• Application Deadline:
• Position: MEL Manager


• Job Type Contract


• Qualification BA/BSc/HND


• Experience 5 years


• Location Abuja


• Job Field Project Management 
  

Responsibilities

• M&E System Design: Design and develop a results-based M&E system for the project, including the selection of appropriate indicators, data collection methods, and tools.


• Quality Assurance: Ensure the quality and integrity of project data through regular data verification, validation, and cleaning processes, ensuring compliance with established standards and protocols.


• Data Collection and Analysis: Ensure the collection of quality data for analysis, overseeing data collection processes, data management, and data analysis activities.


• Team Management: Manage and provide technical supervision to the field officers and enumerators involved in data collection and M&E activities, ensuring their adherence to quality standards and protocols.


• Reporting and Documentation: Prepare comprehensive monitoring and evaluation reports, including progress reports, baseline reports, mid-term and end-line evaluations, and other required documentation.


• Learning and Knowledge Management: Promote a culture of learning and knowledge sharing within the project, facilitating the documentation and dissemination of lessons learned, best practices, and success stories.


• Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborate with project stakeholders to ensure their active involvement in the M&E processes and utilization of findings.


• Capacity Building: Provide training and capacity-building support to project staff and partners on M&E methodologies, tools, and practices, promoting a culture of data-driven decision-making and learning.

Qualifications

• A Postgraduate Degree in Agriculture, Development Studies, Economics, Statistics, Project Management, or a related field.


• At least five years of progressive experience designing, implementing, and coordinating monitoring and evaluation systems. Experience in agriculture and rural development projects is preferred.


• Demonstrated ability to prepare robust data extraction from internal and external information systems.


• Ability to analyze and draw insights from data of various types (quantitative and qualitative) using various software after ensuring data quality.


• Experience in project management, including the design, planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of projects is essential. A recognized certificate in project management is preferred.


• Proven ability to mentor program site staff in M&E, and use data for decision-making and quality improvement.


• Ability to work with diverse stakeholders and portray complex datasets in easy-to-understand formats using data visualization.


• Excellent communication, organizational, and interpersonal skills.


• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.