Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Manager

Responsibilities:

• Develop and implement a comprehensive Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) strategy aligned with CARD's values, goals, and objectives.
• Design and oversee the incorporation of MEL elements in project designs, implementation of activities, quality assurance and effectiveness, and reporting.
• Collect program implementation and administration related data, document, analyze, and visually present data and prepare regular reports to inform decision-making, adapt programs to improve effectiveness, and demonstrate impact to various stakeholders.
• Conduct evaluations, including baseline, mid-term, and final evaluations, to assess program results and impacts, identify areas for improvement, and inform future iterations; this includes informing CARDs future program activities and advocacy areas with findings.
• Build the capacity of CARDs team and its partner organizations on MEL best practices and knowledge utilization.
• Oversee organizational learning, including leading and maintaining a knowledge management system to capture, document, and share valuable lessons learned, best practices, and program insights across the organization and to its partners.
• Facilitate knowledge sharing and learning through workshops, trainings, publications, and other platforms within the team and with partners or networks.
• Stay up-to-date on the latest MEL methodologies, knowledge management practices, and relevant trends in the field.
• Maintain strong relationships with stakeholders, including donors, government agencies, and beneficiary communities.

• Master's degree in Monitoring and Evaluation, Project Cycle Management, Public Policy, Social Sciences, Knowledge Management, or a related field.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in designing and implementing MEL systems and tools.
• Strong analytical and data management skills.
• Good understanding of state of the art as well as participatory and inclusive monitoring, evaluation, and learning methodologies and ability to teach them to others;
• Experience in organizational learning and technical capacity to provide guidance and capacity development in M&E to project staff;
• Experience in organizational development and process facilitation to develop a M&E System in a participatory manner that reflects the interests of the whole organization,
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and facilitation, and writing skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Strong commitment to values in data-based decision making, transparency, methodological rigor, and program learning.
• Experience working in the human rights, democracy, and/or peacebuilding sector is a plus
• Demonstrable understanding of sociopolitical context in Ethiopia, human rights and democracy concepts.
• Proficiency in verbal and written English language and another/other local languages
• Demonstrable proficiency in the use and application of information communication technologies.