Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Officer at Population Media Center Ethiopia

Background

Population Media Center is an international nonprofit organization that specializes in developing a research-based multimedia communication strategy for social development.  PMC uses entertaining education and mass media to empower people to live healthier and more prosperous lives.  PMC-Ethiopia was established in 2001 and has impacted lives across Ethiopia for more than two decades.

Thus, the organization seeks to invite all interested professionals who satisfy the requirements for the Position of Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Officer.

 

Job summary

The Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Officer, under the supervision of the Country Director, oversees and coordinates all data related activities for PMC Projects. This is full-time position.

S/he will assist Program Manager in development of budget and work plans for all research activities during the life of the project. S/he will also work closely with  Global Impact Unit (GIU) at Population Media Center (PMC HQ) to ensure that in-country research meets the specifications required by the project and its partners.

GIU will support the MEL Officer by drafting a MEL plan to guide all data collection, analysis, and reporting activities over the life of the project. The MEL Officer will ensure the MEL plan is implemented in conjunction with GIU, Country Director/Program Manager, and contracted local research firms.

Duties and responsibility

MANAGEMENT:

• With the assistance of GIU develop research protocols for review by appropriate ethical review boards/institutional review boards (IRB) as written in project MEL plan.
• Assist in proposal development and budget estimation for research activities, as needed.
• Determine the timeline for all research activities and ensure that research activities are implemented in timely fashion.
• Maintain complete records of broadcast schedules, location of broadcast partners (i.e., GIS coordinates of radio antennas), and updates to key project documents such as the values grid or logical framework.
• Ensure project staff follow ethical procedures for all data collection efforts, including documentation of informed consent for interviews, success stories, and other data collection efforts.
• Schedule and lead monthly check-in calls with GIU (and other staff, if needed) to share MEL plan implementation progress, successes, and emerging challenges.

DATA COLLECTION, ANALYSIS, AND REPORTING:

• Gather, compile, and analyze data from relevant social media platforms, in conjunction with local Marketing & Communications Unit (MarComm) officer (or other party responsible for social media) and then integrate findings into routine MEL and reports.
• Lead data collection tool design and personally collect and analyze data for small surveys, stakeholder interviews, with support from GIU.
• Manage digital surveys (using KoBoCollect or survey CTO) for quantitative data collection efforts, including creating surveys, testing skip patterns, planning for translation, ensuring GIS data can be collected, and pre-testing digital forms before launch, with support from GIU.
• Provide oversight, feedback, and technical expertise to contracted local research firms hired for situation analyses, formative audience research, monitoring surveys, and/or evaluation research.
• Monitor progress of all research contracts and assure that GIU receives data, technical reports and any relevant deliverable according to the terms of the contract.
• Accompany contracted local research firms during research activities to monitor research progress, document research activities, and ensure quality control of data collection.
• Coordinate regular monitoring visits project sites  and ensure the production of one consolidated report and agreed action plan for follow up response (inclusive of program, finance, grants).” That is an important piece of work.

 

RESEARCH STUDY DESIGN:

• Assist GIU (PMC HQ) in developing terms of reference for in-country research and ensure study objectives, sampling approach, deliverable(s) format, and deadlines are all complete and clear.
• Assist GIU in reviewing and evaluating proposals from in-country research firms
• Work with GIU (PMC HQ) and contracted local research firms to develop insGIUments for qualitative and quantitative research.
• Collaborate with PMC’s International Projects staff to align evaluation survey insGIUments with drama content (e.g., triggers, transitions, storylines, and epilogues) to increase specificity of measures for key project indicators.
• Serve as the local point of contact for required approval procedures (such as ethical/IRB) for all research activities conducted in-country.

 

DATA USE:

• Write reports and communicate evaluation research findings to local donors and other stakeholders, with support from GIU.
• Work with the local MarComm officer or MarComm staff at PMC headquarters to prepare fact sheets, presentations, and Listener Testimonials about the project in for donors, partners, and the public.
• Support proposal efforts led by New Business Development (NBD) staff and Country Director by providing relevant data and maps.
• Maintain a library of all relevant project datasets, reports, analysis files, GIS maps, surveys, research protocols, etc., and share these documents when they are needed.
• Ensure that all records for a given data collection activity (i.e., protocol, survey tools, consent and assent scripts, dataset, data dictionaries, etc.) are filed according to PMC and donor policies.
• Other duties as assigned as assigned by Country Director or GIU staff from PMC headquarters.

 

Location: 

• Addis Ababa

Required number:

• 1 (one)

Salary: 

• Negotiable

Employment Duration: 

• One year with possible extension