Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Officer Full Time NEW

Vacant Position: Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Officer

Location: Addis Ababa

Employment Type: Full-time basis.

Salary: Negotiable

Organizational Profile

Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR) is an Ethiopian civil society organization that re-registered on 19 September 2019 before the FDRE Civil Societies Organizations Agency as per Proclamation No. 1113/2019. The objectives of the Organization includes among other to promote and advocate human rights among others through increasing the participation and contribution of lawyers in the area of human rights through trainings and other capacity building activities, supporting lawyers across the nation and help exchange of ideas, information and experience for better protection of human rights and prevalence of human rights, litigating before courts and other relevant organs to ensure protection and promotion of human rights recognized under the FDRE Constitution and international human rights instruments ratified by Ethiopia, awareness creation for justice organs on international human rights instruments ratified by Ethiopia, providing free legal aid services, influencing the government to enact new laws or amend existing ones to ensure the full protection for human rights, familiarizing the idea of human rights defenders (HRD) among the lawyers .

To achieve its objectives, LHR has been implementing various projects which includes series of trainings on basic human rights and strategic litigation to practicing lawyers, judges and prosecutors; filed cases of strategic litigation to judicial bodies; monitored the compatibility of laws enacted in the recent reforms with human rights standards through research and consultative workshops, providing legal aid services to the indigent and vulnerable groups, etc. In the implementation of the projects, LHR has been engaging with national and international stakeholders, including National Endowment for Democracy (NED), Open Society Foundations (OSF), French Development Agency (AFD), Projects Expedite Justice (PEJ), etc.

Job Overview

LHR is looking for a Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Officer, who will be responsible for monitoring and evaluating implementation of project activities as well derive lessons learned in the process.

Key Roles and Responsibilities

The MEL Officer will undertake work in Addis Ababa on a full time basis. Under the supervision of and reporting directly to the Executive Director. The MEL officer shall assume the following specific responsibilities for the length of his/her employment with LHR:

• In coordination with the Executive Director, Program Director, and other technical staff,

develop the Activity’s Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Plan;

• Create and maintain a sustainable MEL monitoring and reporting system to develop realistic and convenient data collection plans, periodically review data, perform data analysis, and report findings in cooperation and coordination with Activity staff and national partners.
• Develop data gathering and record keeping systems to monitor performance indicators with quantifiable data establishing baselines, denoting progress, and measure actual results compared to expected results;
• Collect, analyze, organize and review statistical data and information relating to project activities, indicators, milestones, results, and objectives as established by LHR.
• Actively participate in meetings and contribute to the development and implementation of annual work plans and decisions by the management team to achieve the objectives of the Activity;
• Design monitoring and evaluation plans to projects designed by LHR;
• Conduct trainings on developed approaches for Activity and counterpart staff, as needed and required by the Executive Director;
• Conduct and oversee research, surveys, data collection and quality assessments as requested by the Executive Director, donors and other staff.
• Ensure compliance at all levels with relevant donors’ performance and results requirement
• Prepare Quarterly and annual M & E reports.
• Other duties assigned by the Executive Director and Program Director or his/her designee.

Minimum Qualifications

• Education:
  • University degree in social sciences, law, economics, statistics, project management, or a related field.
• Experience:
  • At least 5 years of progressive work experience in advocacy, policy and human rights programs, including a minimum of 3 years of specialized experience in monitoring and evaluation.
  • Demonstrated experience in designing M&E frameworks, developing indicators, conducting data collection and analysis, and reporting on program results to multiple stakeholders.
• Language Skills:
  • Fluency in spoken and written English and Amharic.
• Technical/Computer Skills:
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
  • Experience with data collection and analysis tools such as SPSS, STATA, Kobo Toolbox, ODK, or Power BI is highly desirable.

Other Skills:

• Strong organizational skills and ability to work independently as well as in a team.
• Excellent communication skills to engage effectively with stakeholders at different levels and backgrounds.
• Ability to write high-quality reports tailored to different audiences.
• Analytical thinking and attention to detail, with a focus on data quality and results- based reporting.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines in a dynamic work environment.