About PETCO Ethiopia:

PETCO Ethiopia Recycling Community Organization (PETCO Ethiopia) is a non-for-profit Industry led producer responsibility organization incorporated in 2019. PETCO Ethiopia promotes a circular economy system to assure products and materials are kept in circulation through 

Circular designating, maintenance, reuse, refurbishment, remanufacture, recycling, and Composting.  PETCO Ethiopia seeks to minimize the environmental impact of post-consumer waste through accelerating the manufacturing sector shift from Linier  to a Circular Economy production system; supporting existing and creating green jobs for women, youth, and marginalized people; as well as promoting exercise of self-regulation for sustainable business in industries and institutions. PETCO Ethiopia operates throughout Ethiopia and has its head office in Addis Ababa. Moreover, PETCO Ethiopia is fostering access to finance, and capacity building, to foster enterprise development in Ethiopia across agro-processing & food, handcraft, textile and garment, solid waste, and leather sectors.

Program Background

PETCO Ethiopia is implementing 5-years of consortium project joint with Center of Accelerated Women Economic Empowerment (CAWEE) and Ethiopia Enterprise Development. The program is funded by the Mastercard Foundation contract to Enable Young Women and Men to Find Dignified and Fulfilling Work in Manufacturing in Ethiopia by capacitating existing SMEs. The program aims to: 

Build SME capacity to sustainably create new jobs and improve existing ones through offering tailored business capacity building and mentorship; enhancing access to markets and raw materials flow; and improving SMEs’ human resources capacity to create safe and inclusive working conditions for young women and men. 

Improve Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) offerings to better prepare women and youth to enter the workforce (facilitate school-to-work transition).

Facilitate a robust financial ecosystem to help SMEs access tailored financial services that allow them to grow and increase employment opportunities for young women in particular, and to invest in infrastructure that can improve young women and men's working conditions.

Strengthen the enablers (ecosystem) to foster private sector engagement, stakeholder coordination synergy, and policy development for sustainable and scalable job growth.

Duties and Responsibilities

• The MEL Officer will provide technical support to the program on Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) activities, ensuring alignment with organizational policy and client expectations. He/she will collaborate closely with program staff and partners to track program deliverables, outputs, and outcomes.

Specific responsibilities include:

• Supporting the development, review, and implementation of the program's MEL plan.

• Assisting with data collection, analysis, and reporting.

• Contributing to knowledge and learning products.

• Participating in capacity building activities for program staff and partners on MEL.

• Conducting data quality assessments and ensuring data is collected and documented accurately and timely.

• Developing and adapting monitoring tools according to project interventions.

• Supporting project activities related to MEL plan execution.

• Liaising with partners and other stakeholders on MEL activities.

• Performing other MEL-related tasks as assigned.

Working Relationships:

• This role will work closely with MEL team (MEL Lead and MEL Specialist). He/she will also collaborate with partners and stakeholders as needed.

Reporting and Supervision:

• The MEL Officer will report to the MEL Specialist

Location: Addis Ababa 

Category: Program management

Report to: MEAL Specialist

Salary: Competitive salary and a range of additional benefits

Employment Term: Annual contract, renewable based on available fund

Closing Date: June 28, 2024

Job Requirements

Required Skills and Qualifications:

• BA degree in a relevant field (e.g., economics, development studies, project monitoring and evaluation, statistics).

• At least 3 years of experience in MEL activities.

• Strong data collection, analysis, and reporting skills.

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

• Proficiency in MS Office Suite and data visualization tools.

  Key Competencies Required: 

• Excellent skills in MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint; proficiency in MS, SPSS, STATA, Etc. 

• Excellent in digital data collection such as Kobo, SurveyCTO, etc.

• Proficient in data visualization tools such as Excel, PowerBI, etc.

• Excellent organizational, verbal, and written communication skills to manage project communications and disseminate project MEL information are required.

• Excellent command of monitoring, evaluation, and learning methodologies.

• A problem-solver, collaborator, self-starter, critical thinker, adaptive and flexible, as well as team-player. 

• English language fluency required and additional local language is an advantage

How to Apply

As part of your online application, please send your up-to-date CV (summarized in less than 3 pages) and one pager cover Letter in PDF file explaining your position, reference and your suitability against the essential criteria in the job profile to idemeke@petcoethiopia.org  before June 28, 2024 COB.

Instruction: Your PDF file name should indicate your name and position you are applying for and only short listed candidates will be contacted for next assessment steps.

PETCO Ethiopia will not cover any cost related to recruitment process charged by the applicant.

Qualified female candidates are highly encouraged to apply.