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Job Summary:

The Monitoring and Evaluation officer is a technical support position for the SPIR II/RFSA program.  The purpose of the Monitoring and Evaluation officer position is to maintain the M&E system of Strength PSNP institution and Resilience (RFSAII) program in SPIR II CARE-operational areas filed offices. Under the supervision of the project manager and support of LDM Manager of SPIR II/RFSA at HO, the M&E officer is responsible in leading the overall M&E system at FO, will set up the M&E System for the program and will have ultimate responsibility in maintaining the system, strengthening the system over time and building capacity of project and government staff to utilize the system. This includes collecting, reviewing and compiling, and analyzing M&E data tracking tool as per SPIR II M&E plan standards. The M&E officer will contribute to document lessons learned as the project evolves and share key lessons within and outside the organization. The M&E officer provides technical backstopping, organizing training in the areas of monitoring and evaluation.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Job Responsibility #1: Monitoring, Evaluation, and Reporting (30% of time)

• Capacitate and guide the project staff in M&E concepts, purpose, and tools,

• Assists field staff particularly front-line staff of the project in developing regular data collection format, in field supervision, and database maintaining, analyzing, and interpreting data, and ensuring forward accountability to the community and learning.

• Assists and conducts project monitoring and supportive supervision at operational sites of the project.

• Assists and conducts joint monitoring and coordination meetings with zonal and woreda stakeholders.

• Conducts and participates in data quality assessments and validation.

• Assists and participates in project bassline evaluation, mid-term evaluation, end-line evaluation, outcome survey, and other project start-up surveys and assessments.

• Assists and leads the monitoring system of the project's direct beneficiaries /participants. 

• Provides regular support for direct beneficiaries/participants services data collectors and providing feedback.

• Assists project staff in reviewing and revising project M&E plan and indicators as required.

• Leading the role for the preparation of the dip implementation plan of the project and breaking down for each operational Woredas.

• Assists the project staff in interpreting project data;

• Assists, in preparing and submitting government reports.

• Assists the project staff of CARE and Implementing partner in understanding activity/output/outcome project level data.

• Organizes participatory monitoring events along with the facilitator's partners and communities.

• Participates in project performance review meetings at different level

• Collects and provides information and technical support in the preparation of quarterly or biannual reports.

• Ensures consistency of information in different reports

• Participates in the formulation and revision of different reports a, DIP and M&E data tracking Tools.

• Establish close communications with all project staff and other stakeholders.

Job Responsibility #2: Program Progress Tracking (25% of time)

• Supports and produces monthly, quarterly, semiannually, and annual project tabular reports by reconciling with the narration reports.

• Analyzes plan versus achievements of the project and identifies justifications for under-achievements or over-achievements.

• Provide on-site written feedback for the project staff related to M&E.

• Ensure the project monitoring data is stored appropriately.

• Identifies indicators which are reliable for data quality assessments.

• Ensures all project staff use the same and latest versions of data collection and reporting forms

• Ensures cross-cutting issues such as gender and age are effectively addressed/ mainstreamed in all project implementations as part of ensuring accountability.

Job Responsibility #3: Data/Information Management (30% of the time)

• Develop project database.

• Ensures effectiveness and adequacy of systems to track the flow of project information.

• Assists project staff in reviewing M&E indicators as required.

• Ensure that data collected is sex and age disaggregated.

• Maintains M&E-related documents of the project at the field office.

• Collaborate with M&E staff to identify ways to make data more useful and accessible to teams.

• Support in updating the project information system regularly.

• Assists direct participant targeting, recording, and reporting.

• Provides Village Saving and Loan Association (VSLA) data on the CARE standard system.

• Ensures all the data of the project is collected, cleaned, stored, reported, and documented properly.

• Verifies and assesses data as planned in the PIP and ensures the project and partner staff receive regular feedback on the quality of their submitted forms or reports according to the guidelines (i.e., accuracy, completeness, and timeliness).               

• Updates the program information system regularly.

Job Responsibility #4: Capacity Building (15% of the time) 

• Assists the field project staff in organizing cross-learning visits/learning workshops/ review meetings/campaigns.

• Compile and share project-related data among projects staff

• Coach and mentor, the community facilitators and project officer on how to capture the project data.

• Assists the field program staff in organizing M&E-related capacity building workshops/training for stakeholders and indirect participants of the project.

• Compiles and shares project-related data among field office staff.

• Coach and mentor, the front-line staff on how to use and handle apparatus/tablets for data collection.

Job Responsibility #5: Knowledge Management (7% of the time)

• Assists and conducts learning assessments and produces learning briefs and other knowledge management products.

• Assists and produces success stories, rolling profiles, and most significant change stories.

• Organizes and participates in learning events and experience-sharing.

Job Responsibility #6: Performs other duties as assigned (5% of the time )

Problem-Solving (Thinking Environment)

• Levels one and two of problem-solving apply to the incumbent. The incumbent involves with daily routine activities, she/he also uses interpolative skills to pick and choose the right solution to address given problems. 

Gender Equality

• Understanding and demonstrating commitment to the importance of gender, youth, and social inclusion issue

• Demonstrated commitment to principles of Gender Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and PSEAH (safeguarding),

Job Requirements

Qualifications (Know-How)

Education/Training

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in social science, health science, Statistics, monitoring and evaluation, or other related fields.

• Knowledge of statistical software.

Desired:

• Job-related experience and maintaining program databases, generation of data, and qualitative and quantitative data analysis skills.

Experience

Required:

• 3 – 5 years job related experience.

Desired:

• NGO experience.

Technical Skills

Required:

• Well organized, which gives attention to detail, and has some analytical skills.

• Computer skills particularly Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint, SPSS, ODK, IP Info, STATA.

• Good oral and written communication and interpersonal skills.

• Firm belief in teamwork, gender equality, participatory approach, and sustainability.

• Proficiency in English and local language, both verbal and written.

Desired:

• Utilizing programming and statistical software (such as SPSS) to compile data and informationfor various systems and knowledge of basic monitoring and evaluation and research tools.

• Job-related experience and maintaining program databases, generation of data, and qualitative and quantitative data analysis skills.

• Experience related to data collection platforms like KOBO.

Competencies

• Respect, accountability, courage, excellence, analytical ability, initiating action, interpersonal skills, developing teams, decision making, information monitoring, facilitating change, proactive problem solving, planning, and organizing.

Contacts/Key Relationships

• The M&E officer will have working relations with the Project officer, Facilitator for Empowerment and Project Manager, partner, and other CARE staff in respective woredas and projects

Working Condintions and Level of Travel Required

• The positions are required for the SPIR II project and the positions is based at Chiro with 40% of travel to the SPIR II woredas(Chiro, Gemechsie and Doba)

How to Apply

If you are interested to be part of our dynamic team, exciting work environment and contribute to CARE Ethiopia’s mission and vision, please send your CV (not more than 3 pages) and cover letter (not more than one page) through THIS LINK

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

Passionate and dedicated candidates who meet the requirement are strongly encouraged to apply, especially women!

CARE seeks to improve the lives of the most marginalized, particularly women and girls. Our diversity is our strength. We encourage people from all backgrounds and experiences to apply.

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