MEL Officer

Heifer International is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identify, sexual orientation, age, status as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with disability.

Organization

Heifer International is a Non-Governmental Organization whose mission is to work with communities to end hunger and poverty and care for the earth. We work with farmers and their communities to identify opportunities that deliver living incomes, creating solutions to local challenges that are designed to build inclusive, resilient economies. With Increased productivity of livestock and crops, farmers provide for their families and improve the health of their communities.

Heifer Project International-Ethiopia (HPI Ethiopia) together with the Ministry of Agriculture is planning to implement the Enhancing Livelihoods of Smallholders through Improved Poultry Business (ELSIPB) Project under its RESTORE + signature program of HPI Ethiopia. ELSIPB project aims to close the living income benchmark of targeted households (Women and Youth) through improving production, productivity, and marketing of eggs. To achieve this, the project will identify a private feed and DOC processing firms with demonstrable capacity and incentive to serve as an Egg-hub.

The project will be implemented in four regions (Amhara, Oromia, Sidama, and SNNPR) and 70 districts. The overall objective of the project is to help 70,000 rural households (50 % women and 70% youth) are on the path to attain sustainable living income by the end of 2026. The ELSIPB project applies Market Systems Development (MSD) approach to address root causes of the systemic constraints in the poultry market system by designing innovative interventions that improve poultry market efficiency and sustainably benefit more poor households.

Heifer Project International-Ethiopia (HPI Ethiopia) is seeking for a qualified applicant for Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Officer of the ELSIPB project.

FUNCTION

The Monitoring Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Officer shall assist with project planning, monitoring and evaluation activities at the field and country level. The position holder shall ensure quality in project implementation in accordance with the Country Program Framework and Heifer’s vision. He/she shall track and document measurable outputs and intended outcomes generated by Heifer’s projects.

ESSENTIAL CHARACTER TRAITS

Detailed-oriented, self-driven, action oriented, team player.

RESPONSIBILITIES AND DELIVERABLES

• Ensure that project outputs, performance and outcomes are effectively monitored, evaluated, and reported on through regular data collection, analysis and reporting on all heifer indicators at target households’ level.
• Assist with project quarterly and annual planning and review processes and activities.
• Conduct project planning, monitoring and evaluation and reporting on project progress.
• Providing technical assistance and building capacities of program staff including project participants in all MEL related activities
• Providing guidance and support to all program staff in the development and implementation of monitoring tools, which include but not limited to data collection, analysis and reporting on program/project indicators.
• Assist with the implementation of HPI Global MELS policies and systems at country office level.
• Provide all required data for Heifer regular reports (Half-year and Annual).
• Ensured data quality through regular checks, reviews, and validation.
• Assist with regular follow up of all required data by Program/project staff for IPMS and assist in data inputting in IPMS.
• Work with the MEL Manager in planning, designing, and undertaking program evaluations and other programmatic assessments.
• Participate in program/project development activities and provide input in MELS related technical areas.
• Identify, capture, document and disseminate of lessons learned, good practices across, and innovations from projects/programs implementation.
• Identify, document, and highlight key areas of program impact (both qualitative and quantitative) for sharing with existing and prospective partners.
• Provide support in the development of program/project key performance indicators and monitor program/project progress against those.
• Working with the MEL Manager, provide guidance and support in the development & management of information management systems and maintenance of a comprehensive programmatic database (electronic and hard copy files of all project documents).

Job ID:  1057

Category: Program / Project Management

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Agricultural Economics; Social Sciences (Economics); Statistical Sciences; Development Studies and any other related academic qualifications. High level computer and data management skills are a must.

Preferred Requirements

• Demonstrate high level capacity in data collection and analysis using advanced computer packages (SPSS, Stata, Epi-Info etc)
• Experience in digital data collection platforms (Survey CTO, KOBO)
• Project management and supervisory experience
• At least three-year experience in relevant fields. NGO experience is desirable but not a must.
• Demonstrate a track record in quality reporting, knowledge management and dissemination.
• Demonstrate high level integrity in management of project activities and resources, leadership skills, innovation, commitment, and passion for development work.