The MIS Internship is a one-year program designed for fresh female graduates aiming to develop their skills and careers. The internship focuses on empowering young female talents, enhancing gender parity within the organization, and providing hands-on experience through mentoring and coaching. Interns will work on value-added projects, expand their professional network, and gain practical knowledge in data management and monitoring and evaluation functions within the Women’s Economic Justice (WEJ) Unit. 

The intern will support the MEAL (Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning) function of CARE Ethiopia’s Women’s Economic Justice Unit. This involves strengthening data management practices, contributing to project quality assurance, and supporting field offices with ongoing monitoring and evaluation activities.

Responsibilities 

Job Responsibility 1; Design and Implement the M&E System:

• Participate in developing and implementing result-based M&E plan to generate regular information related to the progress of the program implementation. 

• Participate in designing data collection tools, templates, and assist in regular data collection or generation process.

• Provide support to the M & E specialist in technical assistance to project staff on implementing the M&E plan.

• Participate in data collection and analysis to determine progress achieved.

Job Responsibility 2; Project Information Management

• Assist in tracking the WEJ projects’ output and outcome level results on the periodic basis in close coordination with the project's implementing team as well as with Implementing Partners (IPs).

• Support data collection, verification and compilation from the field as stipulated in the M&E plan.

• Review and compile monitoring reports, WEJ projects’ progress reports, evaluation reports, photographs, case studies video documentaries, PowerPoint presentations, etc.

• Update and maintain the project databases.

Job Responsibility 3; M&E Development Support

• Support the M&E in providing technical support to staff members for all M&E related activities including training of staff members on M&E concepts, skills, and tools.

• Assist the M&E to build the capacities of the implementing partners for enhancing skills and knowledge for proper and quality data collection and reporting. 

• Contribute to design TOR, training materials, communication materials, and knowledge products related to the program/project and M&E System.

Job Responsibility 4; Quality Assurance

• Assist in reviewing field-level assessment reports, baseline studies, and evaluation reports.

• Support the M&E to ensure that reports from partners/consultants are complete and meet CARE’s standards and quality requirements.

• Assist in the quality assessments of project implementation, and closure based on CARE’s quality assurance standards.

• Participate in the quarterly Data Quality Assessments

Job Responsibility 5; Reporting and Documentation

• Work with the M&E specialist and project team to prepare periodic reports of WEJ projects by providing M&E related information.

• Assist in collecting case studies, best practice documentation, and lesson learnt, and collaborate with the M&E specialist and project personnel to maintain and update this data in WEJ projects’ reports and other knowledge products.

• Support the M&E specialist and project staff to ensure that lessons learned are documented properly.

• Contribute to developing and managing knowledge products (knowledge management) of WEJ projects.

• Participate in virtual internal and external events/meetings; and assist in organizing and facilitating various events such as meetings, workshops, conferences, and seminars.

• Work closely with the project team and relevant stakeholders for monitoring and evaluation of project interventions. 

• Carry out other duties and responsibilities related to M&E as assigned by the supervisor

III Gender

• 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.

Monthly Stipend - 216$

Job Requirements

A) EDUCATION

• Required: BA/BSC in Management Information System (MIS), Information Technology (IT), Data Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, Project Management, Statistics, Mathematics, and related field

B) WORK EXPERIENCE: 

• 0 Years of working experience, Ability to work in a stressful situation can do multi-task, excellent analytical/statistical skills, very good writing skills, team player, and problem solver 

C) TECHNICAL SKILLS

Required:

• Good written and verbal language skills in Amharic and English 

• Good computer proficiency (i.e., Ms. Word, Excel, Access, ArcGIS)

• Research and data management skills

• Firm belief in gender equality and sensitivity to vulnerable groups

• Team player, flexible and ability to work under a multi-cultural working setting

• Quick learning ability, communication, and strong interpersonal skills. 

• Ability to meet deadlines

D) COMPETENCIES

• Courage, accountability, respect, excellence, planning, and organizing, initiating action, innovation, interpersonal skill, and stress tolerance.

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 THIS LINK

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.

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