Solomon Habtamu Tessema
Addis Ababa
Summary
Monitoring and Evaluation professional with asolid background in designing, implementing, and managing performance measurement frameworks. Skilled in data analysis, reporting, and using evidence-based insights to drive improvements. Strong focus on team collaboration and achieving measurable results, adaptable to changing needs. Recognized for reliability, analytical thinking, and problem-solving abilities.
Experienced with data collection and analysis, crucial for enhancing project performance. Utilizes research methodologies to inform strategic decisions. Track record of maintaining clear communication and delivering comprehensive evaluations.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist
Participatory Agriculture and Climate Transformation Programme / International Fund of Agriculture Development (PACT/IFAD)
10.2024 - Current
- The Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist collaborates with Programme technical staff, and key stakeholders responsible to develop and implement all planning, monitoring, and evaluation activities
- Actively participate in the development and management of the Programme M&E system
- Oversee preparation and consolidate inputs to the AWPBs, including arranging stakeholder review workshops
- Coordinate and deliver data for Programme’s baseline, mid-term and completion study
- Establish annual review workshops, the timings and agendas for annual participatory monitoring workshops, including arrangements for ensuring adequate representation of all participants, the target groups including women and youths
- Closely work with national PCMU to develop an M&E service pack (reporting formats for data and narrative) for service providers, and assess and develop trainings in data collection tools as needed, to ensure that appropriate measures are established and implemented by service providers to provide sufficient basis for review of PACT PROGRAMME implementation and for monitoring changes seen on the ground
- Compile and analyze progress reports (quarterly, semi-annual and annual reports) prepared by implementing partners and prepare consolidated progress reports at the regional level to timely submit to the NPCU and regional steering committee in accordance with approved reporting formats
- Review monitoring reports to assess regional interim impacts and identify causes of potential bottlenecks in implementation
- Monitor and evaluate the implementation of capacity-building activities for regional staff, woredas, and other implementing partners, including coaching and mentoring
- Closely work with the financial controller and procurement to link physical and financial progress data
- Monitor implementation processes and performance, and assess outputs and outcomes
- He/she will ensure that all M&E indicators are gender and age disaggregated and that PACT Programme reports identify separately the number of males, females, persons with disability, and youth beneficiaries, the nature of their participation, and the ways in which they have benefited from the Programme
- Ensure that the M&E of the participating institutions are adequate to provide the required information for timely preparation and submission of progress reports
- Support advocacy efforts by providing evidence of programme impact gathered through the M&E system
- Preparation and submission of routine and ad-hoc progress reports to regional Programme manager
- Carry out any other activities that are assigned by the Programme manager
Planning, Monitoring, Evaluation & Knowledge management and Learning Specialist
Participatory Small Scale Irrigation Development Programme / International Fund of Agriculture Development (PASIDP-II/IFAD)
07.2019 - Current
- Company Overview: IFAD, the International Fund for Agricultural Development, is an international financial institution that focuses exclusively on smallholder farmers and rural development
- Ensure the establishment and operation of the overall program M&E system (including the RIMS survey) and compliance with the overall requirements
- Ensuring that the M&E of the participating institutions is adequate to provide the required information for timely preparation and submission of progress reports
- Preparing the reports required by IFAD, co-financers, and GoE
- Carrying out the M&E functions including direction of baseline surveys and impact assessment studies at the Woreda level, national impact assessment and evaluation studies
- Prepare detailed progress reports, containing, inter alia, an analysis of successes, problems, constraints, and design issues that would help annual reviewers by supervision missions and a mid-term review by IFAD, GoE, and other stakeholders
- Facilitate the development and implementation of the PASIDP II Programme Learning and Communication System and Strategy
- Ensure the key functions in program M&E by all the program implementing partners and the PCU structure, and put in place and in the function the main tools for data collection, recording, reporting, and management in a feasible way
- Lead the process of development and updating of an overall M&E framework and M&E plan for the program, ensuring that the program M&E is aligned with the existing mechanisms and systems of key stakeholders
- Ensure the program measures and interventions are well monitored and evaluated as an integrated part of the M&E system
- Develop and implement processes and guidelines for systematic capture of knowledge, good practices, and innovation, and documented and disseminated/shared to improve program implementation, including in the development of the AWPB and progress and performance reporting system
- Support advocacy efforts by providing evidence of program impact gathered through the M&E system
- Monitor and evaluate the implementation of capacity-building activities for PCU staff, the Regions, and implementing partners, including coaching and mentoring
- Provide assistance/guidance in implementing the Programme Learning System
- Coordinate surveys and case studies to assess achievements and outcomes and impacts of PASIDP II
- Facilitate in development of a multi-stakeholder communication strategy along the seasonal performance of the programme including web-based feedback from beneficiaries, private sector partners, and regional administrations
- Coordinate the dissemination of the findings from the impact assessment studies
- Foster partnerships for broader knowledge-sharing and learning
- Lead the process of preparing the AWPB and progress reports
