Application Letter

Date: May 26 / 2020

To: 
Subject:
I am submitting a letter to express my strong desire to be considered from your vacancy that
announced at ethiojobs for a position that titled in the subject line.

I graduated at University of Gondar in BSc Statistics in the year 2012GC and have post
graduated in MSc of Project Planning and Management (PPM) in 2018GC at Debremarkos
University collaborated with YIED.

I have 6years and above work experiences in different international NGOs and Governmental
organizations in different regions of Ethiopia. From these extensive professional working
experiences, I carried on conducting researches as junior statistician, supervisor and fieldworker
position for above 5 years. These studies were concerned about socio-economic and
environmental aspects for numerous problem of the communities, which employed by using both
qualitative and quantitative research methods and analyzed by aid of different statistical models.

In addition to this, I have 1-year experience in academic Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation
officer of College Program. Regarding to Project Planning and Management side, I am ready to
face new projects by designing, planning, implementing, monitoring and evaluation inclusively
all project related activities.

As a self-motivated individual who works well on my own initiative as well as a team

environment. I am writing this application letter in response to the vacancy announced by your
organization. If I get the chance to join your organization in this specified position, I will serve
with my full Potential and make significant contribution for the success of your organization.
I hope I will be the right person.

Yours Faithful

Tiruneh Tariku Alemu

 CURRICULUM VITAE

1. Personal
information
Full name Tiruneh Tariku Alemu
Address(es) Addis-Ababa, Ethiopia
Telephone(s) Mobile +251-939-61-30-66 /+251-918-20-07-27
E-mail Tiruneh.tariku1@gmail.com
Nationality Ethiopian
Date of birth 15/01/1989
Gender Male
2. Educational
Background

Date September 2016- september2018

Title of qualification Masters of project planning and management (MSc PPM)
awarded CGPA=3.51withthesisExcellent / A

Name and type of Debremarkos university &YIED

organisation

Thesis The thesis entitled “The Impacts of Water Hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) locally cal
“Emboch” on Socio-Economic Activities of Small-Scale Fishers”: The Case of Lake T
Dembia District, North Gondar- Amhara Region.

This study employed Quasi-experimental research design and mixed methods research
composed of qualitative and quantitative research approaches.

Date September 2010- June 2012

Title of qualification Bachelor of science (BSc) in Statistics

awarded

Name and type of University of Gondar

organisation Ethiopia Higher education owned by the government
Work Experience

Name of Employer Central Statistical Agency (CSA)

Date August28/2013 - June26/2016in Gondar CSA branch
Occupation and Gondar branch of Central Statistical Agency (CSA)in the position of junior Statisticia
Position held And supervisor for the study of Annual Agriculture Survey and additionally some ot
socio-economic research carried out in these specified years.
Main Activities and
 Coordinate health, Socio economic, Agricultural, business, Demographic, pop
Responsibilities
and various surveys and/or censuses.
 Train and Mentor data collectors and supervisors
 Facilitate finance and logistics for trainings and field works.
 Assign data collectors and supervisors to fieldwork.
 Coordinate the administrative and technical (field) works of various surveys, a
census.
 Follow up, supervise the fieldwork, and give technical support to fieldworkers
 Check and ensure the data quality directly in site on the spot and after the data
has submitted.
 Provide training and technical support to data entry clerks and supervise them
 Data encoding and making analysis of the shortest survey
 Compile reports of works done monthly and quarterly as per office schedule.

Name of
Employer Central Statistical Agency (CSA)

Date 3.2August01/2016 – July03 /2018in Bahirdar CSA branch

Occupation and
Position held Supervisor for the study of Annual Agriculture Survey and additionally some other
Socio-economic research carried out in this specified year.

