CURRICULUM VITAE

PROPOSED ROLE IN THE

PROJECT:
Family name: L Alemu
First name: Abraham
Date of birth: 12 Nov, 1980
Nationality: Ethiopia
Civil status: Married
Phone/Address/E-mail: +251-910818934,+251-920835334
P.O. Box: 4028, Addis Ababa
lebezaalemu@gmail.com

Education:

Institution (Date from - Date to): Degree(s) or Diploma(s) obtained:

Assosa University Master of Science in Project Planning and Management
2018 - 2021
Addis Ababa University BSc in Information Systems
1999 - 2005

LANGUAGES SKILLS : Indicate competence on a scale of 1 to 5 (1 - excellent; 5 - basic):

Language Reading Speaking Writing

Amharic 1 1 1
English 1 1 1
Somali 5 5 5

Membership of professional bodies: Ethiopian Statistical Association (Since August 2005).

Borderless Self-help Association (Since 2021).

OTHER SKILLS: (e.g. Computer

literacy, etc.)

Present position: MEAL Expert

Years within the firm:

KEY QUALIFICATIONS: (Relevant to Over sixteen year experience as Monitoring and Evaluation Expert. He
the project) has been involved in the design, implementation as well as monitoring
and evaluation of developmental and emergency programs with a range
of different thematic area. In doing so, he has worked on Knowledge
Management and Learning that contributes to improving outcome and to
achieve the desired objective.

Specific experience in the region:

Country Date from - Date to

Ethiopia 25 Jan, 2022 - Ongoing
17 Apr, 2020 - 24 Jan, 2022
23 Apr, 2018 - 24 May, 2020
Mar, 2015 - 30 Apr, 2018
Jan, 2014 - Dec, 2014
Feb, 2013 - Jan, 2014
Aug, 2012 - Feb, 2013
Oct, 2009 - Aug, 2011
Aug, 2005 - Aug, 2009
 Professional experience:

Date from - Date Location Company / Position Description

to reference person¹
(name & contact
details)
25 Jan, 2022 - Ethiopia Self-employed / - MEAL Expert • I am engaging in delivering consulting service in conducting situational analysis
Ongoing which would give a background information for designing project proposals,
conducting organizational capacity assessment to critically evaluate strengths and
weaknesses to leverage on the distinct area of competencies and support
organizational team in developing Monitoring and Evaluation Plan.
• I engage in designing data base tools which foster data collection, organization and
analysis which empowers program management team for data use and action.
Furthermore, the data base tools served as learning platforms with in organizations
and the wider development practitioners of likeminded and then drive knowledge
management and organizational learning.
• I am engaged in capacitating development workers on MEAL training which
constitutes MEAL roles across the project cycle management to drive the outcome
envisaged. In doing so, I promote result based management that attests evidences
that proves the effectiveness of theory of change planned or uncovers what doesn’t
work for program improvement.
• I am engaging in carrying out conducting gender analysis which informs knowledge
about the existing gender norms , power relationships and gender policies and
structures that affects programmatic interventions differently and propose innovative
strategies that would bring an impact to shift the gender imbalance and foster
meaningful participation of women and girls.

17 Apr, 2020 - Ethiopia Kombolcha M & E Specialist EASTRIP.

24 Jan, 2022 Polytechnic College
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• Provide technical assistance in M& E in the scope of the project activities to the
project team and ensure sustain M &E practice through capacity building.
• Assist the Project Coordinator to develop and implement the projects’ annual work
plans and budgets;
• Assist the center to monitor implementation of quarter, semiannual and annual work-
plans.
• Organize meetings with college management to establish project implementation
progress and matters arising, which may need attention of the funding agency and the
college.
• Ensure critical records for the project are well maintained including relevant
clearances from the World Bank;
• Track implementation of key tasks, and responses and keep the project coordinator
updated on the same;
• Coordinate a jointly agreed upon schedule for implementation support mission to the
RFTIs by the RFU and the World Bank team;
• Coordinate relevant meetings with departments and bureau of the Amhara regional
state TVET and stakeholders working on automotive technology development;
 • Plan for the annual workshops for the center staff to capacitate officers in preparing
timely work plans and procurement plans;
• Make sure that the operationalization of project M&E framework and effective
operationalization of internal and external strategies;
• In collaboration with the Project Coordinator, plan for and coordinate TAB meetings,
and ensure that these takes place as expected;
• Develop and maintain project M&E plan, based on the Project Appraisal Document
(PAD), Project Implementation Manual (PIM) and overall Project Development
Objective (POM);
• Design, build and sustain an M&E system and tools, with particular focus on results
as indicated in the Strategic Investment Plans (SIPs), Disbursement Linked Indicators
and Results (DLIs/DLRs) and the long-term impact of the project with regard to
coordination;
• Communicate prioritized activities in line with the annual work plan and develop
acceleration plan when necessary.
• Ensure environmental management and social safeguard issues are adopted to
reduce the adverse effects of projects on communities.

