Field Monitoring, Evaluation, Reporting, and Learning (MERL) Officer -Humera

Introduction:

Positive Action for Development (PAD) is one of the most vibrant, rapidly expanding, and results-driven civil society organizations in Ethiopia. Positive Action for Development (PAD) is currently scaling up its intervention to focus on humanitarian, NEXUS, and development activities. This includes expanding PAD intervention throughout the country, including Addis Abeba, Amhara, Oromia, Harari, Afar, Somali, Tigray, Benishangul-Gumuz, and Ethiopia’s southern regional states.

Vision and Mission of PAD

• Vision: PAD strives to see a community of hope, humane, and social justice.
• Mission: PAD brings people together to work in partnerships; Promotes hope humanity and social justice for every human, life in all its fullness; improves the livelihoods of the disadvantageous groups for Social and Inclusive Economic Growth through actively engaging in positive actions promoting responsive care and support and fight the causes of poverty in Ethiopia”.

Job Summary:

The Field MEL Officer is responsible for designing, implementing, and managing the monitoring, evaluation, and learning framework for field-based projects and programs. This role involves collecting, analyzing, and reporting data to measure project performance and impact, ensuring accountability, and fostering continuous learning and improvement.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and implement robust MEL frameworks.
• Collect and analyze quantitative and qualitative data.
• Prepare and present regular MEL reports to stakeholders.
• Conduct field visits to monitor project activities.
• Facilitate learning sessions and workshops to improve project outcomes.
• Ensure compliance with donor requirements and organizational policies.
• Collaborate with project teams to develop and refine data collection tools.
• Identify and document best practices and lessons learned.

Overall Responsibilities:

• Prepare Monitoring checklist in line with project activity and objectives.
• Collect weekly, monthly and quarterly plan of each staffs in hard and soft copy.
• Collect weekly, monthly and quarterly reports from each staffs and document in hard & soft copy.
• Provide feedback to the project coordinator on project strategies and activities.
• Full documentation of service provision, reports and care plan.
• Encode beneficiaries’ profile data, service and care plan to database.
• Promotion of the use of evaluation findings among the projects.
• Monitor the allocated resources for the project interventions in terms of effectiveness and efficiency.
• Assist project coordinators in preparing monthly, quarterly and annually reports.
• Assist the project personnel with M&E tools and supporting them in their use.
• Facilitate and conduct mid-term and terminal evaluation for medium and long-term projects.
• Make sure all project team have prepared, reviewed, and submitted periodic activity plan and report.
• Prepare and maintain data collection tools, collect data, conduct data quality assurance, analyze and interpret results.
• Prepare review meeting and supportive supervision schedule and conduct the program.
• Prepare and document change stories.
• Monitor and evaluate overall progress on achievement of project results.
• Monitor the sustainability of the project’s results.
• Report monthly, quarterly, semi-annual and annual service provided for M & E coordinator and project coordinator.
• Train and support staff in monitoring and evaluation processes as requested.
• Conduct and analyze staff capacity building need assessment and facilitate trainings.
• Provide input and update information related to project outcome.
• Perform other duties as maybe assigned by the project coordinator.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Social Sciences, Statistics, International Development, or a related field.
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in MEL or related field.
• Proficiency in data analysis software (e.g., SPSS, STATA).
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and report-writing skills.
• Ability to work in challenging field environments.
• Knowledge of donor MEL requirements are a plus.