- Undertake any other duty as may be revised in the TOR and assigned by the PC
- IFAD, the International Fund for Agricultural Development, is an international financial institution that focuses exclusively on smallholder farmers and rural development
Senior Regional Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist
Productive Safety Net Programme (PSNP IV)
11.2017 - 08.2019
- Company Overview: The Ethiopian government launched the Productive Safety Net Program (PSNP) in 2005 in partnership with international organizations, aid donors
- Conduct M & E of Overall Regional PSNP program implementation
- Provide Technical support and guidance to implementation partners or Annual plan preparation to have a comprehensive and well-coordinated PSNP annual work plan
- Facilitate the consolidation process of the PSNP plan and submit concerned bodies to prepare and consolidate regional-level Overall PSNP reports on a monthly, quarterly, and annual basis and submit to the federal Food Security Coordination Unit
- Frequent communication and information sharing with regional public works and livelihood Coordination coordinator and food security directorate
- Mandate to carry out any necessary activities given by immediate supervisor as required
- The Ethiopian government launched the Productive Safety Net Program (PSNP) in 2005 in partnership with international organizations, aid donors
Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Officer
Productive Safety Net Programme (PSNP & Livelihood)
03.2012 - 11.2017
- Primarily be responsible for the monitoring of program activities, recording changes/progress, and program impact assessment and evaluation
- Establishment and operation of the (PSNP& Livelihood)M&E process through adopting within the framework of FSP and Collaborate with the M&E participating institutions within FSP components and others to provide required information and timely preparation to submit periodical reports
- Develop necessary tools for monitoring and evaluation of (PSNP and livelihood) activities and ensure M&E systems are in place in line with the FSP framework
- Develop (within the FSP framework) and/or make sure (PSNP& Livelihood) monitoring and evaluation system linked to strategies, plans, indicators, data collection, and information management tools
- Preparation of detailed descriptive reports indicating narrative and figurative performances on (PSNP& Livelihood) to the (PSNP& Livelihood) -TC
- Ensure timely, quality, and appropriate reporting on (PSNP and livelihood) to the line manager
- Coordinate and organize annual work plan preparation of the extension merge with that of the cooperative promotion office and agriculture office
- Coordinate/carry out M&E periodical reviews (mid-term and annual) in consultation and coordination with (PSNP& Livelihood) stakeholders and development partners
- Work closely with all (PSNP and livelihood) teams, as required at all levels, to ensure inputs to produce quality progress reports
- Initiate and conduct regular coordination meetings with relevant (PSNP& Livelihood) team members on M&E
- Develop and conduct training on M&E for (PSNP and livelihood) team members at all levels, as appropriate
- Lead planning and guide staff in the effective implementation of M&E systems of the (PSNP and livelihood) component
- Ensure that results of field research on M&E are compiled (both electronically and hard copy), analysed, and made available to (PSNP& Livelihood) staff and donors
- Facilitate the establishment of an MIS system for the program
- Establish a repository of reference materials related to M&E to help enhance knowledge sharing on the same
- Traveling to fields to provide back-stopping on M&E-related activities
- Document lessons learned and shared with key stakeholders
Compound Administration Officer
Addis Ababa City Administration
07.2009 - 03.2012
- Company Overview: Urban Management Institute, Addis Ababa
- Facilitating the training in the training institute
- Supervised and monitored employees
- Propose and facilitate necessary logistics for training
- Urban Management Institute, Addis Ababa
Natural Resource Management Expert (DA)
Oromia Region, North Showa Zone
08.2005 - 07.2009
- Providing technical assistance and advisory support for farmers
- Facilitate every agricultural activity in the Kebeles
- Coordinate Natural resources & soil and water conservation activities
- Give Technical support to MERET Project
- Planning watershed development activities for projects and government regular intervention using different planning tools like Implement the plan to its technical standard, time frame and allocated budget
- Follow-up and supervision to know its progress and make evaluation to know its impact
- Capacity building: Facilitate, coordinate and participate on trainings of water shed management and technical standard of each activity
- Promote diversified income generating activities for district and project beneficiary households and communities for livelihood and food security improvement
- Facilitating farmer to farmer training on practical soil and water beneficiary households and communities for better watershed management and sustainable environmental protection
Education
Master of Science - Msc Agricultural Economics
Ambo University
Ambo07-2023
Hardware And Networking Level IV
Sheno TVET College
Sheno01-2017
Agricultural Economics
Yardstick International College
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia07-2010
Diploma - Natural Resource Management
Alage TVET College
Alage07-2005
Skills
- Evaluation design
- Indicator development
- Results-based management
- Data collection
- Training facilitation
- Qualitative research
- Sampling methods
- Capacity building
- Impact assessment
- Monitoring systems
- Baseline studies
- Focus group facilitation
- Logical framework approach
- Training development
- Performance monitoring
- Data analysis
- Report writing
- Performance tracking
- Budget monitoring
- Teamwork
- Team collaboration
- Excellent communication
- Goal setting
- Strategic planning
- Project management
Certification
- Oromia Finance and Economic Development Bureau: Result Based Monitoring and Evaluation (RBME) on job training. October 02/2018-Oc,6/2018
- Addis Ababa University Department of Computer Science: Database management Fundamental tools Using MYSQL: Certificate of participation. December 3/2019-December 8/2019
- Ministry of Agriculture (PASIDP II National Coordination Unit) and IFAD (International fund of Agriculture Development. TOT Training Knowledge Management and Learning Certificate of Participation. December 21/21to 25/2020.
