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 Trachoma Elimination Projects: 

Summary Job Description:  

• Actively participates in the development of the annual plan of action (PoA), 

• Facilitate Zone Project Coordinators (ZPCs) to prepare /develop their respective Zonal project agreement, strategic plan, with active participation in the process & sub regional finalization.

• Actively participate in annual budget exercise workshop, for development of activity-based budget plan.

• Works closely with Sub Regional Project Manager in prioritizing, scheduling, and following the ‎accomplishment of activities before deadlines.

• Facilitate Zone Project Coordinators (ZPCs)  to prepare & submit monthly as well as weekly work plans and give planning feedback.

• Works very closely with Sub Regional Project Manager and Zone Project Coordinators (ZPCs) to ensure project activities are implemented as per the PoA and project agreements.

• Undertakes supportive supervision and monitors and evaluates implementation of all projects in his/her respective sub-region.

• In close consultation with Sub Regional Manager, keeps proper documentation of project implementation.

• Presents key performance indicators at monthly monitoring meeting.

• Update sub regional display charts, & cascade to  Zone Project offices .

• Works closely with Sub Regional Project Manager, to facilitate quarterly/biannual, and annual program performance reviews, and produce meeting minutes, track the progress of set action points.

• Engage in preparing presentations for quarterly subregional RMs, for post MDA Sub regional RMs, & any other requested .

• Actively participate in sub regional  management meeting & take part in decision making process.

• Actively participate during zone project coordinators’ mid-year & annual performance evaluation, through easing the evaluation with regular coordinator-based accomplishments record keeping & supporting with accurate & timely information for evidence. 

• Works closely with M&E Officer and sub-regional Project Managers to develop database at the respective sub-regional and zonal offices.  

• Actively participate in preparation of M & E tools, manuals, and promote their effective application in tracking project progress.

• Maintains/updates data base from which he/she generates monthly and annual reports for Trachoma.

• Receive all Monthly, Quarterly BoFED, Quarterly STP, MDA & Annual TCP reports  from Zone Project Offices, review the completeness, accuracy and timeliness of data reported, and provide feedback ‎that helps quality improvement.‎

• Aggregate, analyze and generate descriptive  sub regional excel summary for all (Monthly, Quarterly BoFED, Quarterly STP,  Annual, MDA) reports, and produce (Monthly,  Annual, MDA) narrative report, & finally submit to the Sub Regional Project Manager to his comment and submission. 

• Produce comprehensive TCP performance feedback to all coordinators on monthly & quarterly bases.

• Coordinates baseline surveys and impact assessments for program monitoring.

• Actively participate on the implementation of regional mass Antibiotic (Zithromax & TEO) treatment campaigns.

• Fully engaged in all  M&E activities: coordinating M&E implementation, & cascading M&E related updates: dropbox, OneDrive, file tree, ODK collect, and trainings on survey management tools.

• Performs other duties as instructed by supervisor.

Required Number:  1 (One)

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

Job Requirements

Qualification and Experience: 

• Minimum BSc degree in Statistics, Monitoring & Evaluation, Health Informatics and/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 health projects M & E

• Willingness to travel and work in remote rural areas during field work

• Good computer skills, especially in data management

• Recommendation letter from the most recent employer

• Able to present release letter from current employer in two weeks after job offer

How to Apply

Submit your CV, Application Letter including photocopies of all supporting documents via email: HR.Ethiopia@cartercenter.org or in person at TCC-E Dessie Sub-Regional Office. For more information contact Tel. +251331124956/ +251116624562

Note: Please indicate duty station & position you applied for in the subject line of your email. Only short-listed applicants will be contacted