Monitoring and Evaluation
Resume:
MENGISTU KEFALE TEGEGNE –
SENIOR STATISTICIAN, RESEARCHER AND MONITORING AND EVALUATION EXPERT
Addis Ababa Tel. 251-0911996293/091*******/094******* E-mail ***********@*****.*** or *******@*****.***
Summary of Curriculum Vitae
I am a senior Statistician with extensive academic and professional experience as a consultant and government,NGO employee UN agency. In addition to this I am experienced in high level data analysis using sophisticated software and spreedsheets like excel, trainer with full competency in leading computer-based statistical packages. I am participated in a wide variety of surveys and research missions at national, regional and local levels and had Extensive experience in Monitoring and Evaluation of the project/program impacts, design sampling methodologies with appropriate sample size, data collection tool design, training manual development, train data collection field staffs, supervise data collection processes, data quality management, prepare data entry template design, conduct and supervise data cleaning both manually and electronic, develop/ design tabulation plan, data analysis and report writing on the survey findings, presentation on key performance indicators and organize dissemination workshops.
Areas of Expertise
Stategy development for European Union Trust Fund project on Leather Initiative for Employment Creation(LISEC) which was implemented by United Nations Industrial Development Organization(UNIDO) and others
Data collection tool design,data collection analysis and report wrting
Expert in inferential and descriptive statistical analysis and data quality assurance
Expert in data manipulation using software/ spreadsheets such as CSPro, SPSS, STATA,DATIM/DHIS2 and Tableau and excell
Strong capacity building and supervision skills in leading junior staffs
Extensive experience in survey sampling (sample size determination and sampling methodologies)
Develop output,outcome and impact level indicators with M&E Strategies including theories of change and facilitate its operationalization
Plan,Monitor and Evaluate projects by conducting Baseline,Midline and Endline surveys
Coordinate with the donors,stakeholders for Monitoring and Evaluation process.
Produce periodic monitoring data analysis reports using SPSS softwares and excell spreedsheets and recommend possible corrective measures, if deemed necessary.
Actively involve in the UNSDCF 2025-2030,Joint Work Plan(JWP),report compilation, Evaluation Technical Management Team members: reviewed the inception and final reports including facilitatation of agency level evaluation
Train program and M&E staff to build their capacity and support external monitors and evaluators by providing relevant information and developing Terms of Reference(ToR)
Consider gender related issues(gender equality and women empowerment) from design to implimentation of projects,data disagregation reporting to ensure equal participation of women and men.
Prepare data input databases,reports, dashboards, infographics and others and organize desimination workshops Professional Experience:
National Monitoring and Evaluation expert at United Nations Industrial Development Organization (August 2022 to August 2025)
Collect relevant data through Questionnaires for submission to broad range of Project’s stakeholders
Coordinate with the European Union Trust Fund project Monitoring and Evaluation System.
Produce periodic monitoring data analysis reports and recommend possible corrective measures, if deemed necessary.
Monitored and evaluated workshops with the Contracting Authority and Projects managers and other stakeholders to guide them to regularly monitor their project work related progress and achieved: 2
Monthly, quarterly and annual monitoring and evaluation of the project performance conducted. Base on the findings of monitoring and evaluation recommendation and direction identified to improve future project implementation.
Regional central laboratory established, slaughterhouse machines and equipment provided to beneficiary and quality and quantity of H&S are in the good progress. Common production machine for shoes and leather and leather products for MSME cluster of unemployed youth and women are purchased and installed for commissioning.
Monitoring and evaluation conducted to assess the beneficiary abattoirs using machineries and equipment contribution for the quality and quantity of H&S improvement. In addition, functionality of gender equality and women empowerment and application of Occupational Safety and Health Signs in the organization.
Reports compiled and submitted to the external evaluators
Assure data quality control of all by coordinating qualitative and quantitative data collection, statistics and records compiled on a quarterly basis, taking the KPIs into account
Monitor project implementation trends against latest Key Performances Indicators (KPI) for all projects running under UNIDO_Ethiopia field office
Suggest strategies for improving the efficiency and effectiveness of the projects by identifying bottlenecks in completing project activities and developing plans to minimize or eliminate such constrains and ensure the attainment of UNIDO projects
Undertake any other activities as requested by the Project Management Team.
