Vacancy Number: VA_027_FY25

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 Onchocerciasis and Lymphatic Filariasis Elimination Projects.

Summary Job Description:

• The M&E Officer is responsible for designing and implementing the M&E activities in the assigned geographic area. S/he particularly will collect/compile & analyze project data; compile and organize quarterly progress reports; regularly monitor project performance and share information with project team; and maintain information management system used by the project.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Prepare monthly and Quarterly reports of the progress of the projects and backup program data every month;

• Develop M&E plan including process and outcome indicators and data collection, analysis and interpretation tools, establishing baseline and targets and leading annual plan preparation.

• Routinely monitor the progress of M&E and provide updates to regional managers.

• Routinely monitor the quality of data, perform data quality audits, and respond to data quality issues as needed. Develop and maintain a system and procedures for generating quality project reports.

• Collect and report feedback from the field regarding any obstacles or suggestions for improvement

• Contributes to proposal design and writing.

• Undertake periodic monitoring and technical support visits to project intervention areas

• Organize review meetings at various levels including partners

• Develop and maintain data quality, perform data management (Entry, cleaning compilation and sharing) and data verification mechanisms

• Ensure data quality throughout data collection, cleaning, analysis, and reporting procedures.

• Ensure that regular project progress reports are received and communicated effectively for decision making

• Provide mentoring to health facilities staff on monitoring and evaluation.

• Lead and coordinate surveys such as impact, coverage…

• Initiate and maintain both soft and hard copy knowledge product for documentation and sharing.

• Contribute to the development and organization of trainings, workshops, meetings and supportive supervision

• Participate/develop database, guidelines, standards and tools for PME.

• Train project staff on the use of monitoring and evaluation tools.

• Strengthen partners M&E system at various level to improve use of data for decision.

• Strengthen the data collection, analysis, and reporting on performance indicators by other team members and project counterparts.

• Undertake joint monitoring/supportive supervision visits to project implementation areas.

Required Number: 1 (One)

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

Job Requirements

Qualification and Experience:

• Master’s or Bachelor’s degree in Monitoring & Evaluation, Health Informatics Statistics, 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 Project monitoring and evaluation

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

• Data management, Compilation, and analysis using MS Office, including Excel, Access, and statistical packages, including STATA, SPSS, Epi Info, ENA SMART,

• Maintain a good relationship with stakeholders

• Create team spirit among project staff to maximize the achievements of the project

• Documenting best practice & success story

• Be fluent in Amharic and good command of the English language

• Able to present a release letter from the current employer within two weeks after the job offer

Requirement Skill

STATA, SPSS, SAS

How to Apply

Deadline for all applications: Ten (10) days from the date of this vacancy announcement.

Interested applicants should submit their CV, application letter (Please indicate duty station & position applied for in the subject line) including photocopies of all supporting documents to the address given below.

HR.Ethiopia@cartercenter.org

Or

Drop your application in person at

The Carter Center – Ethiopia, Bahir-Dar Regional Office

Tel: +25158-2-221-748

+251116624562

Female applicants are highly encouraged to apply

Only short-listed applicants will be contacted.