for all projects and programmes
• Manage the implementation of M&E activity plans in coordination with programme and area staff across all projects and programs
• Support Programme and Area Managers to manage programme staff collection of activity- and output-level monitoring data during activity implementation in line with project and programme M&E plans
• Keep the Programme Toolkit for all projects and programmes in country up to date, including populating the Output and Outcome Monitoring Tabs on a regular basis
• Develop and implement training for external enumerators or partner staff that conduct baseline, midterm, and end line surveys (including ethics and safety, sampling and respondent selection, device use, as well as survey contents)
• Field manage external enumerators or partner staff in conducting baseline, midterm, and end line surveys
• Develop monitoring and evaluation systems for partnership and partner's projects and closely follow up the implementation of the system
• Support programme teams in the analysis and use of M&E data, including for donor reporting
• Assume responsibilities of the M&E Coordinator when they are not in the office

Learning

• Complete Review Snapshots to summarize discussions and application of adaptive and results-based management after every Progress Review and Results-Based Review for projects and programmes
• Support M&E Coordinator to support external evaluators and consultants
• Support M&E Coordinator to promote documentation and sharing of programme impact and learning
• Actively promote sharing of learnings from baselines, end-lines, reviews and evaluations internally and externally.
• Provide input to project learning reviews and donor reports, as required.

Digital Data Gathering

• Administer the country's DDG profile
• Complete all new survey and tool requests
• Liaise with the Dublin DDG team on all issues related to device management, survey requests, and administration of the in-country iForm DDG platform
• Act as the organizations data protection officer by managing of the organisations data protection policies.

Capacity Building

• Work with programme management to support field staff and partners to apply lessons learnt, follow up on progress through monitoring and provide on-going support
• Ensure that knowledge of approaches filters down to field staff and partners

Other

• Undertake other related duties as may reasonably be assigned by the line manager, senior programme quality coordinator.

Emergency Response; 

• Concern is committed to responding to emergencies efficiently and effectively in order to help affected people meet their basic needs, alleviate suffering and maintain their dignity. To this end, when emergencies strike and the Ethiopia Programme is to respond, all staff are required to actively participate in the response, regardless of location and contribute to the efforts aimed at achieving the humanitarian objective of the organization.

Accountability 

In line with Concern’s commitments under the Core Humanitarian Standard (CHS): 

• actively promote meaningful community participation and consultation at all stages of the project cycle (planning, implementation, M&E); 
• work with relevant colleagues  to ensure that the Complaints and Response Mechanism (CRM) is functional and accessible, that feedback and complaints are welcomed and addressed; work with relevant colleagues  to ensure that information about CRM, safeguarding and expected staff behaviour is disseminated among programme participants and communities. 

Gender Equality 

• Demonstrate understanding of Concern Ethiopia’s Gender Equality Strategy
• Contribute to ensuring that Concern Ethiopia is a place where men and women are treated equally and with dignity and respect
• Demonstrate gender equality awareness and gender sensitivity and an ability to integrate a gender equality perspective into tasks and activities.

Job Requirements

Essential:

• Master's or Bachelor's degree in M&E, development, research, data analytics, etc.) - Master's degree preferred
• Minimum 5- 8 years of experience in M&E/MEAL(positions where M&E/MEAL is the primary area of responsibility)
• At least some demonstrated experience at a management level
• Experience of remote managing and training staff
• Clear understanding and vision for using data and information to support program teams in applying adaptive and results-based program management in line with the concepts of Concern's approach to Program Quality
• Clear understanding and experience in managing and directly implementing primary quantitative data collection (surveys, etc.)
• Demonstrated capacity in quantitative and qualitative data analysis and interpretation
• Clear understanding and experience in managing quality assurance in data collection
• Experience in program roles is not a suitable substitute for direct M&E/MEAL experience at this level
• Clear understanding and experience in managing and directly implementing primary qualitative data collection (key informant interviews, focus group discussion, participatory qualitative methods, etc.)

Competencies; 

Desirable:

• Experience of data analytical software including EpiInfo, SPSS highly desirable
• Strong analytical skills, sound judgment and the capacity to think and plan strategically
• Representation, liaison and negotiation skills
• Familiarity with cross-cutting approaches such as HIV mainstreaming, rights-based, gender, equality
• Strong leadership, teamwork, coordination, interpersonal and negotiating skills
• Computer literacy and familiarity with Microsoft Office, including PowerPoint presentations and spreadsheets and budgeting
• Team work: work with other colleagues in a team manner and contribute to the team so as to achieve the goal 
• Integrate: Honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates highest levels of integrity
• Communication: Actively communicate with the team 
• Values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength

How to Apply

Interested applicants should send non-returnable C.V., application letter outlining how your experience and education fit this vacancy, please note that no need to submit your supporting documents:

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