Ethiopia: 16-254: Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Coordinator - Ethiopia

16-254: Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Coordinator

Country: Ethiopia

Department: International Operations

Essential Job Duties/Scope of Work:

International Medical Corps is a global, humanitarian, nonprofit organization dedicated to saving lives and relieving suffering through health care training and relief and development programs. Established in 1984 by volunteer doctors and nurses, International Medical Corps is a private, voluntary, nonpolitical, nonsectarian organization. Its mission is to improve the quality of life through health interventions and related activities that build local capacity in underserved communities worldwide. By offering training and health care to local populations and medical assistance to people at highest risk, and with the flexibility to respond rapidly to emergency situations, International Medical Corps rehabilitates devastated health care systems and helps bring them back to self-reliance.

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

International Medical Corps is recruiting for a highly qualified Monitoring Evaluation, and Learning (MEAL) Coordinator to be based in Ethiopia for an anticipated five –year Food for Peace (FFP) Development Food Assistance Program (DFAP). The MEAL Coordinator will work closely with the Chief of Party (CoP) and Deputy Chief of Party.

JOB SUMMARY

The MEAL Coordinator will assume responsibility for full-cycle monitoring and evaluation of this program, developing a methodology and tools for undertaking data collection, analysis and reporting. The MEAL Coordinator will also ensure timely and accurate reporting as required on program indicators on a regular basis. The MEAL Coordinator will support the creation of work plans, M&E plans, Monitoring, program reporting, and achievement of results. This position will be based in Addis Ababa.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

•Develop the overall framework for the project’s M&E systems, in collaboration with USAID and senior project staff, including requirements, reporting, baseline, and evaluation surveys. Develop and monitor the project’s Performance Monitoring Plan (PMP) to systematically document project performance for project technical leads and the project leadership team.

•Facilitate state-of-the-art knowledge management practices and real-time, applied and collaborative learning processes. Generate robust evidence for project and programmatic learning that leads to action, decision-making and influence.

•Ensure the alignment of M&E activities with program goals and contribute to the development of annual work plans to identify project targets and ensure inclusion of M&E activities.

•Monitor project activities and tracking these activities against the results framework.

•Conduct field visits for data validation, to monitor the quality and completeness of data sets. Coordinate data collection at project sites to monitor program development and ensure timely compilation and reporting of data. Capture and document lessons learned; champion the scaling up best practices.

•Generate monthly indicator reports and tracking progress against key indicators.

•Ensure timely and accurate submission of project activities to donor, including progress against targets set in the award agreement and annual work plan, quarterly, and annual reports. Collaborate with the Chief of Party and other senior team members to compile and submit reports to the donor.

•Provide technical leadership and support to project and partner staff in planning and implementing M&E systems and activities, data-based program decision-making, and results reporting. Supervise, mentor, and build capacity of project MEAL team. staff

•Develop and implement effective monitoring tools and approaches to demonstrate the effectiveness of project interventions.

Qualifications:

•Master’s degree in statistics, economics, public health, international development or related field required

•Minimum of eight (8) years’ experience and demonstrated expertise in M&E of donor-funded development programs

•Experience with M&E for USAID-funded programming (Recent Title II, Food for Peace, or Feed the Future preferred). Knowledge of USAID data collection and reporting requirements

•Strong knowledge of M&E methodology data analysis and synthesis, performance evaluation and correction, and report writing

•Thorough familiarity with principles and current approaches to MEAL using both quantitative and qualitative methods

•Demonstrated MEAL field experience; skilled in collecting, manipulating, synthesizing and analyzing data

•Demonstrated capacity to use project M&E information to advance strategic goals and provide data for decision-making

•Knowledge of statistical software. Advanced skills with MS Office is strongly preferred

•Supervisory and people management experience

•Previous experience in Ethiopia is preferred, but not required.

•The candidate must be professionally proficient and fluent in written and spoken English and Amharic is highly preferred.

•Ethiopian nationals encouraged to apply.