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Internal/ External Vacancy Announcement
INTRODUCTION
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Save the Children is an organization for talented people with different backgrounds and perspectives. We are proud that our people are representative of the children we work with and we thrive on our diversity. We are an equal opportunity organization dedicated to our core values of Accountability, Ambition, Collaboration, Creativity and Integrity. Our culture is embedded in these values, along with a strong commitment to our Child Safeguarding Protocol, ensuring that all representatives of Save the Children demonstrate the highest standards of behavior towards children both in their private and professional lives.
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Job Title | Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) Officer |
Code | 0146 |
Place of Work | Oromia Regional State Education Bureau, Addis Ababa |
Program/Unit | Reading for Ethiopia’s Achievement Developed Community Outreach (READ CO) |
Monthly Salary in ETB | As per the organization Scale |
No. of Positions | One |
Length of Contract | One Year with Possible extension |
ROLE PURPOSE:
MEAL Officer will be responsible for providing guidance according to the developed participatory monitoring and evaluation systems for the READ CO Project activities. The MEAL Officer is expected to provide technical support in MEAL system by implementing a READ CO M&E at Regional level. S/he is responsible to provide training to concerned program staff on the use of M & E system; conduct rapid assessments and trend analysis of field-based project to monitor project activity and produce reports to regional and READ CO head office.
Moreover, he/she will support Zonal, woreda, school level technical staff in project areas to improve their M&E systems, through capacity building and technical advice and support. The officer in collaboration with MEAL Manager at head office, MEAL Coordinator at region, Regional Program manager, Zonal Coordinators, respective technical officers in the Oromia region, target woredas by manage and administer all READ CO related baseline survey starting from data collection, compiling of data and write reports accordingly. She/he will develop field staff capacities to employ a learning approach to their work. She/he will also be actively involved in promoting learning through documentation of lessons learned and developing approaches for community analysis and utilization of data for decision-making. As part of the assignment the officer is expected to support relevant technical field staffs in gathering information that could help in preparing professional report in respective areas. As required from time to time she/he will support the design of follow on and/or complementary project by ensuring lessons and ideas are documented and conceptualized throughout the project interventions.
SCOPE OF ROLE:
Reports to: MEAL Coordinator, READ CO
Coordinates with: Regional MEAL Coordinator, Regional Program Manager, Regional Reading Material Specialist, Zonal Coordinators and Community Outreach Officers and government partners.
Number of direct reports: None direct reports. However, all project staffs (Zonal coordinators and Community outreach officers) will communicate and share data with him/her.
KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:
MEAL Area Coordination and Guidance
Monitor, all project activities and progress towards achieving the project output; the overall MEAL system for the project against specified results.
Conduct capacity assessment on existing monitoring and evaluation system and develop indicators and a monitoring strategy for the project;
MEAL System Development and Management
Ensure well establishment and functionality of MEAL system across the project field office.
Ensure that regular monitoring/MEAL reports are delivered and communicated effectively to Area office and other relevant bodies in the national office.
Provide feedback to the Regional MEAL Coordinator on project strategies and activities;
Suggest strategies to the Regional MEAL Coordinator for improving the efficiency and effectiveness of the project by identifying bottlenecks in completing project activities and developing plans to minimize or eliminate such bottlenecks;
Provide inputs, information and statistics for monthly, quarterly, annual and other reports to Regional MEAL Coordinator and Management Team;
Participate in quarter, bi-annual and annual project reviews and planning workshops and assist the MEAL Coordinator in preparing relevant reports;
Learning and Knowledge Management
Technical support and capacity building
Ensures all the required data related to READ CO are well captured in the indicators.
Works with the relevant staff to ensure that the READ implementation data is properly captured, analysed and used for program improvement.
Reviews the completeness, accuracy and timeliness of data reported from the Oromia team in collaboration with MEAL Coordinator.
Conducts regular field visits to strengthen the data management at these projects in the Field-office.
Be a visible leader in strengthening M & E for capacity building and being an advocate for effective capacity building approaches for project staffs.
Perform other duties as required;
SKILLS AND BEHAVIOURS (our Values in Practice)
Accountability:
Holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values
Holds suppliers accountable to deliver on their responsibilities
Ambition:
Sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and takes responsibility for their own personal development
Widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
Future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale
Collaboration:
Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to; builds and maintains effective relationships with colleagues, Members and external partners and supporters
Values diversity and different people’s perspectives, able to work cross-culturally.
Creativity:
Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
Cuts away bureaucracy and encourages an entrepreneurial approach
Integrity:
Honest, encourages openness and transparency, builds trust and confidence displays consistent excellent judgment
QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
Academic Qualification
Work Experience
Skills and Abilities
Other Requirement
Competencies