About CARE

CARE is an international NGO with local staff and community partners in more than 90 countries. We create local solutions to poverty and inequality and we seek dignity for everyone every day and during times of crisis. These solutions have a broad range, from clean water to access to education; from microfinance to ensuring that everyone has nutritious food; from agriculture and climate change to disaster response. CARE puts women and girls at the center of everything we do because they have proven to be the best hope for creating lasting change in the world. Our staff live where they work, which makes us effective at understanding the challenges they face. We’ve been doing this for over 70 years, since World War II. It started with the world’s first CARE Package® of food for the post-war hungry in Europe. Our work today is as important as ever, we believe that poverty and inequality are historic injustices that we can end within a generation, for good. If you share our core beliefs: poverty is an injustice; poverty is solvable; and together, we have the power to end it, join us.

Date of Announcement: April 29, 2021 

Vacancy No.: 058                 

Grade: 9C                             

Salary: 1564 USD                            

No of positions: one              

Unit/Program: Programs                  

Duty Base: Addis Ababa                  

Closing Date: May 9, 2021              

JOB SUMMARY:

The purpose of the Learning, Design and Measurement (LDM) Manager is to design and maintain the M&E systems of a USAID/Health/MNCH project. S/he will lead the design the M&E systems of the projects in line with the organization and the donors’ requirements. The position leads/guides monitoring and evaluation officers working at at field offices for the project. She/he provides technical backstopping, trainings in the areas of LDM and knowledge management and coaches and mentors his/her team members. The position holder will work closely with the technical advisors of the project and PQL unit to ensure the cross fertilization of learning among different units, pulling information required from projects relevant to document centrally, organize capacity building trainings to staff, take assignments as a team, etc. With the guidance and coordination from PQL staff, this position will contribute to establishing and maintaining the LDM system of the project in CARE Ethiopia and partner organizations. This position will be supervised by the project director. This position focuses on impact and outcome data.

RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS: 

Job Responsibility #1: Planning/ Design, Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting (30% of time):

• Designs and develops M&E tools and systems for the project.
• Designs and develops impact measurement tools and systems at a project level basis.
• Ensures that detailed implementation, M&E plans are prepared on timely basis.
• Supports external and internal evaluations and project reviews.
• Ensures preparation of quarterly (periodic) reports to be submitted to the donor and the Government at a national level.
• Leads project baseline studies, annual reviews, midterm assessments and final evaluations and impact assessments.
• Leads or participates in diagnostic studies for project design.
• Reviews project evaluation reports, compiles and shares lessons for future project and program design.
• Reviews and validates final evaluation results conducted by external evaluators.
• Develops and supports systems and works with PQL, Program Design Teams, and PCs to ensure the incorporation of learning into new project designs.
• Participates in project design workshops and develops log frames and M&E plans.
• Engage in planning and managing different types of project studies (baseline, midterm and end line) related to projects focusing on social norms, gender, and children in the rural community.
• Participate in developing and utilizing data collection tools, preparing project and performance monitoring plans, collecting, entering, processing and cleaning data, and analyzing, reporting and documenting results via indicator design, target setting and database management.
• Engage in gender-specific and gender-sensitive M and E, including designing and managing gender and age disaggregation in participant monitoring and database systems and measuring women’s empowerment

Job Responsibility #2: Information Management (20% of time):

• Develops and maintains M&E information management system for the Projects.
• Ensures the timely collection, analysis and utilization of project related information, including emergency data like early warning information.
• Leads and guides the streamlining of paper based reporting system including formats and systematize information flows.
• Oversees the regular maintenance of project LDM information using appropriate database management system and makes accessible to staff and other stakeholders.
• Works with communication Advisor to promote learning within the portfolio of projects of one particular sector, across sectors and within programs.
• Proactively supports establishment and maintenance of learning and knowledge management systems and sharing of lessons within the project and across CARE programs and with strategic partners.
• Works as a team with PQL and other LDM staff in the CO in developing and periodically reviewing LDM guidelines and ensures their applications in measuring program/project performances

Job Responsibility #3: Program and Data Quality assurance (5 % of time):