Member of United Nations Sustaiable development Copperation framework(UNSDCF) evaluation team
Compile and collect reports for UNSDCF quarterly/annual report and project mapping exrecise
Serve as M&E focal point person for all projects runnig under UNIDO
Capacitated by taking Training on Human Rights Based Approach (HRBA), Gender Equality, and Women’s Empowerment & Leave No One Behind in UN programming, jointly organized by OHCHR, UN Women, and RCO in the context of our current development of the new UNSDCF 2025-2030 and Environmental and Social Safeguards Policies and Procedures (ESSPP)
Facilitated review and validation and workshops of Occupational health and Safety (OSH), MSME cooperative by law, slaughter house restructuring product utilization feasibility study and export strategy development, All African Leather Fair and Let Ethiopia produce workshops
Actively involved in the UNSDCF 2020-2025 as Evaluation Technical Management Team members: reviewed the inception and final reports including facilitatation of agency level evaluation
Developed ToR for the impact evaluation for the Leather Intitative for Sustaiable Employment Creation(LISEC) which is running undre donnation of European Union(EU)
Coordinated project final evaluation for the project Leather Intitaive for Sustaiable Employment Creation.
Coordinated project final evaluation for the project Leather Intitaive for Sustaiable Employment Creation inaguration and close out events which invited stakeholders,donnors and implimenting partners in collaboration with C&V expert M&E advisor, Data manager and high-level data analysis HIV Prevention and Control Office (HAPCO)(August 2019 to June 2022)
Sampling methodologies
Designing and calculating appropriate actual and estimate sample sizes for studies based on available information;
Designing appropriate sampling methodologies to ensure best possible results;
Data quality assurance procedures;
Training and briefing program staff and client on sampling techniques. Survey Planning and Implementation
Tool design and reviewing of data collection methodologies to ensure they are statistically sound;
Preparing data input databases in collaboration with Data Management team;
Providing training to enumerators and supervisors in data quality assurance and sampling methodologies;
Deploy field staffs and Conduct a survey
Team Lead in the field, providing continual and timely reporting to program staff;
Oversee data collection. Ensure that all teams are fully equipped with the requisite materials (data collection tools, materials, technological devices, etc);
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Work with Program Coordinator to communicate/coordinate with relevant government bodies or client staff at all levels of the study.
Monitor program implementation process and evaluate the program weahter it has designered impact or not Data cleaning, analysis and write-up
Ensure that supervisors clean data according to schedule;
Working with Data Management team to ensure timely data entry and analysis;
Conduct data cleaning and pre-analysis to ensure best quality data (i.e removal of outliers, investigation into irregularities);
Conduct data analysis both descriptive and inderencial statistics usining appropriate statistical softwares and triangulate the result with othere data sources
Drafting the survey report based on the findings, collect comments/suggestions from expertises and finalizse the report and present to stakeholders.
Assistant Researcher, Epidemiology Health and Biostatistics Team, Ethiopian Health and Nutrition Research Institute (EHNRI), Apr 2008 – Nov 2011
Project design and proposal development for national nutritiona survey;
Preparation of sampling frames, sample designs, sampling weight (raising factor) and zonal/ regional/ country level estimations;
Designing questionnaires for various surveys in collaboration with clients;
Design of data entry templates and databases;
Data editing and quality verification using appropriate software (detection of outliers, data irregularities);
Inferential and descriptive data analysis and interpretation;
Report writing based on survey findings;
Supervision and coordination of field work, ensuring high-quality data generation;
Recruiting and training enumerators and supervisors in data collection and quality control;
Training researchers in study design and application software, including EPI-Info, SPSS,STATA, CSPro, Excel spread sheets and Word.
Senior Expert, Central Statistical Authority (CSA), Department of Natural Resources, Ethiopia, Feb 2005 to June 2008
Assigned at the posion of Technical Head for the Ethiopian national Population and Housing Census of 2007;
In addition to the below listed tasks: collaborating with clients, reporting and final write ups, finalizing sampling methodologies and sample size determination, capacity building, data quality assurance, supervision and overall team management.