23 Apr, 2018 - Ethiopia AMREF in Ethiopia / Monitoring and • Develop a monitoring and evaluation system for the regional office within the overall
24 May, 2020 - Evaluation Officer M&E framework of Transform HDR project
• Engage in a collaborative task with other Transform HDR M&E staffs in the
establishment of baseline data and regular monitoring of changes overtime
• Monitor and follow-up project achievements in the region against plans and
document and report factors behind gaps and over achievements to the regional
manager and the M&E Director;
• Gather, and systematically document, and consistently extract achievements,
success stories, and best practices;
• Develop and maintain region level program deliverables database and work with the
M&E Director to input such into the Amref Information Management System (AIMS)
database.
• Run periodic monitoring and evaluation activities in accordance with plans provided
by the Transform HDR M&E team and follow-up their progress;
• Making sure all program data is entered into AIMS and all data is updated and ready
for immediate use;
• Providing HMIS technical support (DHIS2, CHIS) to project implementation woredas
and health facilities including HMIS training, data use for decision making and other
M&E related tasks at each level of reporting
• Customizing and cascading the Transform HDR M&E plan to the regional version
and updating the regional M&E plan regularly
• Conduct data quality assessment (DQAs) to health bureau health staffs to improve
the quality of health data
• Empower project team and health bureau staffs on monitoring and evaluation
through mentorship and coaching and then facilitate the dissemination of monitoring
and evaluation findings, lessons learned and best practices in the region.
• Facilitating and participating in the projects midterm/final evaluation, impact
assessment and operational researches.
• Preparing and submitting quarterly, semi-annual and annual monitoring and
evaluation performance reports to the country Transform HDR M&E team.
Mar, 2015 - Ethiopia JSI Research and Learning • Provided technical support to RHB/ZHD/WoHOs in activating regular use of the RED
30 Apr, 2018 Training Institute Specialist categorization tool; this includes but is not limited to installing relevant data programs
(Ethiopia) / - such as RED categorization database tool, and ensuring WoHOs develop and
maintain back-up systems for their woreda data.
• Identified best practices and other lessons about the RED-QI approach and
supporting areas from all implementing woredas for documentation and sharing.
• Facilitated qualitative data collection through IDI, KII, FGD & other methods including
Observations.
• Experienced in taking consents and facilitate signing of agreements before leading
the qualitative data collection processes
• Built the technical capacity of PHCU and WoHO EPI focal persons, HMIS officers
and other staffs including supervisors in assuring the Data Quality of Routine
Immunization Data system.
• Participated in internal and/or joint supportive supervisions, catchment area
meetings and UI-FHS program review meetings
• Assured confidentiality of data gathered and communicate with the Regional Health
Bureau and Regional Immunization Manager before releasing data to an “outsider”.
• Conducted trainings on quality concepts and quality improvement methods in health
the care service system in the region
• Carry out capacity building training such as supportive supervision, quality
improvement (PDSA), immunization micro-planning that builds the capacity of health
workers at different level.

Jan, 2014 - Ethiopia IMC - International Monitoring and • Organized regular reports for internal reporting and for government and other
Dec, 2014 Medical Corps Evaluation Officer stakeholders.
(Ethiopia) / - • Conducting baseline assessments of quantitative & qualitative type to get insight
before intervention.
• Reviewed survey questionnaires for relevancy and potential bias.
• Monitored the project implementation in terms of the standard quality and schedule
set.
• Reviewed and standardized data collectors training to ensure high quality data
collection.
• Built capacity of staff through training to ensure adoption of new data monitoring
tools and quality of data collected.
• Controlled the quality of quarterly and annual M&E reports based on agreed
indicators to guide evidence based decision making.
• Ensured accountability standards are met in project management.
• Inducing M&E concepts for project staffs , coaching project staffs to developing M &
E tools and orienting how to conduct monitoring by themselves.

