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Monitoring & Evaluation Officer (External/Internal)

Location:  Bahir Dar – Town, Ethiopia
Deadline: June 14, 2025

Job Description

Vacancy Number: VA_027_FY25

The Carter Center is a not-for-profit international NGO committed to waging peace, fighting disease and building hope worldwide. The Carter Center – Ethiopia, which assists the Government of Ethiopia in Disease Elimination and Eradication Programs is looking for a qualified professional to fill the following vacant post for its Onchocerciasis and Lymphatic Filariasis Elimination Projects.

Summary Job Description:

  • The M&E Officer is responsible for designing and implementing the M&E activities in the assigned geographic area. S/he particularly will collect/compile & analyze project data; compile and organize quarterly progress reports; regularly monitor project performance and share information with project team; and maintain information management system used by the project.

Detail Responsibilities:

  • Prepare monthly and Quarterly reports of the progress of the projects and backup program data every month;
  • Develop M&E plan including process and outcome indicators and data collection, analysis and interpretation tools, establishing baseline and targets and leading annual plan preparation.
  • Routinely monitor the progress of M&E and provide updates to regional managers.
  • Routinely monitor the quality of data, perform data quality audits, and respond to data quality issues as needed. Develop and maintain a system and procedures for generating quality project reports.
  • Collect and report feedback from the field regarding any obstacles or suggestions for improvement
  • Contributes to proposal design and writing.
  • Undertake periodic monitoring and technical support visits to project intervention areas
  • Organize review meetings at various levels including partners
  • Develop and maintain data quality, perform data management (Entry, cleaning compilation and sharing) and data verification mechanisms
  • Ensure data quality throughout data collection, cleaning, analysis, and reporting procedures.
  • Ensure that regular project progress reports are received and communicated effectively for decision making
  • Provide mentoring to health facilities staff on monitoring and evaluation.
  • Lead and coordinate surveys such as impact, coverage…
  • Initiate and maintain both soft and hard copy knowledge product for documentation and sharing.
  • Contribute to the development and organization of trainings, workshops, meetings and supportive supervision
  • Participate/develop database, guidelines, standards and tools for PME.
  • Train project staff on the use of monitoring and evaluation tools.
  • Strengthen partners M&E system at various level to improve use of data for decision.
  • Strengthen the data collection, analysis, and reporting on performance indicators by other team members and project counterparts.
  • Undertake joint monitoring/supportive supervision visits to project implementation areas.

Required Number: 1 (One)

Terms of Employment: One year contract with a possibility of extension.

About You

Qualification and Experience:

  • Master’s or Bachelor’s degree in Monitoring & Evaluation, Health Informatics Statistics, or Public Health from a recognized university.
  • Minimum of five years relevant experience, preferably in Monitoring & Evaluation of health programs.

Additional Requirements:

  • Reasonably good experience in Project monitoring and evaluation
  • Willingness to travel and work in remote rural areas during field work
  • Data management, Compilation, and analysis using MS Office, including Excel, Access, and statistical packages, including STATA, SPSS, Epi Info, ENA SMART,
  • Maintain a good relationship with stakeholders
  • Create team spirit among project staff to maximize the achievements of the project
  • Documenting best practice & success story
  • Be fluent in Amharic and good command of the English language
  • Able to present a release letter from the current employer within two weeks after the job offer
Required Skills
  • STATA, SPSS, SAS

How to Apply

Deadline for all applications: Ten (10) days from the date of this vacancy announcement.

Interested applicants should submit their CV, application letter (Please indicate duty station & position applied for in the subject line) including photocopies of all supporting documents to the address given below.

HR.Ethiopia@cartercenter.org

Or

Drop your application in person at

The Carter Center – Ethiopia, Bahir-Dar Regional Office

Tel: 058-2-221-748

011-6-624-562

Female applicants are highly encouraged to apply

Only short-listed applicants will be contacted.