Geopolitical/SBU/Function overview:
The British Council has had a permanent presence in Ethiopia for over 70 years and has been engaged in delivering and managing civil society, governance and accountability programmes in Sub-Saharan Africa on behalf of major bilateral and multilateral donors. The British Council is leading a consortium for an exciting DFID-funded programme, to manage the delivery of grant support and capacity building activities to enable development of a professional civil society base, able to effectively collaborate with government to meet the needs of the most marginalised people in Ethiopia.
The Civil Society Support Programme 2 (CSSP2) is a £16.7 million capacity development programme designed to support Ethiopia’s civil society and its contribution to the country’s national development, poverty reduction and advancement of good governance in line with the government’s policies and strategies. The programme, which manages a fund of more than £9 million, has a strong emphasis on ‘hard-to-reach’ civil society and citizens, using regionally-led programming. It is managed by a consortium led by the British Council and is supported by multiple donors led by DFID. CSSP2 is delivered through a central programme office and regional hub based in Addis Ababa, and four further regional hubs at Dessie, Assossa, Hawassa, and Dire Dawa to facilitate programme implementation throughout the country.
Role purpose
Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL)Officer, CSSP2
The purpose of the role is to support the Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning (MEL) and Knowledge Management approaches, systems and activities and assure a credible impact evidence base to demonstrate programme performance to the satisfaction of DFID, British Council and external reviewers. The MEL officer will maintain and produce reports from programme datasets and will develop the capacity of the team and partners to produce consolidate and analyse robust data from across the programme’s activities.
Role Requirements:
- A first degree or equivalent professional experience in social science, organizational development, MEL or similar
- At least three years’ experience in a similar role working in the NGO or donor funded context
- Experience in programme management specifically with Monitoring and evaluation
- Managing data, preparing reports and collating M & E results.
- A thorough understanding of monitoring and evaluation priorities for DFID and other donors, including design and use of logframes, theory of change and experience of M&E reporting.
- Experience of developing M&E frameworks.
- A solid understanding of DFID’s Value for Money principles and approaches.
- A demonstrable ability to build MEL capacity within the civil society / NGO sector
If you would like to see full details and understand more about this post then please review the role profile below and put in an application that highlights your skills for this role:
British Council application form – complete online using the British Council jobs portal
British Council Behaviours.pdf
British Council Core Skills.pdf
Please refer to the role profile for more information on the role responsibilities/accountability and person specification, by clicking on the links for relevant document to support your application:
Job Requirements
Qualifications
Minimum / essential
- A first degree or equivalent professional experience in social science, organizational development, MEL or similar
Role Specific Knowledge & Experience
Minimum / essential
- At least three years’ experience in a similar role working in the NGO or donor funded context
If you would like to see full details and understand more about this post then please review the role profile below and put in an application that highlights your skills for this role
British Council Behaviours.pdf
British Council Core Skills.pdf
More Information
- Address Addis Ababa
- Experience Level Mid level
- Total Years Experience 0-5
- Qualification BA/BSc
