Monitoring and Evaluation Officer SARVE III at ActionAid (AA) Nigeria

Monitoring and Evaluation Officer SARVE III at ActionAid (AA) Nigeria

ActionAid (AA) Nigeria

ActionAid (AA) Nigeria is an affiliate of ActionAid International, which is a global alliance of organizations working towards achieving a world without poverty and injustice in which every person enjoys the right to a life with dignity. As a large and visible development organization, we work in more than 40 countries in Africa, Asia, Europe and America. Our expertise lies in community-led approaches to development and working through partnerships with the poor and other grass root organizations.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Monitoring and Evaluation Officer SARVE III

Location: Abuja
Reporting to: Programme Coordinator, SARVE III
Grade: 6

Job Purpose

  • The M&E Officer will provide supportive guidance to the management of the Systems and Structure Strengthening Approach against Radicalization to Violent Extremism (SARVE III) project for a successful monitoring, evaluation and learning of the programme.
  • This individual will also support M&E/Programme staff of the project sub-recipients and partners, ensure the strategic and functional integration of all M&E activities as well as active collaboration with the sub-recipient and other relevant authorities.
  • S/he will be responsible for all M&E activities of the project and ensure accurate reporting of results for programme activities.

Duties and Responsibilities

  • Actively participate in the development and review of all routinely generated field level reports, with emphasis on analyzing and describing programme results
  • Participate and contribute to programme planning and implementation, work plans and M&E plans
  • Provide inputs into trainings and workshops, particularly around measuring output & outcome level data
  • Facilitate trainings and workshops, particularly those focusing on developing the capacity of partner’s skills and abilities in monitoring and evaluation
  • Prepare monthly internal reports, including analysis of data, and contribute towards regular donor reports
  • Compilation of SARVE III quarterly report from project states using donor approved template(s)
  • Update quarterly workplan and Result Framework (RF) of SARVE III project
  • Update Humanitarian projects data on AAN Management Information System
  • Implement a system designed to identify lessons learned and disseminate timely information
  • Collaborate with other programmes team to ensure staff know and understand their role in M&E
  • Work closely with partners to establish their internal M&E systems, M&E plans and data quality management
  • Support the implementation of project’s M&E systems, including establishing and updating the project’s database
  • Support quarterly Programme and M&E review of SARVE III project and other projects within the Humanitarian unit of ActionAid Nigeria.
  • Other tasks as assigned by line manager.

Key Working Relationships:

  • Internal: Entire AAN Staff
  • External: Donor, Partners, Community and other stakeholders.

Persons Specifications
Education/ Qualifications:

  • Essential: First Degree in Social Sciences or Arts / Humanities.
  • Desirable: Membership of relevant professional bodies

Experience:
Essential:

  • At least 3 years work experience 2 of which should have been spent in related field in the development sector
  • Experience in monitoring and evaluation of conflict mitigation, preventing violent extremism and/or democracy and governance programmes, including working with development agencies and organizations, government officials, civil society leaders, community leaders, programme beneficiaries, and programme staff

Desirable:

  • Ability to use the District Health Information System (DHIS)/or any other database software

Skill Abilities:

  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with fluency in written and spoken English.
  • Excellent planning and prioritization skills
  • Ability to use various statistical software programmes such as SPSS, STATA.
  • Extensive knowledge of reporting procedures, best practices, guidelines, and tools for monitoring, evaluation and learning, including impact evaluation.
  • Excellent facilitation skills
  • Technical skills in analysing quantitative and qualitative data

Personal Qualities:

  • A person of integrity
  • Willing to work additional hours at crucial times.
  • A self-motivated person able to work with minimum supervision
  • Effectively promote AAN’s mission, values, and objectives.
  • Creative and takes initiative.
  • Able to work effectively in a diverse team environment.

Method of Application

Interested and qualified candidates should download, fill the Application Form and send in MS Word attachment to: [email protected] using the Job Title applied for and Location as the subject of the email. (e.g., Monitoring & Evaluation Officer, SARVE III – Abuja).

Click here to download Application Form (MS Word)

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Application Deadline 28th December, 2022.

Note

  • Only electronically submitted forms will be considered. Submitted or Scanned CVs will be disregarded.
  • ActionAid offers competitive terms of employment. Applications from women and candidates from the North East and North West are particularly encouraged.
  • While we respect all applicants, interview dates will be communicated only to shortlisted candidates