World Vision Ethiopia began its first intervention in Ethiopia in 1971 with relief and opened the Ethiopia office in 1975. Relief, rehabilitation, and small community development projects dominated the decade that followed. During the 1984/85 drought, World Vision Ethiopia participated in a massive relief operation that saved the lives of millions of people.
Starting its operation with emergency intervention in some parts of Ethiopia, World Vision currently operates in 53 Area Programs (APs) implementing effective programmes, such as Education, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), Nutrition, Emergency Response, Faith and Development, Food Security, Economic Development, Climate change, and environmental projects and other cross-cutting programmes.
Position 1: MEAL Manager
KNOWLEDGE/QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE ROLE
Required Professional Experience
- Minimum of 15 years of progressively responsible experience in international development programming with international NGOs, including at least seven (7) years in a senior MEAL leadership role leading the design, implementation, and management of MEAL systems, processes, and tools.
- Demonstrated experience working on U.S. Government (USG)-funded projects, preferably with responsibility for donor compliance, performance monitoring, and reporting.
- Strong knowledge of advanced health systems
- Proven ability to effectively engage, coordinate, and collaborate with government institutions, NGOs, faith-based organizations, and other key stakeholders.
- Proven experience in digital data collection, data management, analysis, and reporting, including the use of donor and government Management Information Systems (MIS) such as DHIS2, eCHIS, and related platforms.
- Solid experience in the design and implementation of quantitative and qualitative monitoring and evaluation systems, including the measurement and tracking of output, outcome, and impact indicators.
- Demonstrated expertise in designing and operationalizing comprehensive project MEAL systems, including Theory of Change (Toc), Log Frames, Results Frameworks, indicators, data collection tools, methodologies, and reporting systems, to generate high-quality monitoring data and track project performance and outcomes. Experience supporting health systems strengthening and service delivery improvement at community and faith-based organization (FBO) levels is highly desirable.
- Advanced Proficiency in digital data collection, management, visualization, and reporting platforms, including Microsoft Excel, Power BI, KoboToolbox, ODK, SurveyCTO, and qualitative data analysis software such as SPSS, STATA, R, Epi Info, NVivo, and Atlas.
- Demonstrated ability to analyze and synthesize data from multiple sources, identify trends and performance gaps, interpret findings, and provide actionable recommendations to strengthen project implementation, strategy, and decision-making.
- Experience producing high-quality M&E reports and facilitating the use of findings, lessons learned, and evidence to inform adaptive management and continuous program improvement.
- Knowledge of and practical experience with DHIS2 and national health information systems will be considered a strong advantage
Required Education, training, license, registration, and certification
- Master’s Degree in Monitoring & Evaluation, Public Health, Biostatistics, Epidemiology, Demography, Economics, Statistics, Development Studies, or a related field.
- Professional certification in Advanced Health PMIS, Monitoring and Evaluation, Data Analytics, Research Methods, or Project Management is an added advantage
Preferred Knowledge and Qualifications
- Excellent interpersonal, communication, and influencing skills, with the ability to build effective relationships and collaborate with diverse stakeholders at national, regional, community, and facility levels.
- Strong conceptual, analytical, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to interpret complex data and apply evidence-based approaches to program design, implementation, learning, and decision-making.
- Demonstrated leadership and management skills in MEAL, with proven experience in team leadership, stakeholder engagement, partnership management, networking, and coordination.
- Strong understanding of faith-based programming, interfaith engagement, and community development, with the ability to articulate and model World Vision’s Christian identity, values, and mission in an inclusive and respectful manner.
- Proven facilitation, coaching, mentoring, and capacity-strengthening skills, with the ability to foster teamwork, collaboration, and continuous learning among diverse groups of stakeholders.
- Excellent technical writing, report development, presentation, and data visualization skills, with the ability to communicate complex information clearly to technical and non-technical audiences.
- Strong knowledge of data protection, information security, ethical research practices, safeguarding standards, and accountability frameworks applicable to international development programs.
- Demonstrated commitment to innovation, learning, adaptive management, and the use of evidence to improve program quality, effectiveness, and impact.
- High levels of integrity, professionalism, accountability, and cultural sensitivity, with the ability to work effectively in diverse and multicultural environments.
