Planning, Monitoring, Evaluation & Reporting Senior Expert

Job Description

Re-advertised Internal /External Vacancy Announcement

The Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS) wants to recruit employees in the following vacant positions the details of which are mentioned below.

About the Ethiopian Red Cross Society

The Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS) was established in 1935 and is one of the oldest and largest humanitarian organizations in Ethiopia. ERCS provides services to communities affected by natural and manmade disasters through the provision of emergency responses, ambulance and first aid, family reunification, essential drugs, water and sanitation, and other humanitarian services. ERCS also runs disaster risk reduction programs with the aim of creating resilience households and communities. Currently the ERCS has a structure consisting of 12 Regional Offices, 34 Zonal Branches and 131  District/Woreda Branches, 599 Woreda Red Cross Committee  and 5871 Kebele Red Cross  committees.

ERCS also runs disaster risk reduction programs relating to food security, climate change adaptation, livelihood diversification, and institutional capacity building interventions, with the aim of creating resilience households and communities. ERCS works in partnership with the Ethiopian Government, International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent (IFRC), International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), partnering National Societies, members, volunteers and the communities we serve.

Key performance Areas  

• Collaborate with head planning, monitoring, evaluation reporting and learning in the preparation of Plans and coordination of planning, monitoring, evaluation, learning and CEA activities of the National Society; 
• Actively takes part in the development, adoption and contextualization of Standard Operations Procedures and operational guidelines on Planning, Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning and program/project quality assurance frameworks such as Community Engagement and Accountability and other overseas their implementation;
• Take part and plays a key role in coordinating strategic plan preparation & review; Coordinate and provide technical support to HQ work units and branches on Annual Operational Plan preparation;
• Ensure the quality of Annual Operational Plan prepared by HQ work units and branches and ensure their vertical and horizontal integration;
• In close collaboration and coordination with program responsible work units at HQ annually compile Annual Operational Plan, consolidated budget and periodic reports of the NS;
• Takes part in Project Planning Process; Works with Program/Project Coordinators in the preparation of Program/Project Monitoring and Evaluation Plan;
• Collect, document, incorporate key issues from Project Field Monitoring Reports in to the NS Periodic reports and disseminate for enhancement of organizational learning;
• Prepare reporting time table and monitor timely preparation and submission of reports to internal and external stakeholders; lead, coordinate and provide technical support to HQ work units and branches on periodic report preparation;
• In close collaboration and coordination with program responsible work units at HQ compile periodic reports of the NS; In close collaboration and coordination with responsible work units at HQ and branches organize periodic program review sessions to review the progress of the Program Plan;
• Coordinate a joint field monitoring visits, prepare their reports and disseminate the findings to all relevant stakeholders; Develop Internal and joint project evaluations’ TOR based on their M&E plan and upon the approval of the internal/joint evaluation TOR organize Evaluation steering team, Evaluation team and undertake the evaluation;
• Prepare and document evaluation reports and disseminate for relevant stakeholders; Assist Management Action Plan preparation as a result of evaluation reports and follows-up their implementation;
• Assure the quality of TORs prepared for external evaluations, inception and final reports thereof;
• Organize and coordinate relief items post distribution monitoring of for distributions directly undertaken by the HQ;
• Organize community of practices^[1], develop wikis and blogs in major program thematic areas to enhance learning in the NS;
• Work to support planning, monitoring, evaluation and learning activities with up to date technologies;
• Set out how CEA activities and approaches will be implemented as part of ensuring the quality of Programs/Projects; Integrate CEA into M&E processes for Programs/Projects, ensure communities are consulted and feedback is regularly collected and documented to understand levels of satisfaction with the Programs/Projects;
• Deliver PMEL & CEA training to staffs, management and volunteers in collaboration with the capacity building work unit; Reports periodically its performance to planning, monitoring, evaluation and learning director;

Work Unit: Planning, Monitoring, Evaluation & Reporting Service

Reports to: Planning, Monitoring, Evaluation & Reporting Service

Job Requirement

Qualification Requirements:

• Second/First Degree in Economics, Management, Statistics, Development Studies, Regional Local and Development Studies,
• 6/8 year work experience on humanitarian and development projects’  

Trainings and Skills-

• Advanced training and skills on the following is required:
• Training on Project/Program Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation
• Training on Community Engagement and Accountability
• Training on Project Management;
• Training on Mobile & remote Data Collection systems such as Kobo Toolbox, ODK, Magpi, Commacare – Training on Microsoft Office package especially advanced skill on Microsoft Excel;
• Training on Analytical tools such as SPSS, Stata;
• Monitoring and evaluation.