JOB SUMMARY

The MERL Manager is responsible for the overall participatory monitoring and evaluation, impact assessment, research and timely reporting of WEEMA’s programs/projects and activities. She/he provides technical leadership to capture program intervention activities and results, ensure highquality, timely, valid, and verifiable data collection and analysis. She/he leads preparation and implementation of M&E plans and coordinates the proper and timely evaluation of program impact.
She/he supports the Country Director (CD) in establishing and implementing strategic direction, planning, organizing and coordinating the overall functions of WEEMA in Ethiopia.

SPECIFIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Job Responsibility #1: System and Structure Design and Adaptation, including:

• Develop and/or strengthen new/existing monitoring and evaluation guide, systems and procedures;
• Develop impact indicators and a monitoring strategy for project/s success;
• Develop and share appropriate MERL tools to all program and support services staff;

Job Responsibility #2: Monitoring, Evaluation and Impact Assessment, including:

• Develop monitoring and evaluation plans for all programs/projects to monitor quality and impact
• Plan and conduct regular and demand-based joint monitoring and evaluation of programs/projects;
• Suggest strategies for improving efficiency and effectiveness of the project/s;
• Provide inputs, accurate data or statistics for all relevant reports
• Oversee qualitative and quantitative data gathering and management, and analyze the data for reports;
• Based on identified capacity needs, design and deliver in-house capacity building related to M&E;
• Supports the program team to prepare program/project Log frame and indicators;
• Develop sound concept notes, project proposals, theory of change, ToR and MoU for funding agencies;

Job Responsibility #3: Research, Learning and Reporting, including:

1. Participates in relevant meetings, and seminars representing WEEMA in consultation with the CD;
2. Lead integration of research, M&E findings, and other evidence into internal program learning.
3. Conduct and/or supervise research, including desk and field research, as necessary;
4. Collect and analyze data, and share the findings with teams,
5. Ensures the communication of M&E concepts within WEEMA, with members and other stakeholders;
6. Participates in the documentation and dissemination of lessons learned;
7. Develops and implements systems and processes to strengthen program accountability of all stakeholders
8. Create and maintain electronic and physical program/project files in collaboration with program team and share programmatic documents to internal and external users as appropriate;
9. Maintain M&E data for usage by staff in external outputs such as publications, awareness raising events
10. Technically guide and support the field office MERL officer to conduct her/his job

Job Responsibility #4: Reporting and Documentation, including:

• Produce progress reports monthly, quarterly, and annually on all project activities
• Participate in mid-term and annual project/s reviews, and in planning workshops
• Document and circulate knowledge, experiences, best practices in collaboration with Program Managers;
• Produce and document project/s learnings, case stories, reports, etc. in collaboration with Program Managers;
• Facilitates baseline, midline and endline studies/evaluations and share reports to all relevant stakeholders in time;

Job Responsibility #5: Policy, compliance and others, including:

• Adhere to all organization policies, including ensuring gender equality, disability inclusion, and PSEAH measures

JOB REQUIREMENT

EDUCATION/TRAINING: MSc, MA/BA, BSc in M&E, Statistics, Development Studies or related

EXPERIENCE: 8/10 years of relevant experience

TECHNICAL AND OTHER SKILLS

• Proficiency in verbal and written English, proposal development, strategic and operational planning, monitoring and evaluation, report writing;
• Excellent computer application skills; familiarity with statistical software is required.
• Good interpersonal communication skill and ability to effectively liaise with stakeholders;
• Integrated knowledge and understanding of program design and management