The Productive Safety Net Program Phase Four (PSNP4) and the Rural Productive Safety Net Program (RPSNP) are integral components of the rural development policy of the government of Ethiopia, to support Ethiopia’s chronically and transitory rural food insecure households. The program is implemented in the eight regions of Afar, Amhara, Dire Dawa, Harari, Oromia, SNNPR, Somali, and Tigray. The program provides cash and/or food transfers to the chronically and transitory food insecure households.
In support of PSNP4 and RPSNP implementation, Technical Support Specialists (TSS) are needed to work within the Government of Ethiopia’s PSNP implementing agencies. TSSs provide specialized expertise to the implementing agencies and to the Directorate to which they are assigned. Their role is to perform PSNP-related services that government-funded staff are currently not in a position to perform, and to provide guidance to government staff as they learn new skills related to implementation of PSNP functions.
The recruitment of TSSs to support PSNP4 implementation is managed by the Technical Assistance to Strengthen Capacity Development for PSNP consultancy, which is known by the acronym TASC.
The role of the M&E, Registry and Non-IT Aspects of MIS TSS (M&E TSS) will be to coordinate across the different component teams within the PSNP to ensure that accurate and timely data is being generated and reported on a regular basis. This includes improving the quality of the quarterly reports to reflect PSNP-4/RPSNP’s results framework indicators and log-frame and developing analytical performance evaluation tools which can be used to help guide PSNP’s program implementation. The M&E TSS will lead in providing technical inputs to the Management Information System (MIS) module development with support of the various component teams and oversee the management and implementation of the PSNP Household Registry. S/he will also advocate findings from evaluations to FSCD, National Disaster Risk Management Commission (NDRMC), Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs (MoLSA) and development partners. The M&E, Household Registry and Non-IT Aspects of MIS TSS will be assigned to the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA); in support of the Food Security Coordination Directorate (FSCD), located in Addis Ababa.
Specific objectives: The M&E, Registry and Non-IT Aspects of MIS TSS will, among other activities, carry out the following tasks:
Duration: for a one-year term, renewable for a second year upon satisfactory performance
Expert’s profile
Specific skills required: Demonstrated experience and competence in:
Language skills and proficiency: Fluency in spoken and written English and Amharic