• Application Deadline:
• Position: M&E Officer - Nigeria IHP


• Job Type Full Time


• Qualification BA/BSc/HND


• Experience 4 years


• Location Sokoto


• Job Field NGO/Non-Profit  , Procurement / Store-keeping / Supply Chain 
  

Project Overview and Role:

The State level Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Officer will have experience working with facility level M&E ofpublic health programs. The Officer will have expertise and up-to-date knowledge and skills in M&E for health systems and healthcare provision programming, and experience working with different cadres of government. S/he must be intimately familiar with the public context in Nigeria and have in-country experience with USAID / International donor programs.

 Primary Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Contributes to the development and implementation of s the TO4 MELP to systematically document performance for technical team to ensure the TO4 implementation is on track;


• Generates robust evidence for programmatic learning that leads to action, decision making, and impact;


• Together with Senior MEL Manager, ensures the alignment of M&E activities with program goals and contributes to the development of annual work plans to identify TO4 targets and ensure inclusion of M&E activities;


• Monitors project activities and tracks these activities against the TO4 results framework;


• Conducts visits to LGAs as necessary for data validation to monitor the quality and completeness of data sets;


• Generates monthly indicator reports and tracking progress against key indicators;


• Works closely with the Kebbi stakeholders and trains M&E staff at the LGA, facility, and community levels to build their M&E capacity;

Contributes to the identification, analysis, and synthesis of technical knowledge and evidence-based information in intervention areas including family planning, reproductive, maternal and child health, malaria, nutrition and immunization. 



® Reports directly to Senior MEL Manager 



Required Qualifications:

 The State level Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Officer will have experience working with facility level M&E ofpublic health programs. The Officer will have expertise and up-to-date knowledge and skills in M&E for health systems and healthcare provision programming, and experience working with different cadres of government. S/he must be intimately familiar with the public context in Nigeria and have in-country experience with USAID / International donor programs. Additional qualifications include: 

• A Bachelor’s degree / HND in demography, statistics, social sciences, public health, health information management or related field.


• Minimum of 4 years of progressively responsible experience designing, implementing, monitoring, evaluation and learning tasks for health and/or development projects.


• Familiarity with USAID / International indicators and standard measurement tools in the areas of reproductive health/family planning, maternal and neonatal health and other relevant technical areas.


• Competency in MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, and ACCESS, and a statistical software package (SPSS, EPI-INFO, STATA, SAS or similar).


• Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving skills.


• Ability to work with relevant government partners, USAID, other Donors, and implementing partners.


• Good verbal, listening, writing, and intrapersonal skills essential for effective interaction among several institutions and staff involved in a broad range of activities.


• Experience at organizing and facilitating systems strengthening, capacity development and mentoring processes


• Fluent in English (written and oral communication) and Hausa.