Junior Statistician, Central Statistical Authority (CSA), Department of Natural Resources, Ethiopia, July 1997 to Feb 2005
Supervision of data collection in the field and during data entry;
Preparation of field manuals and assist in training of enumerators;
Assist in translation of tools and tool design;
Data cleaning,data analysis and maintaining databases. Teacher, Ethiopian Ministry of Education _Oromia Region Education Bureau, Ethiopia, Sept 1997 to 1998
Teaching mathematics and biology for High School students
Member of the commettee in question and answer session to improve competance of students
Head of guidance and counciling of students
Head of red cross club in the school
Lecturer, Addis Ababa University and Keya med medical college and Taught introduction to statistics and applied Statistics to students at Addis Ababa University and Private colleges (Keya med medical college)
Additional Competencies:
Certified Independent Consultant, license issued by the Ethiopian Management Institute.
Member of the National Technical Committee for Agricultural Data Quality Control, alongside members of UN-FAO, MoARD and the CSA.
Educational Background:
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2004 to 2005 MSc in Applied Statistics, from Addis Ababa University, the Faculty of Natural Science, Department of Statistics, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
1991 to 1997 BSc in Statistics, from Addis Ababa University, the Faculty of Natural Science, Department of Statistics, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
In addition to the regular educational achievement, I have more than 15 certificates rewarded due to attending short term courses: like project management, Impact evaluation, survey design/research methodology, data triangulation etc.…
Internationally Recognized Trainings and Workshops:
Cross-Country Workshop on Impact Evaluation of HIV/AIDS Intervention, Cape Town, South Africa;
Novel tools that support HIVDR assessment elements and the HIVDR Database Application, Dare-es-Salaam, Tanzania;
Designing Protocols for population-based and clinic–based HIV surveillance surveys, WHO collaborating Centre for Capacity Building in HIV Surveillance, Zagreb, Croatia;
Training course in HIV Data Triangulation, Zagreb, Croatia;
Theory and practice of Aerial Surveys, Nairobi, Kenya;
Experience sharing on population-based HIV surveys, Nairobi, Kenya;
Survey Design, conducted by United States Department of Agriculture, Addis, Ethiopia;
National ANC-based HIV surveillance of Training of Trainers and Planning, Addis, Ethiopia;
National HIV surveillance Summit workshop, Addis, Ethiopia;
Non-ANC-based National HIV Surveillance Sensitization and Planning, Addis, Ethiopia;
National TB/HIV surveillance, Training of Trainers, planning and overview of STI surveillance workshop - with the technical and financial support of CDC, Addis, Ethiopia;
Institutional Review Board Member Training - sponsored by the U.S Department of Health and Human Services, CDC Global AIDS Program, Addis, Ethiopia;
Land use administration in East Africa - workshop conducted by the world Bank, Addis, Ethiopia;
Crop and food supply assessment workshop, Addis, Ethiopia;
Satellite imagery workshop, Addis, Ethiopia;
Monitoring and Evaluation course certificate, from global e-learning center, Addis, Ethiopia;
Ante-Natal Care (ANC) course, from global e-learning center;
Non-communicable diseases seminar (Helsinki, Finland).
Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation
Evaluations and Studies Conducted:
For National Censuses
Field Operations and Technical Head of the third-round Population and Housing Census in BenishangulGumuz Regional State.
