Founded in 1961, PCI is an international non-profit organization dedicated to enhancing health, ending hunger, overcoming hardship, and advance women and girls around the world. In 2018, PCI served more than 12 million people in 15 countries across Asia, Africa, and the Americas. During the past 50 years, the organization has served millions more in 14 additional countries.
PCI has been working in Ethiopia since 2005 and now secured a funding from US Agency for International Development (USAID) in Ethiopia for its project Resilience in Pastoralist Areas (RIPA) that will improve resilience to enhance food security and inclusive economic growth for lowland pastoral communities.
Job Summary:
The MLE Manager will be responsible for overall leadership and management relating to the development and implementation of RIPA’s monitoring and evaluation (M&E) system. S/he will work closely with the project leadership team, M&E staff, and local partners to design and implement monitoring systems that are responsive to all programmatic and organization/donor reporting needs. The MLE Manager will also support the development and implementation of the project’s resilience learning agenda in close collaboration with the project and external stakeholders, including the Government of Ethiopia (GOE), civil society, the private sector, USAID, and other donors and development projects – to disseminate evidence-based learnings related to food security, inclusive economic growth, nutrition, and resilience in Ethiopia; and contribute to collective impact.
The execution of these duties requires a high level of analysis, project management, staff capacity building, familiarity with technology, and independent and critical thinking. The M&E Manager will be based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and serves as the primary point of contact for PCI headquarters while supporting a team of M&E staff located at four project Zonal offices.
Key Duties & Responsibilities:
Design and implement a project-wide monitoring and evaluation system
Oversee data analysis and reporting
Support Collaboration, Learning and Adaptation (CLA)
Build Capacity in Monitoring, Learning, and Evaluation
Support Project Accountability
Position Parameters/Special Responsibilities Required:
Reports to: Collaboration, Learning and Adaptation (CLA) Team Lead
Qualifications and Competencies: