Junior M and E Officer

About Network of Ethiopian Women’s Associations (NEWA)

Network of Ethiopian Women’s Associations (NEWA) is one of the pioneer national civil society networks in Ethiopia working for the respect of women’s political, economic, social, and legal rights. Currently, NEWA has 50 member associations/organizations operating all over the country whose primary objective is creating an enabling environment for the empowerment of Ethiopian women and girls. Its member associations aim to advance women’s rights, gender equality, and women’s empowerment in Ethiopia. NEWA has experience in leading women’s rights issues in Ethiopia through advocacy, research, capacity building, and monitoring government compliance with Gender Equality. As a network organization, NEWA has been advocating for the development and proper implementation of gender-sensitive policies, laws, and programs at the national and regional levels.

We are seeking a highly motivated and skilled Junior M&E Officer to join our dynamic team. The purpose of the Junior M& E Officer position is to support and maintain the M&E systems for the Women Peace and Security project. Junior M&E Officer will be responsible in supporting the implementation of monitoring and evaluation activities for projects or program, including data collection, analysis, reporting, and assisting in the development of M&E frameworks, while working under the guidance of M&E officer. Moreover; S/he responsible in designing data collection tools, conducting field visits to gather data, data entry, basic data analysis, and contributing to projects M&E reports highlighting key findings and program impact. The position holder will directly report to M&E Officer. She/he also assists the M&E Officer to ensures a better data management system and generation of data for reporting and informed decision making.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide technical support in the planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation and Learning of all programs and projects.
• Develop and update annual and quarterly action plans for project implementation.
• Maintain comprehensive records of project activities, providing monthly summaries for monitoring and evaluation.
• Ensure adequate M&E tools and techniques are in place at NEWA level.
• Conduct routine data collection and analysis to inform project performance and insights.
• Update and maintain the Database and ensure data consistency and quality in the system.
• Contribute to organizational learning through the design of procedures, processes, and systems to encourage and facilitate more effective sharing of program results, approaches, feedback from partners, and lessons learned throughout the organization, using this insight to contribute to the field and shape future programs;
• Strengthen monitoring, evaluation, feedback, and learning practices across the organization through training, workshops, etc.;
• Create the data infrastructure required for ongoing monitoring, evaluation, feedback, and learning to strengthen strategy and implementation

Work Unit: Program Department

Reports To: Program Coordinator

• Advanced skills in monitoring, evaluation, feedback, and learning methods; best practices and experience with M&E frameworks, feedback, and learning processes;
• Ability to use digital data collection and analysis tools.
• More than three years of experience in supporting evaluation, monitoring and learning.
• Direct experience building M&E systems;
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience in monitoring and evaluating within a development context is desirable;
• Experience in knowledge management and data analysis with a solid grasp of qualitative & quantitative methodology is important;
• Excellent writing, communication, and presentation skills.

Education Requirement:

• BA/ MA degree in Project Management, Social Science, human right, gender studies fields, or related fields.
• Experience: At least 3-years proven experience.