Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Officer

Organization: - SHAMA BIREHAN WLWHA

Project: - TB LON III

Job Title: Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Officer

Reports to: - G/Manager

Duty Station: - Dira Dawa Region, Ethiopia

Contract Term: Full-time position, Fixed term Contract

Category: Technical Officer

Salary Scale: As per the scale of the organization

No. of Positions: 01

Date posted: - 20/10/2026

Deadline: - 29/10/2026

Brief Organizational Introduction and Project Overview:

SHAMA BIREHAN has first registered as a non-profit, non-political, racial and secular association by Dire Dawa Administration Justice Bureau on April 4/ 1997 with the most important objective of reducing and mitigating the all rounded impact of HIV/AIDS on women and children. Later on, the association had registered as an Ethiopian Residents’ charitable organization under the new charities and societies’ proclamation of the federal government of Ethiopia on December 31/2009 and reregistered on July, 2019 in the same standard and the same organizational status.

Currently, in collaboration with REACH Ethiopia Shama Birhen is implementing various projects including new project called USAID- TB LON-III.

The USAID URBAN TB LON III Project is an ambitious initiative aimed at addressing the urban tuberculosis (TB) challenge in Ethiopia. Focused on the city administrations of Dire dawa, the project's primary goals include identifying missed TB cases, delivering patient-centered care, and fostering innovative solutions to combat TB. This project is pivotal in enhancing TB detection and treatment, with an overarching aim to reduce TB prevalence and mortality in urban environments.

Position Summary:

The Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Officer will support the effective implementation of the DOS TB LON III monitoring, evaluation, learning, data management, and performance measurement system across assigned project implementation areas. The officer will work closely with the MEL team, technical advisors, field teams, government counterparts, implementing partners, health facilities, laboratories, community structures, and other stakeholders to ensure that project data are complete, accurate, timely, analyzed, interpreted, and used for program improvement and decision-making.

The MEL Officers will be based in Dire Dawa with responsibility for supporting project implementation areas as assigned. The position requires regular travel to regions, zones, woredas, health facilities, community sites, laboratories, and other project-supported locations.

Key Responsibilities:

• Collaborate on the development and amendment of the MEL plan with M&E Team
• Ensure timely and accurate data collection, analysis, and reporting.
• Manage evaluations and assessments to monitor program impact and effectiveness.
• Piloting of the developed tool and if necessary, validate the tool by following the appropriate scientific data collection tool validation procedure.
• Facilitate the utilization of the developed tool by end-user and collect the feedback for improvement of the tool.
• Participate in the necessary data collection process
• For the web-based formats create login access for the data system of the organization teams based on their level of management.
• Continuous bug clearing and data system update
• Data cleaning and dashboard development
• Design data questions avoiding ambiguity and develop supporting definition document for reference
• Train data collectors and data managers on the developed tools and data management portal
• Ensure timely and proper data collection
• Develop data validation mechanisms
• Organize and process data for firsthand analysis
• Store and share data for the authorized body based on the data protection policy
• Ensure the implementation of data protection policy
• Perform related tasks as directed by the immediate supervisor or the higher management

Qualifications:

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in information technology, health informatics or equivalent

Experience

• 5 years of relevant work experience in NGOs and health related projects and minimum of 3 years’ experience in M&E position;
• Experience in data collection tool and software development, coordination and supervision of baseline/end line surveys
• Experience in data encoding, data management, data analysis and report writing;
• Excellent analytical, teamwork, negotiation and influencing skills;
• Excellent computer skills and also working knowledge of data management systems including analysis software; ODK/ Kobo toolbox, Survey Kits,
• Excellent knowledge of spoken & written Amharic and English and report writing

Behavioral competencies and skills

• Good interpersonal skills with experience in networking with partners at all levels (government, NGOs and local community-based organizations)
• Fluency in written and spoken English
• Computer literacy; competency with Microsoft Office, Excel, access, internet and email systems
• Ability to work independently as well as in collaboration with colleagues and partners
• Willingness to travel frequently within the project implementation area
• Strong organizational skills and proactive communicator.
• Self-motivated and team player with excellent attention to detail
• Collaborative mindset
• Analytical thinker
• Ability and willingness to travel to the field