MONITORING AND RESULTS MEASUREMNT (MRM) SPECIALIST

Position:- MONITORING AND RESULTS MEASUREMNT (MRM) SPECIALIST

Location:- Jijiga

Position Status:Full Time

Number of Position:One

Mercy Corps has been present in Ethiopia since 2004 working to drive bold and transformative ideas, working closely with government, the private sector and civil society actors to build a more resilient country, ensuring that programs are responsive to and influenced by participants and stakeholders. Our vision is to enhance the resilience of climate and conflict-affected communities through market systems development for improved livelihoods, access to food, and safe and clean water to thrive in the face of crises. Our strategy focuses on the four outcome areas of: 1) Economically marginalized populations have improved and diversified livelihoods, income, and assets; 2) Pastoralists, farmers, and households have access to sustainably produced, safe, nutritious food; 3) Social cohesion and inclusive governance processes are built in crisis-affected communities; and 4) People have equitable, sustained access to clean water and sanitation for domestic and productive use.  Currently we operate in the regional states of Afar, Amhara, Gambella, Oromia, Somali, Sidama, Southern Ethiopia, Tigray and Addis Ababa city administration working with a diverse base of donors that includes United States Agency for International Development (USAID), European Union, GAC, Hilton Foundation, United Nations (UN), JOA, Sweden, EKN, and other foundations.

About Regional Livestock Program (RLP)

The Regional Livestock Programme (RLP) is a collaborative effort led by implementing partners Helvetas, IGAD, and Mercy Corps. Its aim is to address the challenges that render smallholder and medium-scale market actors uncompetitive and highly susceptible to economic and environmental shocks. The program is designed based on the insights gained from the experience of implementing partners and a year-long analysis of regional livestock trade dynamics and livestock market systems in the pastoralist and agro-pastoralist ASAL regions of Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia, conducted by Mercy Corps. 

Phase I's overall objective is to enable pastoral and agro-pastoral communities in target trade corridors to have more climate-resilient, inclusive, and sustainable livelihoods. The emphasis is on increasing production and productivity of poor agro-pastoralist and pastoralist households, with a particular focus on peri-urban and rural women engaged in the livestock sector and youth. The program also aims to enhance domestic markets and trade while leveraging opportunities for regional integration, competitiveness, and cross-border collaboration along the targeted trade corridors. 

Essential Job Responsibilities

MONITORING AND RESULTS MEASUREMENT

• Support the design, testing and implementation of all MRM system components for programmes in the RLP portfolio.

• Support the refining of programme logic and approaches, including developing intervention designs, sector strategies and MRM frameworks to adequately incorporate MEL considerations into the

• In conjunction with the MRM Manager and GIS/Data Analyst, he/she will plan, coordinate, and supervise all assessments and evaluations for the programmes he/she is responsible for. This will entail development of Scopes of Work, development of survey tools, trainings and management of data collectors, report write and facilitating results discussion (or recruit and supervise evaluation local consultants where necessary)

• Regularly document and share all learnings from programme

• Provide relevant inputs into activity, monthly, quarterly, annual, and other programme

• Validating and verifying core indicators against the different sources of information, including review, validation and analysis of incoming results and data

• Maintain an up-to-date database that reflects programmes’ progress against all indicators (including disaggregated beneficiary counts) and ensure the same is updated and linked as evidence in Tola Data and SDC RDM.

• Visit sites and partners to collect supplementary data, stories and conduct qualitative

• Facilitate regular review, reflection and analysis of programme monitoring information that feeds into programming and learning, for adaptive

• Support consortium partners to coordinate monitoring of progress against implementation and results measurement.

• Participate in on-going MRM advisory and support for all RLP staff and

• Work with RLP Programme Managers and other staff to ensure that activities are implemented on plan, through regular planning and review

• Maintain an active advisory role with the programme teams to help guide them towards robust and relevant data collection and management.

• Actively participate in implementation, providing advice and feedback for monitoring data and quality results at any

COLLABORATION AND LEARNING

• Build a collaborative network of relationships with implementing partners and other stakeholders to encourage learning networks that promote shared learning, aligned approaches, and mutual accountability to quality data collection and

• Contribute to the development and implementation of knowledge management to further stimulate use of evidence for learning, strategic adaptive management, and high-impact

• Work closely with the programme ’s study partners to define and execute a study strategy and ensure that MRM data is available to feed into a greater learning agenda for the programs they are responsible

• Contribute to programme visibility and advocacy work by assisting in dissemination of programme results and learning

• Coordinate closely with implementing partners to ensure our activities and data are shared and synced up together and tell one cohesive

• Connect best practices and learning from within the programme and across the target counties to ensure an evolving and effective learning system for improving programme

• Work with RLP programme teams to capture lessons learned during implementation and feed this information into thought leadership and documentation opportunities and into ongoing programme management and programme

• Collect and compile impact stories and evidence from the programs on a regular

• In coordination with programme teams, drive the capacity building of programme staff on design and MRM concepts through training and new hire orientation, including designing and delivering formal

DATA MANAGEMENT AND REPORTING

• Provide support and training to enumerators/staff for routine monitoring and post-distribution data collection, livestock market actors tracking, and capturing lessons learned for data-driven decision making.

