As the Research and Evaluation Analyst, you will oversee program study designs, use data-driven results to make recommendations that increase farmer impact, and improve our operations. You will coordinate the Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) activities across multiple programs in Ethiopia. Using the MEL results, you will provide relevant programmatic recommendations on improvement of our operations and work with the leadership team to make informed decisions to steer our long-term impact strategy. You will report to the Agroforestry MEL Lead.

Responsibilities

Study design and execution– You will work with different team members, both from in-country departments and global teams, to identify research goals, conceptualize (including scoping out the theory of change) and develop evaluation plans that aim to quantify program impact  and answer other strategic queries. You will develop detailed implementation plans,  oversee main tasks linked with the project calendar, and deliver the results as per agreed calendar

Team management- You will directly manage the Ethiopia Senior MEL specialist and the Field Research Specialist. Your direct reports manage a team of up to 50+ temporary staff. You will work with your team to set department goals, and then guide your team to achieve these through setting clear expectations, delegation, coaching and regular performance evaluations

Departmental leadership– You will be in charge of the MEL department strategic processes. You will develop the annual department work plans, calendars, goals, and a monitoring evaluation and learning strategy for the projects developed. You will also oversee the MEL department annual budgeting, cash forecast and monthly spending reporting and lead cost efficiency improvement

Data management and data quality control– You will create a data-led management culture with a high degree of independence and results ownership. You will uphold and improve data quality standards to ensure our impact evaluation and strategic decisions to improve our program are based on accurate and up-to-date information.

Data analysis and synthesis– You will contribute to the analysis and triangulation of qualitative and quantitative monitoring data, synthesize results in a report and share findings with the country and global teams for learning and making decisions.

Intra and inter-department communication- You will harness communication within the MEL department, country programs and global teams. You will compile M&E results to draw early and final conclusions and develop high quality reports/ communication tools suited to the different teams. You will report on the progress of project implementation, problem diagnosis and recommend corrective actions to the team members.

Influencing program design- You will improve MEL coordination with the country program teams to ensure MEL work is aligned to program-specific impact goals. You will work with the program and field teams to ensure M&E results and recommendations are understood and acted upon. You will follow up on the implementation of the recommendations by the program teams

Qualifications

Across all roles, these are the general qualifications we look for. For this role specifically, you will have:

3+ years experience in design and implementation of evaluation studies, creating data collection tools, conducting statistical data analysis, reporting and team management.

Knowledge of evaluation concepts and mastery of experimental and quasi-experimental evaluation designs.

Data analysis skills such as regressions, propensity score matching, difference in difference design

Knowledge of statistical software (e.g. Stata, R, Advanced Excel- can maintain complex spreadsheets. (Knowledge of Dataiku supported languages such as R, Python etc is an added advantage).

An understanding of qualitative data analysis approaches [Nice to have]

A Bachelor’s degree in Statistics, Economics, Agronomy, or research related field.

1+  years experience in leadership and building staff capacity

Organizational, coordination skill-set  and an enthusiasm for learning and growth.

Fluency in English and Amharic