Demographic and Health Survey (EDHS 2011)_CSA
National Nutrition survey in Ethiopia_EPHI
National TB prevalnce survey in Ethiopia_EPHI
Ethiopian Agricultural Enumaration-Survey _CSA
In the Health Sector
HIV/AIDS surveillance for EHNRI and United States Center for Disease Control and prevention (CDC)
Secondary Investigator in the National Nutrition Program survey, conducted from scratch
National Health expenditure and utility survey
EOS_CHD in Amhara regional state
National vaccination coverage of Kenya
Cost of blindness survey in North Wolo of Amhara regional states
Senior data manager and M&E advisor for strengthening the coordination of HIV/AIDS response at national and sub national levels in ethiopia under the President's Emergency Plan for Aids Relief (PEPFAR
In the Agricultural Sector
Integrated household agricultural sample surveys for eleven years
First ever Ethiopian agricultural sample-enumeration survey
Public-Private Partnership for Artificial Insemination Delivery (PAID)_Mid term evaluation
Participated Counterfactual Impact Evaluation Dissemination Seminar 5
In the Private Sector and others
Logistic assesment and road access of stores for WFP project
Ethiopian household budget and consumption survey
Integrated household welfare monitoring survey
Monthly retail and producers price survey
State- and commercial farms survey
Small-scale manufacturing industries survey
Informal business sector survey
Survey on non-farm activities in rural areas
Rural investment climatic survey
Survey on the presence of good governance
Various construction surveys conducted by the Ethiopian Economic Association in collaboration with World Bank
Decision-making surveys on types of household fuels
Crop and Food Supply Assessment mission, conducted by UN-FAO
Evidence based decision and actions_IDEAS-school of tropical medicine
Conducted Midline and Endline evaluation survey for Pastorialist Girls Education of Afar Girls Education Survey(PAGES)
Cost of blindness survey conducted in collaboration with foreighn consultant named RAND
Evaluation of GAVI program for eficient money utilization
Public-Private Partnership for Artificial Insemination Delivery
Monitoring and Evaluation of Stigma and discrimination of People Living With HIV AIDS(PLWHIVA)
Monitoring and Evaluation of PEPFAR projects on strengthening HIV programs in Ethiopia.
Provided training on SPSS software for the Centre for Disease Control (CDC), trained government and NGO employees in the use of EPI-Info software
List of trainings/Workshops
Participated:
Cross Country Workshop on Impact Evaluation of HIV/AIDS Intervention (South Africa, Cape Town)
Novel tools that support HIVDR assessment elements and the HIVDR Database Application (Dare-es-Salaam Tanzania)
Designing Protocols for Population-based and clinic –based HIV surveillance surveys (WHO collaborating Centre for Capacity Building in HIV Surveillance, Croatia, Zagreb)
Training course in HIV Data Triangulation in Zagreb,Croatia
Theory and practice of Aerial Surveys held in Nairobi Kenya, Nairobi
Experience sharing on Population based HIV survey, Kenya, Nairobi
Survey Design conducted by United States Department of Agriculture
National ANC based HIV surveillance Training of Trainers and Planning workshop
National HIV surveillance Summit workshop
The Non-ANC based National HIV Surveillance Sensitization and Planning workshop
National TB/HIV surveillance Training of Trainers, Planning and overview of STI surveillance workshop (With technical and financial support of of CDC)
Institutional Review Board Member Training (Sponsored by the U.S Department of Health and Human Services, CDC Global AIDS Program)
Land use administration in east Africa work shop conducted by the world Bank
Crop and food supply assessment workshop conducted by FAO in collaboration with ministry of Agriculture and Central statistical Agency
Monitoring and Evaluation course certificate from global e learning center
Anti Natal Care (ANC) course from global e learning center
Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation
IT and Linguistic Skills:
Certificate from A.A.U (Ethiopian Statistical Association) in Census Survey Programing(CSPro), SAS, SPSS and STATA
Proficient with Microsoft Office programs; Word, Excel, Power Point etc.
Competent and experienced with CSPro, EPI-Info, EPP, SPECTRUM, Microsoft Access, SAS, Minitab, SPSS,STATA and DATIM/DHIS2 reporting system and data presentation in Tableau, excel and others 6
Languages Comprehension
Proficiency
Oral
Proficiency
Written
Proficiency
English Excellent Excellent Excellent
Amharic Excellent Excellent Excellent
Agewgna Excellent Excellent Good
References - Ms. Netsanet Haniko
(FHAPCO)
Tel. 251-0912152046
-Girum Taye (MSc Statistics), Senior Researcher at Ethiopian Public Health Institute *********@*****.***
Tele 093*******
- Yassin Awale (Chief Technical Advisor at UNIDO) ******.*****@*****.*** Tel. 251-0901090755
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