• Position: Results, Monitoring & Evaluations Adviser

• Salary: USD 1,603.08 - USD 2,404.67

• Deadline: February, 06/2024

The purpose of the job:

This is a unique opportunity to play a pivotal role in delivering UK’s objectives in Ethiopia including the embassy’s Country Plan. You will help to set strategic direction and drive FCDO’s performance and innovation in the UK's largest regular bilateral development programme in the world. You will play a key role in supporting the implementation of the FCDO-wide and the British Embassy Ethiopia’s strategy for results, evaluation and evidence.

British Embassy Ethiopia’s portfolio covers some of the major challenges of our time, including humanitarian support, health, education, WASH, economic growth and good governance. Your role will be to define and refine the embassy’s approach to results, evidence and evaluation, and to build M&E capability across the office. In addition, you will work closely with other HMG partners, the Ethiopian Government, donors and delivery partners, gaining a full and all-rounded experience.

The role sits in British Embassy Ethiopia’s Programme Development Excellence (PDEL) Team, in the M&E branch of the team. PDEL is responsible for coordinating the coherent delivery of all of the embassy’s programming, maximizing VFM and synergies across the portfolio while promoting excellence. It leads to financial, commercial and risk management oversight, and monitoring and evaluation. It is a key element of the embassy’s setup to deliver the UK’s strategy in Ethiopia. 

You will report to the Team Leader and will also work closely with other Team Leaders of ODA delivery teams, the Development Director and Deputy and Deputy Head of Mission, advisers, Programme Managers and senior leaders. You will be responsible for line managing an HEO programme and results manager. Coaching and mentoring colleagues on programme delivery is also an essential part of the job.

Duties and Responsibilities:

In this role, you will be responsible for driving excellence in results and M&E areas in the British Embassy’s portfolio. Key responsibilities include:

Results Management:

• Country Business Plan (CBP) results: Maintain the mission-wide results framework, tracking the achievement of outcomes. Support the TL of PDEL, Development Director and DHM to facilitate good discussions and strategic decision-making in different governance bodies in the embassy

• Business Case (BC) Development: Proactively support teams to develop and update their Theory of Change for projects based on evidence available internally and externally. Ensure that appropriate/ practical M&E approaches are incorporated in the design of BCs.

• Log-frames (LFs): Support the development LFs at BC stage, considering the inclusion of appropriate results, indicators, baseline values, milestones, and targets. Promote timely updating of LFs, ahead of reviews. Provide a challenge function to programme teams on the LFs, data and evidence used for the results and scoring of achievements in reviews.

• Project Reviews: Input and quality assurance of the office Annual Reviews (AR) and Project Completion Reviews (with primary focus on output reporting) before being submitted to the Development Director.

Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning (MEL)

• Monitoring: Build the capability of teams and partners to maintain MEL systems that meet our internal requirements. Participate in regular field visits to enhance our internal monitoring, review partner organizations' technical reporting to validate against data reports, etc. Support the development and implementation of third-party monitoring and beneficiary feedback mechanisms (e.g., Partner Voice) and disseminate lessons learned to the mission.

• Evaluation support: co-design evaluations, supporting the preparation of Terms of references (ToRs), reviewing bids, inception reports, data collection processes and final reports. Support the development of a communication approach for evidence findings.

• Promote active lesson learning: Lead and contribute to the learning agenda through the design and implementation of a systemic way of documenting and disseminating lessons learnt (e.g., from ARs). Highlight most significant change stories and good practices internally and externally and help increase mission-wide knowledge. Promote and build capacity for the use of research and adaptive learning within our portfolio and ensure learning is mainstreamed at all levels.

Statistics Support:

• Promote the use of data for key decision-making: Collaborate with staff and partners to ensure that planning, monitoring, evaluation and learning systems capture and transmit data according to standards, definitions, and processes.

• Support teams in the review and consolidation of monitoring data for reporting against the log-frame and performance indicators for mission reporting and internal programme reviews.

• Provide support to the mission on the use of national and international statistics within the country portfolio and projects.

• Engage with partners on key statistical needs, including national surveys and Census (plus quality assurance of any project support provided).

• Conduct due diligence on the quality of data from project partners and work with them to seek improvements and alternatives as needed. Maintaining key relations with the statistical community and promoting the collection and analysis of key data to inform wider programming.

• Act as key point of contact to the East Africa Research Hub and research CMPs with an Ethiopia country footprint 

• Liaise with the Statistics cadre and Evaluation network, representing British Embassy, Addis Ababa in internal discussions, including influencing HQ’s thinking in key areas. Distribute documents and best practices produced by the cadre/network and cascade new developments. 

Resources managed:

The post holder will be responsible for line managing an HEO programme and results manager.

Job Requirment

• Qualification: Applicants should have a Master's Degree in Statistics, Programme Management or in a similar field relevant to this role.

• Work Experience: A minimum of 7 years experience, preferably in the aid sector/ development agencies.

Language requirements: 

Language: English and Amharic

Level of language required: Fully operational  

Required behaviors: Seeing the Big Picture, Managing a Quality Service, Communicating and Influencing

Application deadline: 6 February 2024

Grade: Senior Executive Officer (SEO)

Type of Position: Permanent

Region: Africa

Country/Territory: Ethiopia

Location (City): Addis Ababa

Type of Post: British Embassy

Salary: USD 1,603.08 - USD 2,404.67

Start Date: 1 April 2024

Other benefits and conditions of employment

Learning and development opportunities:

The Embassy offers a comprehensive set of L&D opportunities to support the jobholder in the development of their role and the development of their career path.  

Working patterns:

The FCDO encourages all forms of flexible working. Flexible working patterns such as compressed hours, working from home (e.g., 2 days a week), or combinations of these patterns to be agreed between individuals and hiring managers to balance the needs of the business and the individual.

How to Apply

Interested and Qualilfied applicants can apply online using THIS LINK

Please complete the application form in full as the information provided is used during the screening

Additional information

The British Embassy in Ethiopia has been in a transition period. Therefore, the responsibility of this role may evolve over time and will be tailored according to the business need, areas of interest/expertise and areas for development of the individual. We will ensure that the postholder has the opportunity to develop a range of competencies and skills while ensuring depth and ownership of focus areas.

Must be able to legally work in Ethiopia

Please check your application carefully before you submit it, as no changes can be made once submitted

The British Embassy will never request any payment or fees to apply for a position

Employees recruited locally by the British Embassy in Addis Ababa are subject to Terms and Conditions of Service according to local employment law in Ethiopia

All candidates must be legally able to work and reside in the country of the vacancy with the correct visa/work permit status or demonstrate eligibility to obtain the relevant permit.

The responsibility lies on the successful candidate to;

• Obtain the relevant permit

• Pay the fees for the permit

• Make arrangements to relocate

• Meet the costs to relocation

Employees who are not liable to pay local income tax on their Mission salary may have their salaries reduced by the equivalent local income tax amount

Information about the Civil Service Success Profiles can be found on this link: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/success-profiles

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Reference checking and security clearances will be conducted on successful candidates

Appointable candidates who were unsuccessful may be placed on a reserve list. If during the reserve period of 6/12 months the same or a largely similar role becomes available, that role may be offered to the second or subsequent candidate