Date: December 12, 2018
Vacancy # : 107/18
Salary : USD 1564
No of position; 1 (One)
Type of Employment- Regular
Duty base: Head Office
Dead Line: 10 days from the date of advertisement
I. JOB SUMMARY
The purpose of the Learning, Design and Measurement (LDM) Manager is to design and maintain the M&E systems of a portfolio of projects. S/he will lead the design the M&E systems of the sector and/or individual projects in line with the organization and the donors’ requirements. The position leads/guides and in certain circumstances manages a team of LDM staff working for different projects. She/he provides technical backstopping, trainings in the areas of LDM and knowledge management and coaches and mentors his/her team members. The position holder will work closely with the technical advisors of the relevant sector units and PQL unit to ensure the cross fertilization of learning among different units, pulling information required from projects relevant to document centrally, organize capacity building trainings to staff, take assignments as a team, etc. With the guidance and coordination from PQL staff, this position will contribute to establishing and maintaining the LDM system of the CARE Ethiopia programs (CFIRW/PSAG/RPUFY) and at a CO level will be responsible to provide data for all Global Program data managed by the Impact Measurement Advisor in PQL. This position will be supervised by Sector Coordinators and/or CoPs. This position focuses on impact and outcome data.
II. RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS
1: Planning/ Design, Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting:
2: Information Management:
3: Program and Data Quality assurance:
4: Learning, sharing/networking:
5: Staff management and mentoring (10% of time):
III. PROBLEM SOLVING (Thinking Environment)
All the three levels of problem solving apply to this position. But category numbers two and three are most applicable to this position because the LDM Head must use interpolative skills to pick and choose the right strategy to address a given problem and also has to deal with variable situations, which need analysis, problem definition and development of alternative solutions.
A. EDUCATION
Required: B.A. Degree in Public Health, Health Information Management System, Statistics, Development Studies,…or equivalent combination of education and work experience
Desired: M.A. Degree in Health Information Management System, Statistics, Development Studies,…related field of study.
B. EXPERIENCE:
Required: 8 years of work experience in DM&E, MIS, needs assessment, baseline surveys, regular progress monitoring, project evaluation.
Desired: NGO experience
C. TECHNICAL SKILLS
Required:
Desired: Knowledge of statistical software like SPSS and experiences in database development applying common software like MS Access.
D. COMPETENCIES
Respect, accountability, courage, excellence, building partnership, building commitment, contributing to team success, innovation, pro-active problem solving, analytical ability.