• Application Deadline:
• Position: Monitoring and Evaluation Officer (Market Intelligence)


• Job Type Full Time


• Qualification BA/BSc/HND


• Experience 4 years


• Location Oyo


• City Ibadan


• Job Field Data Science / Research  , Project Management 
  

DUTIES:

• Provide support to the Institutional Scaling and Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning, and Impact Assessment (MELIA) Work Package 5 of the One CGIAR Initiative on Transforming Agri-Food Systems in West and Central Africa (50%).


• Monitoring and reporting on the initiative activities, outputs, withininitiative outcomes, end-of-initiative outcomes, action area impacts, and CGIAR impact areas in West Africa.


• Data collection, processing, analysis, and reporting of the initiative's baseline, adoption, impact, and scaling studies.


• Provide support to Scaling / Monitoring Evaluation and Impact Assessment (MELIA) of the Market Intelligence and Product Profiling initiative (MIPPI) (50%).


• Responsible for monitoring of Genetic Innovation for impact (G&I) learning alliance (MIPPI).


• Data collection, processing, analysis, and reporting of adoption and impact studies (MIPPI).


• Implementation of market intelligence platform, (MIPPI).


• Responsible for the market segment for Plantain in Nigeria (MIPPI).


• Support monitoring and evaluation work as required at the Institutional, One CGIAR & Bilateral Project levels.


• Develop performance matrices, data matrices, and data tools for data management.


• Develop M&E plans for programs, projects, and units within IITA.


• Review objective hierarchy and logical framework matrices activities, processes, inputs, outputs, outcomes, and impacts of projects under each Hub.


• Identify and design performance questions, key indicators, and targets for each project.


• Agree with stakeholders on how to record, report, and analyze progress against targets and design formats for reporting on progress.


• Undertake and facilitate M&E plan implementation, regularly revising and updating performance questions, indicators, methods, formats, and analytical processes.


• Conduct monitoring site visits, conduct/participate in evaluations (baseline, mid-term, end of project), internal and external impact assessment studies.


• Provide mentoring and coaching in performance assessment to M&E focal persons through on-site and online meetings.


• Guide unit/sections/directorate teams to use IITA’s institutional level results-indicator Handbook to develop annual/strategic plans, track activity implementation, manage performance data, and report to higher levels of supervisors’ hierarchy.


• Conduct data quality assessments of data reported to the headquarters from programs, projects, units, sections, directorates, and hubs as may be directed by the Head of M&E.


• Conduct/participate in M&E system development and training for program/project partners toward developing national capacities in M&E.


• Work with the Head of the M&E Unit to effectively maintain the Institute’s and ONE CGIAR Initiatives M&E database(s) and ensure the data are up-to-date.


• Perform any other job-related task as may be assigned by the Supervisor.

QUALIFICATION:

• BSc in Statistics, Social Sciences, Agricultural Economics, Project Management, Agriculture or any other related field with a minimum of four (4) years’ experience performing a similar role in a well-structured environment.

COMPETENCIES:

The ideal candidate must:

• Have excellent communication skills (writing, reading, oral).


• Have the ability to use basic packages such as Excel, PPT and other statistical packages such as SPSS and STATA.


• Be proficient in computer software packages related to database management and data analysis.


• Have strong analytical skills.


• Have strong experience in writing reports.


• Have strong experience developing web-based M&E systems.


• Be a good team player.