Job Description

Background

On behalf of YNSD, The Talent Firm is recruiting for Monitoring and Evaluation Officer. YNSD is a non- Governmental non-profit making indigenous organization with major program areas of Youth Empowerment, Information and Communication Technology (ICT), Sexual Reproductive Health and HIV/AIDS and Environment specifically on climate change.

Youth Network for Sustainable Development (YNSD) in partnership with Amref Health Africa implements Kefeta in Adama, Bishoftu and two subcitys in Addis Ababa Kefeta envisions Ethiopian youths who are game changers: empowered to advance their own economic, civic, and social development; resilient in the face of shocks; actively promoting development within their communities and contributing to the country’s peace and prosperity.

Kefeta will strengthen the youth ecosystem in Ethiopia with integrated, multi-sectoral, youth-centered programming aligned with the Positive Youth Development (PYD) approach.

Job summary: The purpose of the Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Officer position is to ensure the data collection, compilation, and documentation of implementation progress, lessons, and project-level data. The M&E officer monitors the quality of field-level data and ensures proper reporting. She/he will oversee the monitoring, evaluation, analytics, and reporting of performance and results of the project. She/he will oversee the data management of direct service participants of the project. She/he will lead activity, output, and outcome efforts to strengthen monitoring and evaluation and performance reporting within the operational area of the project. This position reports to the Learning, Design, and Measurement (LDM) manager.

Primary responsibilities and tasks: The Monitoring and Evaluation officer performs the following duties and responsibilities.

• Assists field staffs particularly front line staffs of the project and Implementing partner(IPs) in developing regular data collection format, in-field supervision, and database maintaining, analyzing, and interpreting data and ensuring forward accountability to the community and learning;
• Assists and participate on project baseline evaluation, mid-term evaluation, end line evaluation, outcome survey and other project start up surveys and assessments
• Assists and leading the monitoring system of the project direct beneficiaries /participants. 
• Supports and produces monthly, quarterly, semiannually and annually project tabular reports by reconciling with the narration reports.
• Analyzes plan versus achievements of the project and identify justifications for under achievements or over achievements.
• Assists direct participant targeting, recording and reporting. Assist the analysis of latest child labor data and data collection system and process
• Ensures all the data of the project is collected, cleaned, stored , reported and documented properly

Job Requirements

Qualification and Experience:-

• Bachelor's degree in Health, Social Science, Statistics or other related fields.
• Years of experience: 3 years of relevant experience with the first degree, 2 years of relevant experience plus post-graduate degree.  

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Required:

• Computer skill particularly Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• Knowledge of statistical software for both quantitative and qualitative data
• Firm belief in teamwork, gender equality, sensitivity to HIV/AIDS, participatory approach and sustainability
• Proficiency in English and local language both verbal and written
• Utilizing programming and statistical software (such as SPSS) to compile data and information for various systems, and knowledge of basic monitoring and evaluation and research tools
• Able to field travel to program sites

How to Apply

If you meet the minimum requirements of the position, please send your updated CV and cover letter ONLY to jobs@thetalentfirm.com with the subject line reading ‘Monitoring and Evaluation Officer’ no later than 30th Nov 2021. 

NB: Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Only Shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Female Candidates are highly encouraged.

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