Mercy Corps is an International Humanitarian organization operating Water and Sanitation, Economic Development, Livelihoods, Capacity Building, Emergency Response, Health and Nutrition, and similar sectors in the regions of SNNPR, Somali, Oromia, Addis Ababa and Dire Dawa. Mercy Corps works with communities, public and private sectors to implement appropriate relief, recovery and development interventions. Mercy Corps Ethiopia invites motivated and qualified candidates to apply for the following vacant position.

Position Title:  MEL Officer

Duty Station:  Gode

Post Position: One

GENERAL POSITION SUMMARY:

The Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Field Officer will work with Building Resilience and Adaptation to Climate Extremes and Disasters (BRACED) site team. The project tests innovative market based tools to improve the resilience of economic and social system in Somali region which will enable vulnerable pastoral and agro-pastoral households and communities in rural and pre- urban areas to manage risk, and to successful transform their livelihood base, this project is working three woredas of Somali region named Gode, Kabridahar and Dagahbour.Mercy Corps is looking for individuals who will have responsibility to support technical teams in targeting, monitoring of activities, performance checking, and outcome monitoring.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

1. Support targeting of beneficiaries for BRACED project interventions – Working together with the field technical team and government counterparts, the incumbents will participate in the targeting of beneficiaries (including collecting data from said beneficiaries) for BRACED project interventions:  Financial Services, Rangeland Management, Climate Information, Job & Employment Creation beneficiaries and other project activities.
2. The position holder is responsible to upload all approved CNs for the Somali region to agency measurement system (TOLA), ensure that all the monitoring data and evidences are collected, stored on the system
3. Ensure all necessary documents for program management are properly filed and kept both in Hard and soft copy as per the requirement by MC PMM

4.       Manage monitoring of activities – The incumbents will be responsible for establishing and monitoring beneficiaries (individual and institutional) data base in the aforementioned intervention areas, gather pieces of evidence for innovative ways to manage risk, BRACED program development gains & policy level impact, achievement of output & outcome level quantitative and qualitative indicators, and performances of challenges encountered in the overall project activities.

1. Involved in the development and implementation of Monitoring and Evaluation systems, including indicators, data collection, analysis and reports as required by Mercy Corps, donor and government;
2. Compile presentations and updates on progress, successes and challenges as required by the managers, donor and government;
3. Ensure appropriate regular monitoring and timely submission of all necessary reports in line with donor, Mercy Corps and government reporting schedules and deadlines;
4. Provide timely updates to program coordinator on progress of program areas
5. Document and disseminate best practices and lessons learnt;
6. Develop and maintain effective information database for the project in Somali region operational area

Capacity-Building

1. Identify and recommend areas for specific training and capacity-building, both for staff and target communities to cluster manager

1. Outcome monitoring and evaluation – MEL officer will be in charge of collecting baseline data from a sample of beneficiaries and follow up with them post-intervention.

1. Conduct himself/herself both professionally and personally in such a manner as to bring credit to Mercy Corps and to not jeopardize its humanitarian mission.

1. Be a team player – BRACED as a complex project requires more efforts to work closely together, communicate regularly and professionally for smooth implementation of activities.

1. Other duties as assigned by the supervisor (Project Coordinator).

Organizational Learning:  As part of our commitment to organizational learning and in support of our understanding that learning organizations are more effective, efficient and relevant to the communities they serve – we expect all team members to commit 5% of their time to learning activities that benefit Mercy Corps as well as themselves.

KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE:

1.       Bachelor’s Degree in social sciences, statistics, monitoring and evaluation, or related field is required or demonstrated equivalent work experience in the field.

2.       At least three years’ experience in monitoring

3.       Demonstrated experience in reviewing data for quality and accuracy.

4.       Experience writing short technical reports

5.       Previous experience working other international NGOs are strongly preferred

6.       Proficient in tablet-based data collection

7.       Effective English oral and written communication, multi-tasking, organizational, and prioritization skills are necessary

8.       Demonstrated attention to detail, ability to follow procedures, meet deadlines and work independently and cooperatively with team members is required

9.       Ability to meet deadlines; work independently and cooperatively with team members.

10.   Ability to travel long distances across BRACED target woredas for monitoring purposes

SUCCESS FACTORS:

·         Ability to work as part of a team and coordinate with personnel.

·         Conscientious, with excellent judgment

·         Display an entrepreneurial spirit that is both creative and flexible. S/he will combine strong communication skills, creativity, initiative, participatory leadership and tactful decisiveness to assist in the development and implementation of Mercy Corps’ M&E strategy

·         Multi-tasking, prioritizing, problem solving and simultaneous attention to detail and strategic vision are essential.

·         S/he must have the confidence, and humility, to work effectively with a large variety of people who will be diverse culturally, economically and in social status

·         S/he must be sensitive to political and cultural nuance and able to consistently apply excellent judgment to a variety of demanding and fast-changing situations

·         Ability to foster solid working relationships with host Government, beneficiary communities, and partner organizations

·         Strong organizational skills.