Feb, 2013 - Ethiopia Love In Action Monitoring and • Writing project proposal in response to request for proposal and application for
Jan, 2014 Ethiopia (LIAE) / - Evaluation Officer grants.
• Conducting capacity assessment on sub partners to endorse them for partnership.
• Designed monitoring and evaluation plan for Ethiopian Social Accountability Program
Phase 2 (ESAP2) and managing ESAP2 project performance as per grant agreement
and Monitoring and Evaluation Plan.
• Conducting supervisory visit and mentoring sub-grantees on grant management and
project implementation.
 • Conducted training on M&E with particular emphasis on ESAP2 monitoring tools for
M&E support staffs.
• Producing project progress regular reports to be shared for stakeholders and
documenting best practices to contribute for organizational learning and future
programming.
• Implementing social accountability monitoring tools such as community score cards
and citizen report cards to learn status of social service provision and work towards
improvement.
• Taken part in a benchmark meeting among Social Accountability Implementing
Partners (SAIPs) and lessons learning on best practices.

Aug, 2012 - Ethiopia Ethiopian News Website Government Communication Affairs Office. Ethiopian News Agency.
Feb, 2013 Agency (ENA) / - Feedback Expert
• Collect feedback from the viewers of ENA official website(http://www.ena.gov.et/en/)
for improvement and reporting on news coverage and user friendliness of the website.
• Analyzing the viewer’s statistics relative to other medias monthly to strategize the
media by coverage topics relevant to the general public.
• Managed the contents of ENA official website and ensuring the workability of ENA
official website at different geographical location
• Searching (media monitoring) news worthy information from different international
medias which are relevant for ENA news coverage
• Disseminating ENA news to partner media(local and international) outlets.
• Editing news and articles before posted on ENA official website
(http://www.ena.gov.et/en/).
• Posting news and articles on ENA official website with event pictures or matching
pictures from ENA gallery.

Oct, 2009 - Ethiopia ADRA - Adventist Monitoring and • Monitoring and reporting on PSNP (Productive Safety Net Program) and CMAM
Aug, 2011 Development and Evaluation Officer (Community Management of Acute Malnutrition) projects.
Relief Agency • Promoting the dissemination and use of evaluation reports for program
(Ethiopia) / - implementation, design and review.
• Recorded best practices (lessons learned) for future programming and share among
implementing partners.
• Kept track of the progress of activities based on set indicators in the M&E plan used
to ensure accountability of the project.
• Mainstreaming gender and HIV/AIDS across all project activities providing better
attention to Women and girls to balance inequality as a result of gender differences.
• Coordinating and leading the evaluation of ongoing PSNP (Productive Safety Net
Program) and CMAM (Community Based Management of Acute Malnutrition) projects.

• Empower and promote monitoring and evaluation practice through capacity building
to project staffs and local government partners.
• Facilitate participatory monitoring and evaluation with beneficiaries and local
governments using tools developed locally.
• Acted as an information focal person of PSNP (Productive Safety Net Program),
JEOP (Joint Emergency Operational Program) and CMAM (Community Based
Management of Acute Malnutrition) projects.
• Monitored the implementation of public work activities such as physical and
 biological soil conservation activities, water sources developments and infrastructure
development.
• Screening public work activities for Environmental and Social Management
Framework (ESMF).
• Monitoring the distribution of food for chronically food insecure HHs in return for
public work participation for Labor Based beneficiaries and as free support for families
which do not have labor.

Aug, 2005 - Ethiopia Miz-Hasab Monitoring and • Facilitate participatory engagement through locally tailored approaches and tools
Aug, 2009 Research Center / - Evaluation such as social mapping and modeling, wealth and well-being grouping and ranking
Specialist and matrix scoring and ranking, and timelines and trend and change analysis.
• Hiring and providing trainings for data collectors and on research instruments and
data collection methods.
• Designed Interview guides ( In-depth, Key Informant, FGD guide) and survey
instruments in consultation with subject matter experts
• Managed quantitative and qualitative research such as In-depth interview, key
informant interviews, focus group discussion and participatory rapid assessment
(PRA).
• Thematic analysis of audio interviews and preparing a report after transcription and
translation.
• Conducted data analysis using statistical soft-ware packages such as SPSS
(Statistical Package for Social Sciences) and Census and Survey Processing System
(CSPro).
• Data editing and coding and then designing data entry format for data entry.
• Monitored and evaluated based on program strategies and/or TOR requirements.
Other relevant information (e.g.,
Publications):
Career Objective: I am growing up in my career through engaging with
technical working groups in the area of M&E and I am a lifelong learner to
cope up with new developments. As a development practitioner, I am
striving to have an input to the development endeavor and continue being
part of a team of development professionals and/or researchers.

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