Organization Background
Maternity Foundation (MF) is an international NGO, working since 2015 to reduce maternal and newborn morbidities and mortalities in Africa and South East Asia, which is head quartered in Copenhagen Denmark. Maternity Foundation Ethiopia has secured funding to implement two research projects in Ethiopia in Amhara region and Addis Ababa city Administration. Maternity Foundation works to reduce maternal and newborn mortality through mobile and digital solutions both in the development and humanitarian sectors through building the capacity of the health care providers and mainly skill birth attendants. In 2021 with these projects, more than 100 midwives will be trained on key skills for maternal and newborn care using innovative remote training modalities. The projects’ design includes strong M&E systems to learn about which training modalities are best suited to the context..
Maternity Foundation is seeking an experienced Monitoring and Evaluation Officer for the projects who will have frequent travel to the project sites. The M&E Oficer will work in close collaboration with the MF Ethiopia country director, the clinical and program manager and the Global Learning and Research Manager in Copenhagen.
Key responsibilities:
The M&E officer will be responsible for coordinating high quality data collection using moderns approaches and technologies. The M&E officer will also be responsible for keeping a learning journal during project implementation and for the regular activity reporting and for final reporting with support from colleagues. In addition the M&E officer will support internal reporting on projects implementation.
He / She will join the dynamic and committed MF team and contribute to the successful implementation of the two projects.
The position involves the following tasks:
Reports to: Clinical and Program Manager/Maternal & Digital Health Advisor
No. of position: One
CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT:
Contract: Fixed-term contract
Duration: 9 months
Starting Date: May 1, 2021
Skill & Experience needed
Competences: Dedicated and self-motivated, structured, able to work under challenging conditions, organizing, and planning skills, adaptability, innovative and creative thinker/trainer, ability to work under pressure with minimum supervision and willing to travel frequently.