Monitoring & Evaluation officer (Deadline: Oct 23, 2022)

Introduction

The Ethiopian Center for Disability and Development (ECDD) Association was established and registered with the Ministry of Justice in December 2005.  ECDD was re-registered and accorded legal personality with registry no. 0321 on 17 May 2019 as a local organization in accordance with the Civil Society Organization Proclamation Number 1113/2019. ECDD works collaboratively with other organizations to promote and facilitate “disability inclusive development” in Ethiopia – the inclusion of disability issues and persons with disabilities in mainstream government service delivery and development organization programs.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

The main responsibility of the ECDD Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Officer is to help ensure that the ECDD M&E plan and system is implemented and used by ECDD project staff to meet their reporting requirements, and to provide meaningful and timely data for use in ECDD program management. The M&E Officer oversees the management of the M&E activities of ECDD projects, and supports project data collection, management, and analysis by ECDD staff.  The Officer Plans and implements M&E-related capacity-building activities for ECDD project staff in order to improve M&E-related practices. The Officer is a member of the ECDD M&E Team but is expected to work independently to ensure the ongoing quality and timeliness of reporting on project activities. The M&E Officer based in the ECDD Head Office works closely with and supports other ECDD M&E Officers based in regional coordination offices.

Reporting to the ECDD M&E Manager, the M&E Officer is responsible to:

1. Support ECDD project staff to implement their project M&E activities
2. Facilitate review of the progress of project activities on a weekly/monthly basis and engage in problem solving and remedial actions
3. Help identify potential implementation problems and bottlenecks and recommend appropriate strategies to address them
4. Prepare and maintain a timetable of when project quarterly and annual reports are required by government and donor partners
5. Collect and review project monthly, quarterly and annual narrative project progress reports from Project Coordinators and Officers and follow up the timely submission to government bureaus and donor partners
6. Work with Project Coordinators and Officers to link the ECDD M&E Plan with the work plan activities of each project
7. Provide technical guidance for the implementation of the ECDD M&E Plan, through training and other support
8. Support the system for periodic internal data quality assessments (DQAs), and coordinate external DQAs as required by a donor
9. Monitor project activities against the project specific M&E frameworks
10. Undertake periodic field visits to projects to assess data collection efforts and quality of data collected
11. Compile and analyze data from each projects’ technical areas and support the M&E manager in presenting recommendations to the Program Director for improvements in project implementation
12. Draft plans for project baseline, mid-term and final evaluations in collaboration with the respective Project Coordinators and Officers
13. Produce written documentation to highlight good practices, and what ‘works’ in a particular context
14. Represent ECDD M&E interests at meetings with stakeholders, including government and non-government partners, and donor agencies
15. Participate in annual staff performance assessments, goal setting, and supporting professional development of staff
16. Undertake such other duties as assigned by the M&E Manager.

1. Education – Minimum BA degree in Economics, Statistics or other related fields
2. Professional experience – minimum 2 years of relevant experience in monitoring and evaluation of donor-funded projects. USAID project experience is an advantage.
3. Previous professional experience working with persons with disabilities desirable
4. Excellent interpersonal relationships and teamwork
5. Excellent communication skills
6. Able and willing to travel frequently to the project intervention areas
7. Competence in the use of computer applications
8. Fluency in English and Amharic or Ethiopian Sign Language, knowledge of other Ethiopian languages also desirable.