Ethiopia
Contract
Full time
Employer: Village Enterprise
Industry: Nonprofit/International Development/Social Entrepreneurship
Job Title: Monitoring Evaluation and Learning Specialist-HRA Project
Reports to: Monitoring Evaluation and Learning Manager
Location: Addis Ababa – Ethiopia
Project Name: Highlands Resilience Activity - HRA
About Village Enterprise:
Village Enterprise’s mission is to end extreme poverty in rural Africa through entrepreneurship, innovation, and collective action. By empowering women, refugees, and youth to launch small businesses and savings groups, our cost-effective model provides dignified and sustainable pathways for people to lift themselves and their families out of extreme poverty—for good. To date, Village Enterprise has trained 287,000 first-time entrepreneurs, launched 87,000 businesses, and impacted more than 1.8 million lives across Africa. Village Enterprise has operations in four countries—Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, and Uganda—and works with partners in other sub-Saharan countries. As Village Enterprise continues to scale, our aim is to lift 20 million people out of extreme poverty by 2030.
HRA Project Overview:
Feed the Future Ethiopia -Highlands Resilience Activity (HRA) is a USD 60 million, five-year program funded by USAID. The program aims to complement the Productive Safety Net Program (PSNP5) by supporting 120,000 PSNP households to reach the graduation threshold by strengthening their participation in market opportunities.
Position Overview:
Village Enterprise MEL Specialist will use his/her expertise to support Village Enterprise’s dynamic field-level Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) team and activities. Program areas of involvement include oversight for implementation of participant tracking systems; data cleaning and analysis; database management; information management; report writing, field visits; staff trainings; innovations in monitoring and evaluation tools and methodologies; design and oversight of M&E for special projects; participation in organizational research initiatives.
Responsibilities
Key Result Areas:
Regional/Project Specific MEL Responsibilities:
Lead implementation of MEL Team initiatives for region/project(s), including:
Cross-Region/Project MEL Responsibilities:
In collaboration with other MEL Specialists and under the guidance of the MEL Manager:
Other monitoring and evaluation tasks as assigned.
Operations Role:
Other operation tasks as assigned
Safeguarding: "Safeguarding at VE is everyone’s responsibility"
Requirements
Qualifications:
Key Competencies:
To Apply
Please send your Cover letter and CV in single attachment online. Your cover letter should explain why your experience and background make you the ideal candidate for this position and should be no more than one page.
Deadline: Applications will be accepted through September 17,2024.
Village Enterprise will provide equal employment and advancement opportunities to all individuals. Employment decisions at Village will be based on merit, qualifications and abilities. Village Enterprise is a no corruption, solicitation or bribery zone. We do not charge fees from job seekers, communities and service providers. Village Enterprise does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, gender identity, age, disability, marital status or any other characteristic protected by the law. Village will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities unless doing so would result in undue hardship to daily operations.
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