Monitoring Evaluation, Reporting and Learning (MERL) Director, Ethiopia Urban WASH

At Chemonics, we promote meaningful change around the world, helping people live healthier, more productive, and more independent lives. From our founding in 1975, we have worked in more than 140 countries to help our clients, partners, and beneficiaries face difficult challenges, from political instability to limited healthcare to a lack of market infrastructure. We have helped them overcome those challenges by working together to find and implement innovative projects that achieve development impact. We are committed to living our values of caring, excellence, innovation, integrity, and opportunity to implement efficient and effective programs that build a better future for those we serve.

Chemonics seeks a Director of Monitoring, Evaluation, Reporting and Learning for the anticipated 5-year, $40-50 million Ethiopia Urban Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Activity. The overall purpose of this activity will be to support accelerated access to inclusive and resilient WASH services in targeted urban and peri-urban areas. The activity will work to fulfill this purpose through four complementary objectives: 1) strengthen Government of Ethiopia urban WASH planning, budgeting, and service delivery oversight; 2) strengthen the operationalization of an independent regulator; 3) enable and professionalize public and private WASH service providers; 4) extend WASH services to poor and marginalized households.

The MERL Director will be responsible for leading all MERL activities for the project, assisting the project with refining and utilizing their MERL capabilities and usage, and ensuring the project has the tools needed to make evidence-based decisions. We anticipate that the position will be based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and will supervise key staff.  The project is expected to be 5 years. We are looking for individuals who have a passion for making a difference in the lives of people around the world. 

Key Illustrative responsibilities:

• Serve as the point of contact for all MERL activities
• Provide overall support, advice, and oversight on program-level monitoring and evaluation, reporting and learning
• Lead technical assistance in the development, selection, and application of MERL processes and tools 
• Support and advise colleagues on activity-level monitoring and evaluation efforts, ensuring quality and consistency across efforts
• Ensure learning is incorporated into all project level activities
• Supervise and mentor MERL staff
• Oversee and advise colleagues on information management processes by reviewing data collection efforts, overall data reliability, consistency, and quality
• Lead all reporting requirements for USAID (i.e. weeklies/monthlies/quarterlies/annual reports), and ensuring atmospheric reporting and ad hoc reporting as relevant to the contract
• Design, develop and manage MERL third-party services and oversee third-party monitoring as needed 

Qualifications:

• Minimum of 10 years of demonstrated experience in monitoring, evaluation, and learning on USAID funded programs
• Master’s degree in relevant field; or an equivalent combination of education and work experience in a relevant field 
• Demonstrated experience with quantitative and qualitative research methods, including surveys and focus groups
• Proficiency with software such as Microsoft Word, Excel, and Access; familiarity with statistical software is highly desired.
• Experience working in Ethiopia preferred
• Ethiopian nationals encouraged to apply
• Fluency in English with excellent oral and written communication skills required; proficiency in Amharic highly preferred
• This role is expected to be based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and it is anticipated that there will be significant in-country travel