 Studding what equipment is necessary for effective field operation and assists
Its procurement and makes sure that it is as per the given specifications
Main Activities and
Responsibilities  Doing responsibly for the overall supervision and training of the staff member
provide the necessary guidance, tools and all needed materials.
 Coordinating the field activities so that daily, short-term and long-term produc
objectives achieved and closely monitors the progress of the work.
  Traveling to field as per the organization schedule of supervision for distributi
manuals, questionnaires and others equipment accordingly.
 Monitoring the enumerators performance by crosschecking the data’s quality o
the spot interviewing and by re-interviewing the respondents.
 Assessing how the enumerators are interacting with each other and with the
communities in the study area and then giving constructive comment for data
collectors as needed.
 Paying enumerators payment as schedule and report to office all progress of th
research.
Name of
Employer Addis College – Addis Ababa

Date 3.3October 10/2018-November 25 /2019

Occupation and
Academic Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Officer of College Program
Position held
Main Activities and  Designing workable plan and generate academic program to be competitive with
Responsibilities college.
 Allocating entrance and exits time schedule and controlling students, lecturers a
supportive staff members
 Designing comprehensive meeting and evaluating staff’s performance
 Assist and prepare favorable condition to researchers for innovation
 Assessing the gab of the departments and as well as the courses to report for
President of the college.
 Recruiting lecturers based on the college examination criteria and coordinate em
 Preparing weekly, monthly and quartile reports to president of the college.
 1. International Food Program Research Institute (IFPRI)-
Name of short term
training and survey International Food Program Research Institute (IFPRI) for the “PSNP to understand th
Employer challenges Ethiopians face in improving the health and nutrition of the children, W
growth, Nutritional Food Assessment and choice of experiment and others research
continuous rounds via CAPI and TABLET for 6 months by supervision and data collec
and at the end data entry and verification.

2. Policy Study Institute (the former of EDRI)

For the study of Climate Resilience Green Economy (CRGE) project for “Assessme
livelihood and Resilience of environmental and economic aspects of the communities
Amhara region” for many rounds in Data collector and supervisor position.

3. Agricultural Transformation Agency (ATA), HEDBEZ Business and

consultancy PLC
Supervisor for the study of Scaling Seeds and Technologies partnership (SSTP),

In the study of Value Chine Activity (VCA) of small-scale farms by using Tablet.

4. Green Professional Service (GPS) plc

Supervisor for study of Disaster Resilience sustainable livelihood project (DRSLP)
survey by using CAPI at SNNP on Pastoralist.

5. SAYARA” International Research Company

For the study of mapping “Better Migration for Management”
(BMM) by European Union project from different concerned stockholder organization
data collector position.

Depending of the work characteristics, those activities have employed according on

Main Activities and  Doing responsibly for the overall supervision and training of the staff membe

Responsibilities provide the necessary guidance

 Coordinating the field activities so that daily, short-term and long-term tasks
objectives can be achieved and also closely monitors the progress of the work
 Studding what equipment is necessary for effective field operation, assist its
procurement, and makes sure that it is as per the given specifications.
 3. Personal skills and
competences

Mother tongue Amharic

Other Language English

Speaking Reading Writing

V. good Excellent Excellent

 I have good experience to convincing peoples, coordinating and working

with teams’ sprit gained through team work.
4. Social skills and
Competences  Good ability to adapt to multicultural environment acquired through my
habit of working closely with researchers and data collectors from different region.

 Basic research skill by using different statistical methods i.e. STATA, SPSS,
and analytical skills such as OLS, PSM models including descriptive statistics.
5. Computer skills and
competences
 Good command of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Power Point)
 Doing survey by using electronic device with Software templets i.e., CSPro,
ODK, Epi info, iform, CSEntry, surveyCTO, SurveyToGo.
 Good experience in data encoding, data analysis and drafting report.
 audio-recorded data transcription and translation

6. Additional PERSONAL INTERESTS

Information
 Searching new things in my day to day activities,
Searching internets for new information related to my
profession to enhance my knowledge
 Firm belief in teamwork, gender equality and participatory
approach.

7. References