Country: Ethiopia
Closing date: 25 Jul 2018
Opportunity
As Ethiopia makes progress towards becoming a middle-income country, it needs a system capable of meeting acute needs that is less reliant on large humanitarian appeals. The Government of Ethiopia (GoE) has a clear strategic direction and strong policies for managing humanitarian crises. The upcoming DFID funded Building Resilience in Ethiopia (BRE) Programme will provide demand-led interventions, including targeted technical support and advice, and independent monitoring and evaluation to support the GoE.
The Technical Lead for M&E will provide technical leadership to the BRE Programme Management Unit (PMU) based in Addis Ababa. The role will require working closely with the GoE, BRE programme partners and other key stakeholders across the humanitarian sector to provide technical support as needed by the GoE. The Technical Lead must be mission driven and committed to making a distinctive impact in the BRE programme and Abt Associates.
Key Roles and Responsibilities
• Provide technical assistance to GoE in a collaborative manner
• Manage the M&E workstream’s performance including the performance of any other partners and sub-contractors
• Build trust-based relationships with senior GoE stakeholders
• M&E technical workstream team built and able to provide technical assistance to the GoE Ministries through packages of work
• Strong relationship built and maintained with DFID, GoE and other partners
• M&E technical workstream’s performance as well as the performance of any other partners and sub-contractors, monitored and sustained at a high level
• Oversight on all technical deliverables, including: Independent monitoring of the humanitarian programme in Ethiopia; Critical pieces of analysis to ensure effective delivery which may include value for money assessments, assessments of delivery partners’ approach to vulnerability, assessments of programmes relationship with social norms, do no harm assessments and assessments of effectiveness; Impact evaluation (ideally using experimental or quasi-experimental methods); Coordinating with and lending support to any other technical workstream and Ministries to achieve overall programme objectives as one BRE team
Preferred Skills / Prerequisites
• Proven management expertise in M&E to deliver technical assistance through small- to large-scale projects within a larger programme
• Expertise of managing team performance, particularly with proven track record of developing high performance within project teams
• Knowledge and expertise of M&E systems for humanitarian responses and building M&E capacity in individuals and organisations
• Knowledge and expertise of communicating M&E outcomes to programme stakeholders to facilitate evidence-informed decision making within the programme, and beyond the programme
• Experience in Ethiopia or a similar country context required
• Experience working with DFID and/or other donors desirable
• Experience managing adaptive and flexible donor-funded programmes desirable
• Relevant education is required.
• English is required and Amharic is desired
How to apply:
This offer is contingent upon award. Interested candidates should send their CV to EthiopiaJobs@abtassoc.com; put "BRE-Technical Team Lead M&E" in the subject line.