MEAL Officer

Fayyaa Integrated Development Organization (FIDO) is an Ethiopian resident charity organization established in the year 2002 by Ethiopian volunteers. Since its establishment, the organization has been implementing various projects in Oromia, SNNP, and Somali regional states, Benishangul Gumuz region  and in Addis Ababa City Administration as well as. Currently FIDO is also implementing projects under the emergency and relief department.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Handles the design and development of the MEAL system and ensures that it is utilized across all the implementation sites. In addition to that s/he should make sure that M&E is an integral component in all objectives areas.
• Lead in the development and implementation of the project’s DQM and RDQA plan to ensure data quality at implementation sites. This includes the development of Standard Operating Procedures, establishment, and maintenance of RDQA files as well as organizing internal RDQA.
• Assist the presentation, delivery, and documentation of research or key learning materials to key stakeholders involved.
• Effective contributor to proposal development, review and improve MEAL technical narrative and budgets within proposals, support development of SMART indicators with technical teams, ensure quality mechanisms are in place, and ensure consistency with the organization and MEAL strategies
• Ensure that regularly updated MEAL mechanisms are in place for the project including
• Facilitate compilation of regular monitoring reports prepared by different Project staff along with evaluation recommendations.

Reporting: Report on progress and any problems in a timely manner.

Duration: 1 Year  

Employ Type: Fixed Term Contract 

Qualifications:

• University degree in MEAL, statistics, economics, social sciences or related discipline, training, and knowledge on MEL discipline.
• A minimum of 5 years of work experience within the NGO field.
• At least 3 years of working experience in Coordinating integrated program and monitoring and Evaluation
• Demonstrated experience translating log frames and results frameworks into monitoring plans, developing data collection tools and protocols, leading data collection and management process, designing and managing databases, and analyzing data.
• Proven technical skills in monitoring and evaluation and experience with both qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis and USAID funded project experience is  an asset
• Skills in developing MEL plans, data collection tools, indicators development, data quality management, and survey/assessment undertakings.
• Ability to analyze MEAL technical issues, to write clear and concise reports and to make effective oral presentations.
• Computer literacy in basic Microsoft applications, database, and statistical software.
• Ability to undertake frequent field travels to project areas on a regular basis
• Demonstrated analytical and report writing skills.
• Excellent written and oral communication in English.