Travel and/or Work Environment Requirement
The position requires a willingness for travels to all Project operational areas
Physical Requirements: The duty station of the post is based in at national office with frequent field visits
Language Requirements: English and local languages
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Position 2: Project Director
Required Education, training, license, registration, and/or Certification
Academic Qualifications
Masterâs degree required in public health, international development, business/public administration, or a related field.
Demonstrated experience representing programs to U.S. Embassies/USG, national governments, the Global Fund, and other partners, and negotiating the transition or absorption of program activities into government systems and financing. Proven experience ensuring compliance and clean audits on donor-funded awards.
Sufficient technical familiarity with integrated health programming (HIV, TB, malaria, MCH, and nutrition) to provide credible leadership. Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English; proficiency in the national/local language(s) strongly preferred.
Demonstrated experience working with the Federal Ministry of Health, Regional Health Bureaus, government technical structures, technical working groups, donors, implementing partners, FBOs, and local organizations.
Proven experience providing technical oversight and capacity strengthening to multiple implementing partners, sub-awardees, local organizations, and FBOs across geographically dispersed areas.
Demonstrated experience using MEL data, evidence, research, assessments, and learning to improve technical performance and guide adaptive programming.
Proven experience in health systems strengthening, localization, government ownership, sustainability, institutionalization, and transition.
Experience working in complex, fragile, humanitarian, conflict-affected, or resource-constrained environments is highly desirable.
Preferred Specialized Training / Certifications
Preference will be given to candidates with specialized training or certification in PEPFAR Program Management and Technical Programming
U.S. Government/USAID Award and Program Management
HIV/AIDS and PEPFAR Technical Programming
TB/HIV Collaborative Programming
MNCH and Integrated Primary Health Care
Nutrition Programming and Nutrition-Sensitive Health Systems
Health Systems Strengthening
Quality Improvement / Continuous Quality Improvement (QI/CQI)
Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Learning (MERL)
Data Use, DHIS2, Digital Health, and Health Information Systems
Results-Based Management and Adaptive Management
Project/Program Management: PMP, PRINCE2, or equivalent
Leadership and Senior Management
Localization, Partnership Management, and Organizational Capacity Strengthening
Safeguarding, PSEA, Gender, Disability Inclusion, and Protection
Humanitarian Health, Emergency Preparedness, and Outbreak Response, particularly relevant to the Ethiopian context.
Required Professional Experience
Minimum 10 yearsâ experience managing donor-funded health programs, including senior management and staff supervision, with a strong track record engaging institutional donors, host governments (including Ministries of Health and Finance), and multi-organization consortia; prior Chief of Party, Deputy Chief of Party, or senior country program management experience strongly preferred.
Demonstrated substantial technical expertise in at least one core FCI technical area, such as HIV, TB, MNCH, nutrition, community health, primary health care, or health systems strengthening, combined with proven experience providing strategic technical oversight across integrated health programs.
Proven ability to integrate multiple technical areas into a single coherent program strategy, implementation model, service-delivery approach, performance framework, and health systems strengthening agenda, rather than managing technical components as separate vertical programs.
Strong senior-level experience working with Ministries of Health, Regional Health Bureaus, government technical structures, technical working groups, implementing partners, local organizations, FBOs, and donor technical counterparts. Direct experience with Ethiopia’s Federal Ministry of Health and Regional Health Bureaus is highly desirable.
Demonstrated experience in technical quality assurance, quality improvement, integrated service delivery, supportive supervision, mentorship, capacity strengthening, evidence-based programming, data use, performance management, and adaptive management, with a proven ability to identify technical gaps and lead corrective actions.
Demonstrated experience using program data, evidence, assessments, learning, and performance information to guide technical decisions, adapt implementation strategies, improve service quality, and demonstrate measurable program results.
Proven experience contributing to health systems strengthening, government ownership, localization, sustainability, institutionalization, and transition, including strengthening government and local partner technical capacity and integrating project-supported approaches into existing health systems.
Demonstrated experience working effectively in complex, fragile, humanitarian, conflict-affected, or rapidly changing environments, with the ability to adapt technical approaches while maintaining quality and alignment with national and donor requirements.
Proven ability to build consensus among diverse technical stakeholders, manage competing technical priorities, resolve complex implementation challenges, and maintain technical quality and consistency across multiple partners, regions, and technical areas.
Strong track record of providing strategic technical leadership while remaining sufficiently operational to guide implementation teams, partners, health facilities, community platforms, and local organizations toward measurable program results.
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Place of Work: Addis Ababa
Deadline :Â August 28th, 2026