• Support the process of testing and adopting relevant technologies for regular livestock actors’ and routine monitoring data collection and improving the efficiency of the programme ’s MRM function. This will include supporting rollout of RLP Mobile Data Collection (Commcare), PowerBI use case, GIS/GPS data collection for Mapping, provide evidence for RDM, Tola Data, Google Drive, and managing MCETH’s internal data management

• Serve as technical support for tools for data management systems and real-time data flow, utilizing appropriate This includes learning and testing data collection forms and tools as well as working with Data/GIS analysts to support real-time information flow.

• Assist program teams in setting up appropriate summary statistics, success stories, best practices, and review and reflection sessions and link them to tracking program Help develop the appropriate MRM workflow.

• Understand, maintain, and support the MRM information and data management system that improves MC’s ability to implement quality programs through better data collection, management, analysis, and presentation of data, and represent impact to donor, government bodies, peer organizations and communities using standard

• Collaborate with the program and finance teams to prepare and submit periodic government reports.

 

OTHER EXPECTATIONS IN THE ROLE

• Conduct himself/herself both professionally and personally in such a manner as to bring credit to Mercy Corps and to not jeopardize its humanitarian

• Other duties as

Accountability to Participants and Stakeholders

Mercy Corps team members are expected to support all efforts toward accountability, specifically to our programme participants, community partners, other stakeholders, and to international standards guiding international relief and development work. We are committed to actively engaging communities as equal partners in the design, monitoring and evaluation of our field projects.

Supervisory Responsibility: None

Accountability

Reports Directly To: RLP Program Manager-Ethiopia

Works Directly With: MRM Manager, Data/GIS Analyst, Coordination and Knowledge Management, Corridor Coordinators & RLP Field Staff, Country PaQ team, Implementing Partner Staff.

Minimum Qualification and Transferable Skills

• Must hold at least a bachelor’s degree in economics, Agricultural Economics; Demography, Statistics, Business management, or any other relevant

• At least 4 years of leading MEL/MRM activities in a development programme

• Experience in leading learning and MRM activities in developmental and humanitarian contexts

• Understanding of the use of technology in M&E, data collection, beneficiary feedback or other programme functions (e.g., mobile devices and platforms, mapping )

• Experience in designing and implementing practical monitoring and results measurement, learning and data management.

• Demonstrated experience capturing learning and evidence, reporting, experience in using mobile based technologies for data collection (Commcare is preferred.)

• Demonstrated experience in qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis

• Experience in and understanding of M&E role in adaptive

• Experience conducting M&E across

• Must be fluent both local language and

Success Factors

The ideal candidate will have the ability and curiosity to work comfortably and effectively. S/he will be an excellent communicator, have a strong sense of humor, multi-tasker, and able to work in difficult and often stressful environments.

Living Conditions / Environmental Conditions

The position is based in Jigjiga, Ethiopia and requires up to 50% travel to support programs activities, which may include travel to insecure locations where freedom of movement is limited and areas where amenities are limited.

Ongoing Learning

In support of our belief that learning organizations are more effective, efficient and relevant to the communities we serve, we empower all team members to dedicate 5% of their time to learning activities that further their personal and/or professional growth and development.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Achieving our mission begins with how we build our team and work together. Through our commitment to enriching our organization with people of different origins, beliefs, backgrounds, and ways of thinking, we are better able to leverage the collective power of our teams and solve the world’s most complex challenges. We strive for a culture of trust and respect, where everyone contributes their perspectives and authentic selves, reaches their potential as individuals and teams, and collaborates to do the best work of their lives.

We recognize that diversity and inclusion is a journey, and we are committed to learning, listening and evolving to become more diverse, equitable and inclusive than we are today.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Mercy Corps is an equal opportunity employer that does not tolerate discrimination on any basis. We actively seek out diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and skills so that we can be collectively stronger and have sustained global impact.

We are committed to providing an environment of respect and psychological safety where equal employment opportunities are available to all. We do not engage in or tolerate discrimination on the basis of race, color, gender identity, gender expression, religion, age, sexual orientation, national or ethnic origin, disability (including HIV/AIDS status), marital status, military veteran status or any other protected group in the locations where we work.

Safeguarding & Ethics

Mercy Corps is committed to ensuring that all individuals we come into contact with through our work, whether team members, community members, programme participants or others, are treated with respect and dignity. We are committed to the core principles regarding prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse laid out by the UN Secretary General and IASC. We will not tolerate child abuse, sexual exploitation, abuse, or harassment by or of our team members. As part of our commitment to a safe and inclusive work environment, team members are expected to conduct themselves in a professional manner, respect local laws and customs, and to adhere to Mercy Corps Code of Conduct Policies and values at all times. Team members are required to complete mandatory Code of Conduct e-learning courses upon hire and on an annual basis.

All qualified individuals are invited to apply for the advertised position. All applications, including a CV, three references, and all applicable official papers, must be sent electronically.

Only candidates that are short-listed will be acknowledged and called for interviews.

“Mercy Corps is an equal opportunity employer promoting gender, equity and    diversity. Qualified female and young candidates are strongly encouraged to apply. We are committed to empower women and youth.”

DEADLINE FOR ALL APPLICATIONS: 24 November 2023/ 4:00 PM