- Ministry of Agriculture:Data collection using the Kobo toolbox training. On job Training. October 22/to 27/2020
- IFAD Consortium with Center for International Forestry Research and World Agroforestry Centre (CIFOR-ICRAF): Qualitative Data Analysis Training First Round. Certificate. Nov, 4/ to 5/2022,7-8 febuarary 2023,may31-2/2024.
- Ministry of Agriculture and IFAD: Power BI software training. On job training. March 1/-3/2022.
- Web base Integrate financial management System Training (IFMS) CYBER-ERP Certificate from may 13-17/2024
Read books admiring the nature social interaction with community
§ Reading Academic Books related to Development and my field of experience
§ Reading rural community development and project management from internet
§ Reading food security and livelihood news from interne
§ Reading Result based program monitoring and Evaluation guideline
Languages
Afan Oromiffa, amaharic
Native language
amaharic
Proficient
C2
English
Upper intermediate
B2
Afan Oromo
Proficient
C2
Additional Information
Special Achievements
- Delegation on behave of Project Coordinator to Coordinate Project activities and Perform any Duties belongs to Project coordinator: to provide improved income and food security for rural households on a sustainable basis targeted by the project. The project would also contribute to the higher-level objectives of poverty reduction, improved nutritional outcomes by diversifying and improving dietary consumption and climate change mitigation and adaptation through supported climate smart agriculture initiatives.
- Delegation on behave of Food security Coordination directorate director: to enhancing the goal of helping chronically food-insecure households to withstand with stresses and shocks, accumulate and create an asset and to make them food self-sufficient.
- I have working different stakeholder which are working on improving the farmer livelihoods and income generating activities of rural communities changes area such as SLMP, PSNP, AGP, AGRA, ICRAF, ICRISAT, SHA, to Coordinate Project activities as M, E and KML specialist from staring date to present years based on their project agreement with PASIDP-II/IFAD.
- I have given many training over 7 years annually 15-20days with the coordination of bureau of Agriculture particularly on planning, monitoring Evaluation knowledge management and lesson learning.
Reference
Nuredin Asero
National PACT Manager
Ministry Of Agriculture
0966269269
nuredin.asaro@gmail.com
2
Kefyelew Tsegaw
National PACT M&E Coordinator
Ministry of Agriculture
0911077911
keftse@gmail.com
3
Andinat Degefa
Oromia PACT Manager
Oromia Bureau of Agriculture
0913176464
andenetdb@gmail.com
4
Solomon Benga
Food security Coordination Unit director
Oromia Bureau of Agriculture
090937712
solomonbenga67@gmail com
Timeline
Senior Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist
Participatory Agriculture and Climate Transformation Programme / International Fund of Agriculture Development (PACT/IFAD)
10.2024 - Current
Planning, Monitoring, Evaluation & Knowledge management and Learning Specialist
Participatory Small Scale Irrigation Development Programme / International Fund of Agriculture Development (PASIDP-II/IFAD)
07.2019 - Current
Senior Regional Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist
Productive Safety Net Programme (PSNP IV)
11.2017 - 08.2019
Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Officer
Productive Safety Net Programme (PSNP & Livelihood)
03.2012 - 11.2017
Compound Administration Officer
Addis Ababa City Administration
07.2009 - 03.2012
Natural Resource Management Expert (DA)
Oromia Region, North Showa Zone
08.2005 - 07.2009
- Oromia Finance and Economic Development Bureau: Result Based Monitoring and Evaluation (RBME) on job training. October 02/2018-Oc,6/2018
- Addis Ababa University Department of Computer Science: Database management Fundamental tools Using MYSQL: Certificate of participation. December 3/2019-December 8/2019
- Ministry of Agriculture (PASIDP II National Coordination Unit) and IFAD (International fund of Agriculture Development. TOT Training Knowledge Management and Learning Certificate of Participation. December 21/21to 25/2020.
- Ministry of Agriculture:Data collection using the Kobo toolbox training. On job Training. October 22/to 27/2020
- IFAD Consortium with Center for International Forestry Research and World Agroforestry Centre (CIFOR-ICRAF): Qualitative Data Analysis Training First Round. Certificate. Nov, 4/ to 5/2022,7-8 febuarary 2023,may31-2/2024.
- Ministry of Agriculture and IFAD: Power BI software training. On job training. March 1/-3/2022.
- Web base Integrate financial management System Training (IFMS) CYBER-ERP Certificate from may 13-17/2024
Master of Science - Msc Agricultural Economics
Ambo University
Hardware And Networking Level IV
Sheno TVET College
Agricultural Economics
Yardstick International College
Diploma - Natural Resource Management
Alage TVET College
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