Position Title: Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Coordinator

Level: C2

Reports to: Manager, Regional Field Implementation/Associate MEL Manager

Duty Station: Mekelle

Duration of contract: Indefinite based on performance and availability of funds

Remuneration: As per organization pay scale plus other PSI/Ethiopia staff benefits.

Application Deadline: August 3, 2023

Who we are?

We’re Population Services International (PSI), the world’s leading non‐profit social marketing organization. We work to make it easier for people in the developing world to lead healthier lives and plan the families they desire by marketing affordable products and services that range from mosquito nets to contraceptives to HIV testing. We are a $560m enterprise based in Washington, DC, operating in the private and public sectors in more than 65 countries.

Join us!

There are over 9,000 “PSI’ers” around the world. It’s a diverse group of entrepreneurs and professionals with an unusually wide range of backgrounds - from the medical industry to the music business - all with unique skills we bring to the job.

PSI/Ethiopia wants to reimagine healthcare, put the consumer at the center, and whenever possible, bring quality care to the front door.  We achieve health impact in Ethiopia by working with both government and private partners and harvesting technology innovation to bring quality care closer to communities, schools, and homes.   We empower consumers by including them in the design of healthcare solutions, offering them more healthcare choices, and helping them to have a voice in influencing national priorities.  We work with all market actors in the health system to understand their needs, designing and delivering solutions so that market systems can sustainably serve consumers for the long term, helping to support the Government of Ethiopia in achieving Universal Health Coverage. 

We are looking for a MEL Coordinator for PSI/E project which will be implemented in Tigray region to support the day-to-day operations. Under the supervision of the IFI Manager and technical guidance of evidence and learning director, he/she will be primarily responsible for the overall monitoring and evaluation activities. We are looking for a dynamic, result-oriented, multitasked and adaptable  MEL Coordinator who will be responsible to, ensure data quality, provide basic MEL-related capacity-building, providing technical support to business partners, work with the regional health structure in tracking data elements that come through the HMIS (DHIS2) and CHIS/eCHIS, support the incorporation of project metrics within the health system at different level including joint supportive supervision checklists, and design dashboards to properly track both scale up and system influence components of the program at regional and woreda level. The MEL Coordinator will implement data quality assurance systems to ensure the timely and accurate collection of quantitative and qualitative data from partners, sales agents, and PSI/E regional staff. S/he will be responsible for cascading the implementation of all PSI/E MEL systems and procedures to the regional level, including manuals and procedures. 

Key Expectation Areas:

• Ensure Proper documentation and reporting.

• Monitoring and Evaluation, Learning 

• Promoting the culture of data use for decision making at different level.

• Effective data management (e.g., data quality, data security and reduced cost of data)

• Producing research-based evidence

• Capacity and capability building

Sounds like you? Read on!

Key Responsibilities:

MEL Coordinator is responsible for M&E activities in particular

• Work with relevant project teams to ensure the project performance objectively and timely reviewed.

• Work towards digitization, data visualization and management using different software’s such as DHIS2, 

• Establish network with other local level agencies to link PSI/E with external learning.

• Provide technical oversight and guidance in all aspects of the project monitoring and evaluation.

• Assist in planning and implementation of all kinds of PSI/E project M&E activities while ensuring quality of deliverables through partnership and direct implementation.

• Provide technical assistance to the project on M&E related matters including development or revision or maintain archiving M&E guidelines/materials, and data management systems (tools, data files, analysis files, reports, and presentations) for each major activity undertaken.

• Assist in gathering technical updates on project planning, monitoring, evaluation, and research,

• Contribute to the preparation and implementation of project’s work plans and technical monthly, quarterly and annual reports to the project.

• Compile and analyze data for performance monitoring and evaluation to allow the project team to have a good overview of project performance.

• Coordinate with project and other partner staffs in the implementing regions to create, test, and refine relevant M&E frameworks for effective collection, storage, and use of data.

• Provide technical leadership necessary to accomplish project team tasks, including drafting plans, schedules, and assigning work to team members.

• Work with other members to define processes for data collection, review, reporting, and management.

• Provide leadership, thoughtful analysis, and technical support to the monitoring and evaluation needs of PSI/E Project, by ensuring that implementing partner performance monitoring systems are operating effectively, and that reliable output, outcome and impact indicators are established, collected, and analyzed periodically to support management, compliance, and reporting responsibilities.

• Actively participate in documentation of experiences, identify lessons learned, and other technical documents and share to the stakeholders.

• Build ME capacity of all PSI project and partner staff through training and on the job support.

• Ensure project monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting of results and progress toward project targets.

Job Requirements

Your background

What are we looking for? The basics

• A master’s degree in M&E, economics, statistics, biostatistics, demography, Health informatics or Public Health from a recognized University with a 5 years of work experience working in public health and other projects.

• Extensive experience in monitoring and evaluation and health information management system such as comcare, DHIS2 and power BI.

• Strong planning, monitoring, and learning skill.

• Excellent analytical, oral and report- writing skills

• Computer literacy, particularly in the use of SPSS and MS Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Access

• Excellent communication, networking, and persuasion skills, very good mentoring, and capacity building experience

• Strong skill and knowledge management, in data analysis, process interpretation link with the technical adjustment to improve program performance and quality.

• Good practical skill in development theory of change, MEL farmwork

• Ability to work well under pressure and meet deadlines.

• Individuals with the following experience will have an added advantage.

• Working experience on M&E of HIV, WASH, SRH, NCD program

• Work experience in USAID, CIF, BMGFs funded projects.

• Working with Regional Health Bureaus specifically in Tigray 

How to Apply

Are you intrigued? Apply!

By following our 3 steps application process:

1. Fill out the mandatory application form using the following link: Online Application Form. It will only take 5 to 10 minutes.

2. Submit your CV and application letter to recruitment@psiet.org

NOTE: clearly mark “Application for Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Coordinator Position” in the subject line.

3. Check your email and make sure you receive an automatic response acknowledging receipt of your application which means your application was successful. If you don’t receive the automatic response, check again your subject line and if needed, re-submit your CV and application letter with the correct subject.

Application deadline August 3, 2023. We’ll call or e-mail you back if there is a good fit on both sides.

PSI is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages applications from qualified individuals regardless of race, religion, national origin, sexual orientation or disability.