Oxfam is a global community that believes poverty isn’t inevitable. It’s an injustice that can be overcome. We are shop volunteers, women’s rights activists, marathon runners, aid workers, coffee farmers, street fundraisers, goat herders, policy experts, campaigners, water engineers, and more. And we won’t stop until everyone can live life without poverty for good.

The Role

• The MEAL Officer is responsible to support the MEAL function including
• methodological design, preparing data collection tools, lead data collection, data cleaning and data
• analysis and reporting MEAL activities for all Oxfam projects in the field office. S/he will provide
• MEAL technical support in need assessment, baselines, evaluations, establishing and implanting
• beneficiary compliance and feedback system, monitoring MEAL activities and ensure program
• quality as per Oxfam program quality standard, Core Humanitarian Standards as well as CAMSA
• minimum requirement and work closely with the field programme teams, Other INGOs, Cluster
• members, partners and other local agencies and key line-local Government officials.

What we are looking for

Essential

This position will require to be an exceptional, dedicated, and highly motivated professional, with a strong commitment to Oxfam’s values and beliefs with the following skills and competencies:

• Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Agricultural Economics, Statistics, and other social sciences from a recognized university.
• At least 2-3 years’ experience of work in emergency or development context projects with Monitoring, Evaluation,
• Accountability, and Learning skills in MEAL preferably in International /national NGOs with a proven record of achievements
• Good knowledge in Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning.
• Fluent in written and spoken English and Amharic.
• Experience working in a multicultural team.
• Excellent coordination skills.
• Strong commitment to gender equality and social justice.
• Experience of gender assessment and mainstreaming
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Proven knowledge of computerized systems; high degree of computer literacy and word processing and spreadsheet skills.
• Research background
• Knowledge of simple Excel functions, including formulas

Desirable

• Experiences in International NGOs, preferably in monitoring, evaluation, accountability, and learning roles (M&E) or in project management roles.
• Experience in research working with quantitative and qualitative data
• Background on database management
• Applicant with knowledge of the local language is preferable.