Project Monitoring and Improvement Officer

About the Role

The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) is seeking a Project Monitoring and Improvement Officer to provide day to day project monitoring and improvement with evidence related support to the country office. This role will be offered on a fixed term contract until December 2026, subject to availability of funding. You will be based in GAIN’s Ethiopia office in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Reporting to the Program Monitoring Manager, the Project Officer will provide technical support to the Ethiopia project teams in the design, coordination, and implementation of the monitoring framework of the country programme.

Key Responsibilities include:

• Supporting the development of results frameworks / logical frameworks and monitoring plans, as well as the uptake and use of monitoring tools
• Collecting directly routine monitoring data by implementing agencies and government to track progress of program activities towards objectives
• Reviewing and analysing data and preparing reports on monitoring indicators in a timely manner
• Contributing to analysis of information collected and supporting all dissemination efforts including writing reports, briefs, and other materials
• Developing checklists and coordinating joint monitoring among wider team from the planning to the report development and follow-up of action points
• Supporting the drafting of reports for GAIN, donors and other partners on program activities as needed
• Leading on the appropriate completion and systematic storage for project documents as well as datasets and assessment specific documentation
• Working collaboratively with project team members to ensure necessary program planning, monitoring, and improvement functions smoothly and efficiently

About You

The ideal candidate will have proven experience in monitoring and evaluation and preferably within an INGO setting. You will have experience in analysing data, tracking indicators, and developing and/or strengthening performance monitoring systems and experience in creating an interactive dashboard for visualization using Tableau, Power Bi, or Excel. Candidates with expertise in data management and analysis tools and software is an asset.

In addition, you will have experience in delivering M&E trainings in organizing performance reviews and learning events. The postholder will have practical knowledge of monitoring and evaluation methodologies, including development of log frames, result, theories of change, and assessment/evaluations.

The postholder should possess excellent project management and communication skills. You will be fluent in written and spoken English and willing and able to work in a multi-cultural and results-driven environment. In addition, you should be highly flexible and willing and able to travel.

A bachelor’s degree in social science, development studies, economics, statistics, data science, public health or related field, candidates with master degree in related field would be an asset. You will be computer literate in Microsoft Office (especially Excel and Access) and expertise in dedicated statistical software and tools such as Kobo, ODK, Google Forms, Survey CTO, Comcare etc. to conduct surveys.

About our Offer

The starting salary on offer for this role is from USD 10,920 – USD 12,480 per annum (gross salary), depending on experience.

GAIN has a fair and competitive salary structure that allows for annual progression subject to good performance. In addition, GAIN offers a total of 37 days holiday per year (including annual leave, public holidays and additional office closure days), an attractive pension scheme and competitive insurance cover including health, travel and life assurance.

We are committed to the health of our staff, especially in these challenging times, and have developed a programme of wellbeing that includes flexible working, additional leave allowances, wellbeing days, mindfulness coaching and access to independent and confidential counselling.

GAIN also has a strong commitment to professional development. We will support you to grow in your career through both formal and informal training, and are committed to providing opportunities through internal recruitment, secondments and promotion. All of this is delivered in a supportive and collaborative environment.

About GAIN

The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) is a Swiss-based foundation launched at the United Nations in 2002 to tackle the human suffering caused by malnutrition. Due to COVID19, conflict in Ukraine and climate change, malnutrition and hunger have worsened significantly since 2019, reversing a decade of progress. There is growing recognition that our food systems need to change if we are to reverse these trends.

GAIN’s Strategy aims to transform food systems to make healthier diets from sustainable food systems accessible to all people and especially those whose are most vulnerable to shocks. By 2027, we aim to improve the access of 1.5 billion people to nutritionally enhanced staple foods, improve the access of 25 million people to healthier diets, and support positive food system change in 10 countries. This is bold and complex, and the only way to achieve this is to work together with partners including governments, businesses, and civil society at the country and global level. These goals, and the ways of achieving them, build on our twenty-year legacy of transforming people’s lives with improved nutrition through concerted action and effective policy change.

Our Working Culture and Environment

We provide a flexible working environment that includes a combination of home and office working opportunities through our global hybrid working policy. This encourages our staff to have a healthy work-life balance and increases staff motivation, enriches employee wellbeing, and improves performance and productivity.

All of our positions are based in one or more of GAIN’s designated offices as stated on our job advertisements. Successful candidates will be based in one of GAIN’s country offices and must have the existing right to live and work within a reasonably commutable distance of the relevant city / cities in which the role is advertised. Please note, that GAIN does not sponsor working visas and relocations.

GAIN reserves the right to withdraw an offer of employment for candidates who are considered to ineligible under the above conditions during or after the recruitment process.

Applicants must be currently based and have the existing right to live and work in the Addis Ababa, Ethiopia region to be eligible to apply for this position.

This advert closes on 16th August 2024. Early applications are encouraged. GAIN reserves the right to close this advert early should we receive suitable candidates ahead of the closing date.

The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition is committed to equality of opportunity and creating an inclusive environment where diversity is valued. We are keen to reflect the diversity of our society at every level within our organisation and therefore welcome applications from talented and committed people from all backgrounds, representing the diverse societies we operate in.