• Application Deadline: Fri, 8 Jul 2022 00:00:00 GMT
• Position: M & E Offcer


• Job Type Full Time


• Qualification BA/BSc/HND , MBA/MSc/MA


• Experience 6 years


• Location Abuja , Borno , Kwara


• Job Field NGO/Non-Profit 
  

Reporting to the Programme Director, the M&E Officer will lead the design, implementation, and operation of M&E systems from project initiation to closeout. She/he will oversee the monitoring, evaluation, analytics, and reporting of performance and results, providing regular project reports to the Management. She/he will provide technical leadership and supervise staff experts and oversee data management on gender-related analysis, and ongoing training to M&E field officers and/or subgrantees. She/he will conduct regular project data analysis and identify methods to use results for program improvement. S/he will lead activity efforts to strengthen monitoring and evaluation and performance reporting within the geographic area of Activity.

Key Responsibilities

The Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Officer’s primary responsibilities include:

• Assist the Project Director with development of the M&E Plan for the project, including indicator selection, target setting, reporting, database management, and developing M&E and/ performance monitoring plans.


• Lead role in overseeing data collection, collation, storage, analysis, and reporting, ensuring that data is of high quality and audit worthy.


• Responsible for supporting the preparation and review of program reports in collaboration with program staff.


• Manage research activities and ensure outcomes and lessons learned are integrated into the project and shared with relevant stakeholders.


• Provide training and mentoring to partners and staff to ensure the implementation of strong M&E systems.


• Design and manage gender-disaggregated beneficiary monitoring and database systems.

Basic Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in statistics, demographics, public policy, international development, economics, or related field. Master’s degree or Bachelor’s plus an advanced certificate in M&E, statistics, or economics preferred.


• Minimum of six years of professional experience in a senior M&E position responsible for implementing M&E activities on international development projects.


• Experience in strategic planning and performance measurement, including indicator selection, target setting, reporting, database management, and developing M&E and/ performance monitoring plans.


• Knowledge of the major evaluation methodologies (e.g., qualitative, quantitative, mixed method, and impact) and data collection and analysis methodologies.


• Proven success in designing, implementing and operating project M&E systems from project initiation to closeout stages.


• Applicant must be national/local - must devote a minimum of 90 percent of the time to project activities to achieve expected outcomes.

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of and experience with working with the NGOs


• Demonstrated ability through previous experience with data quality assessments and oversight, developing and refining data collection tools and analyzing data, and managing and providing ongoing training to M&E field officers and/or subgrantees.


• Experience in planning and managing surveys and gender-related analysis.