Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Specialist, Ethiopia R-PAL

Job Description

Position Description

LINC has been working on USAID-funded programming in Ethiopia for four years. LINC is preparing to respond to a new funding opportunity, a multi-year USAID-funded “Highlands Resilience Platform for Adaptive Learning” (R-PAL) activity. This is envisioned to be an agile learning, research and collaboration platform designed to facilitate joint action planning, enable adaptive management practices, and allow for evidence-based decision-making for resilience programming in the Ethiopian Highlands. The activity is anticipated to have four objectives: (1) Collaboration and coordination among USAID Ethiopia Highlands Resilience partners and investments is established and facilitated to support collective impact; (2) Highlands resilience investments are informed by learning, evidence, and research; (3) Adaptive management processes and solutions for USAID Highlands Resilience investments are adopted and employed towards evidence-based program iteration (and ingrained in the partnership’s culture); and (4) Innovation within USAID’s Highlands programming drives early adoption and scaling of new rigorously tested approaches. This call for experts in MEL is reflective of those priorities.

This is a full-time position contingent upon USAID award. Ethiopian nationals are strongly encouraged to apply.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate development of MEL documentation with implementing partners.
• Develop and review activity workplans.
• Refinement, analysis and reporting on indicators.
• Conduct data quality assessments, targeted research and evaluations.
• Develop and refine the learning agenda.
• Provide technical assistance and training to implementing partners in MEL plan development, monitoring systems and processes, and various research, data collection and reporting practices.

Skills and Qualifications

• Advanced degree in a relevant field.
• A minimum of 10 years of technical experience in monitoring, evaluation, and learning. Advanced research skills, including data quality oversight, qualitative and quantitative analytical methods, and authoring evaluation reports.
• Excellent planning, management, and communication skills, ability to work in teams.
• Previous experience implementing USAID or donor-funded projects preferred.
• Experience delivering training and technical assistance on MEL topics to local organizations is a plus.
• Fluency in English required.

Application Instructions

Send resume/CV to jobs@linclocal.org with the subject line “MEL Specialist, Ethiopia R-PAL”. Applications will be acknowledged, but only final candidates will be contacted. LINC LLC is an equal opportunity employer.

About the Organization

About LINC

LINC is a small business headquartered in Washington DC dedicated to strengthening local actors and systems. At LINC, we believe that a practical approach to engaging committed, capable local actors increases international development effectiveness and sustainability. Awarded USAID’s “Small Business of the Year” distinction in 2017, we are a team of reflective practitioners, passionate and energetic in our work, and committed to locally led development. We partner with major universities, foundations, local NGOs, consulting firms, and international development agencies, like USAID. Our country experience spans Europe, Asia, Africa, and Latin America. For more information on LINC, please visit  www.linclocal.org