• Capacitate staff on the fundamental concepts of data quality management
• Develop strategies to improve the project data quality
• Ensure Implementation of strategies to improve the data quality
• Build staff capacity on program quality , program support and program impact elements  
• Ensure she thrives project implementation in line with program and CARE principles , protocols and standards
• Set mechanisms to track the project impact and align with chronically food insecure impact group program  

Job Responsibility #4: Learning, sharing/networking (20% of time):

• Supports and develops reflective practice forums for the portfolio of she thrives project.
• Keeps up to date with developments in the sector, including best practice examples within the country and internationally, and ensures ongoing personal development and learning.
• Initiates researches/studies, particularly in relation to the project learning agendas and shares results for wider audiences in and outside CARE to enhance program quality.
• Links the country office with partners on issues related to LDM.
• Networks with others to gain experiences and share with what CARE has.

Job Responsibility #5: Staff management and mentoring (20% of time):

• Supervises, mentors and coaches project related monitoring and evaluation staffs at partners’ organization.
• Works closely with the PQL Unit to build capacity of LDM staff and ensure the quality of LDM strategies, methodologies and activities in the project.
• Develops capacity of the project and partners staffs on DM&E and related activities.
• Organizes and facilitates LDM training to his/her subordinates, other program staff and partners/stakeholders.
• Completes all performance management activities including: performance planning, monitoring, mid and annual performance appraisals of staff under her/ his supervision.

Job Responsibility #6: Perform other duties as assigned (5% of time)

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.

PROBLEM SOLVING (Thinking Environment

All the three levels of problem solving apply to this position. But category numbers two and three are most applicable to this position because the LDM Head must use interpolative skills to pick and choose the right strategy to address a given problem and also has to deal with variable situations, which need analysis, problem definition and development of alternative solutions

KEY WORKING RELATIONSHIPS:

The LDM Manager is expected to establish and maintain good relations with partners, counterpart GOs and NGOs. S/he will also closely work with the Program Coordinators, other CARE LDM staff, Project Managers, Program and Operation Mangers and other related staff. 

Job Requirements

QUALIFICATIONS (KNOW HOW)

EDUCATION/TRAINING

Required:

• BSC in Public Health, Demography, Evaluation and Statistics or related field

Desired:

•  MPH in Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Evaluation or related fields

EXPERIENCE

Required:

• 8 years of work experience in DM&E, MIS, needs assessment, baseline surveys, regular progress monitoring, project evaluation.
• Proven experience in designing, implementing, and operating project M&E systems from project initiation to closeout.
• Knowledge of and experience in qualitative, quantitative, mixed method, and impact evaluation methodologies

Desired:

• NGO experience 

Required:

• Computer skills (Word processing, database management); data analysis
• Excellent written and verbal communication in English Language;
• Firm belief in teamwork, gender equality, sensitivity to HIV/AIDS, participatory approach and sustainable development.

Desired:

• Knowledge of statistical software like SPSS, EpiInfo and experiences in database development applying common software like MS Access.

COMPETENCIES

• Respect, accountability, courage, excellence, building partnership, building commitment, contributing to team success, innovation, pro-active problem solving, analytical ability.

CARE Ethiopia is committed to preventing all unwanted behavior at work. This includes sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, and child abuse. We expect everyone who works for us to share this commitment by understanding and working within the CARE Safeguarding Policy and related framework. CARE Ethiopia has a zero-tolerance approach to any harm to, or exploitation of, a vulnerable adult or child by any of our staff, representatives or partners.

CARE Ethiopia reserves the right to seek information from job applicants’ current and/or previous employers about incidents of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment the applicant may have been found guilty to have committed or about which an investigation was in the process of being carried out at the time of the termination of the applicant’s employment with that employer.

By submitting the application, the job applicant confirms that s/he has no objection to CARE Ethiopia requesting the information specified above. All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks.

How to Apply

If you are interested to be part of our dynamic team, exciting work environment and contribute to CARE Ethiopia’s mission and vision, please send your CV (not more than 3 pages) and cover letter (not more than one page) through www.ethijobs.net

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

Passionate and dedicated candidates who meet the requirement are strongly encouraged to apply, especially women!

CARE seeks to improve the lives of the most marginalized, particularly women and girls. Our diversity is our strength. We encourage people from all backgrounds and experiences to apply.