Monitoring and Evaluation Officer (Roster Recruitment)

The main focus of our work is addressing the root causes of poverty and vulnerability through nexus and development programming as well as a humanitarian response. This includes programming for improved governance; water and sanitation; food security; women's economic justice; sexual and reproductive health and rights; and nutrition; and household and community level resilience. Our programs are implemented across both rural and urban areas. CARE Ethiopia works in multiple sectors including the following priorities: Food Security; Livelihoods & Resilience; Nutrition; Water, Sanitation & Hygiene; Humanitarian Response; Sexual & Reproductive Health & Rights; Women's Economic Justice; Dignified Work. CARE's operation spans most of the country: Afar, Amhara, Oromia, SNNP, Sidama, Somali, Tigray, Addis Ababa, and Dire Dawa.

About Roster Recruitment and How it Works

CARE Ethiopia’s humanitarian intervention is expanding across all parts of Ethiopia. Due to high demand for qualified professionals for the ever-increasing humanitarian response and the need for immediate deployment of pre-approved candidates for immediate employment, CARE Ethiopia is currently working on building a pool of roster recruitment as part of its talent acquisition management strategy.

CARE Ethiopia is looking to grow its pool of experienced Humanitarian Response and other professionals with the use of a Roster that can be available for short assignments (usually less than nine months), in various locations (where CARE Ethiopia is operating in Ethiopia) and at short notice. Successful applicants will be added to the roster and contacted for deployment opportunities. Missions will take place in the locations where the projects are implemented and will have a variable duration depending on availability of budget, duration of the project, and other factors.

Exclusion from CARE Roster System 

The following can be ground for CARE Ethiopia to exclude potential candidates from its employment roaster:

1. 1.If negative feedback is obtained from references.
2. 2. If the roster candidate declines more than two assignments in a calendar year
3. 3. If the roster candidate was not deployed for more than two years.
4. 4. Upon specific request from the potential candidate for her/him to be excluded from the roster

Responsibilities of CARE Ethiopia and the Applicant

CARE Ethiopia’s main responsibility on facilitating the roster recruitments is to advertise the job openings in major vacancy portals (especially in those outlets accessible to female applicant); assess applicants’ skill with transparency; notify the recruitment outcome for shortlisted applicants; inform successful candidates whenever there are relevant emergency openings.

Applicant’s main responsibilities are to follow the application procedures; to avail themselves for the assessments; report to their duty station up on deployment. Candidates selected for roster recruitment has the right to accept or decline the offer.

I.  JOB SUMMARY:

The purpose of the Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Officer position is to ensure the collection, compilation and documentation of implementation progress, lessons and project level data.  The M&E officer monitors data and information quality of Field level data and partner input data.  The position support the sector unit/portfolio of projects or one specific large project in project planning, monitoring and reporting.  This position reports to the the LDM manager.  This position is responsible for activity and output level data.

I.  RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS: 

Job Responsibility #1: Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting (50% of time)

• Assists field staff particularly front line staff in developing regular data collection format, in field supervision, and data base maintaining, analyzing and interpreting data and ensuring forward accountability to the community and learning;
• Organizing field monitoring and evaluation to program sites;

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

• Supports the production of monthly progress update of the project/portfolio of projects or one specific large project
• Analyze plan versus achievements of the projectand identify justifications for under achievements or over achievements.

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

• Supports the MIS/M&E Specialist in the development of data base
• Ensures effectiveness and adequacy of systems to track flow of information on inputs utilization and project participation, including the process of beneficiary selection and project prioritization;

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

• Assists the field program staff in organizing M&E related capacity building workshops/trainings to  staff and Woreda/implementing partners ;
• Compile and share project related data among field office staff;

Job Responsibility #5:  Perform other duties as assigned.

III. GENDER EQUALITY

• Understanding and demonstrated commitment to the importance of gender, youth and social inclusion issues.

• Demonstrated commitment to principles of Gender Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and PSEAH (safeguarding), as evidenced in previous positions / programming.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in Social Science, Statistics or other related fields.
• 3 years of relevant experience with the first degree.
• 2 years of relevant experience plus post graduate degree.
• NGO experience is a plus.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Required:

• Well organized, which gives attention to details and have some analytical skill
• Computer skill particularly Microsoft Word, Excel and Power Point;
• Good oral and written communication and interpersonal skill;
• Firm belief in teamwork, gender equality, sensitivity to HIV/AIDS, 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 information for various systems, and knowledge of basic monitoring and evaluation and research tools;