Field Monitoring, Evaluation, and Reporting Officer

Positive Action for Development (PAD) is an indigenous, non-governmental, non-profit, secular, and legally registered Ethiopian Civil Society Organization (Registration No. 2330). PAD is committed to promoting a just, compassionate, and inclusive society where all people can thrive. Guided by the values of optimism, integrity, kindness, excellence, and impactful action, PAD works to provide effective humanitarian and development support to communities in need. Job Summary: The Field MERL Officer supports monitoring, evaluation, research, and learning activities at field level. The role involves collecting and verifying project data, tracking indicators, documenting results, supporting assessments, and ensuring timely reporting. The officer works closely with program teams to improve performance, promote accountability, and capture lessons learned for adaptive project implementation. Key Duties and Responsibilities: Design and implement robust MEL frameworks. Collect and analyze quantitative and qualitative data. Prepare and present regular MEL reports to stakeholders. Conduct field visits to monitor project activities. Facilitate learning sessions and workshops to improve project outcomes. Ensure compliance with donor requirements and organizational policies. Collaborate with project teams to develop and refine data collection tools. Identify and document best practices and lessons learned. Overall Responsibilities Prepare a monitoring checklist in line with project activities and objectives. Collect weekly, monthly, and quarterly plans of each staff member in hard and soft copy. Collect weekly, monthly, and quarterly reports from each staff member and document them in hard & soft copy. Provide feedback to the project coordinator on project strategies and activities. Fully document service provision, reports, and care plans. Encode beneficiaries’ profile data, service and care plan to database. Promote the use of evaluation findings among the projects. Monitor the allocated resources for the project interventions in terms of effectiveness and efficiency. Assist project coordinators in preparing monthly, quarterly, and annual reports. Assist the project personnel with M&E tools and support them in their use. Facilitate and conduct mid-term and terminal evaluations for medium- and long-term projects. Make sure all project team members have prepared, reviewed, and submitted periodic activity plans and reports. Prepare and maintain data collection tools, collect data, conduct data quality assurance, and analyze and interpret results. Prepare review meetings and supportive supervision schedules and conduct the program. Prepare and document change stories. Monitor and evaluate overall progress on achievement of project results. Monitor the sustainability of the project's results. Report monthly, quarterly, semi-annually, and annually on services provided to the M&E Coordinator and Project Coordinator. Train and support staff in monitoring and evaluation processes as requested. Conduct and analyze staff capacity-building needs assessments and facilitate trainings. Provide input and update information related to project outcomes. Perform other duties as may be assigned by the project coordinator.