CAMRIS International Job Vacancy in Abuja for a Monitoring Specialist

CAMRIS International is a growing international development and research firm with experience working in more than 80 countries. We combine our proven systems with today’s most effective,
evidence-based best practices to improve the lives of people around the world. CAMRIS applies a customized, customer-centric, cost-effective business approach to offer greater value to our clients and challenge the way things have always been done in our field.

We are recruiting to fill the position of:


Job Title: Monitoring Specialist, Nigeria
Location: Abuja
Type: Temporary Part-Time
Job Description

• CAMRIS seeks a Monitoring Specialist to provide in person performance monitoring and evaluation (M&E) technical assistance to Abuja, Nigeria-based grantees implementing an anti-corruption/transparency program focused on the education and energy sectors.
• The consultant will work from their home, but will be required to conduct in-person meetings on a regular basis with grantees in and nearby Abuja.
• Shortlisted consultants will be required to provide relevant work samples and references.
• The consultancy will be approximately sixty days over the next year, with the potential for similar level of effort over the next two project option years.

• Provide M&E technical assistance to grantees including: developing and refining monitoring plans, setting and developing indicators, logical frameworks, data collection tools, etc.
• Ensure that grantee M&E strategies align with good practice with respect to monitoring anti-corruption and transparency interventions.
• Ensure that grantees are positioned to support a planned external evaluation of the portfolio.
• Ensure effective implementation of grantee and funder monitoring objectives.
• Lead and support data quality assessments, as required.
• Assist grantees draft and finalize reports to donor.
• Build grantee M&E capacity for meaningful M&E, through training and mentoring.
• Facilitate multi day M&E capacity building workshops in Abuja with CAMRIS M&E team for grantees implementing anti-corruption activities on a range of M&E technical to more administrative topics such as reporting.

• Advanced university degree or JD in Political Science, Law, Political Economy, Government, International Development or Affairs, Democracy and Governance, Economics, Conflict Resolution or a similar field.
• English fluency is required and Hausa and/or Yoruba is preferred.
• Must have laptop with MS Word and Excel.
• Must have access to reliable internet and telephone connection.
• Must be able to maintain discretion and adhere to security and nondisclosure protocols.
• Outstanding oral and written communication skills. Workshop facilitation experience highly desired.
• At least seven years of experience in M&E, three of which must be in Nigeria.
• At least five years of experience providing M&E technical assistance, capacity building and training to grantee/implementing partners to develop their monitoring plans.
• Subject matter expertise in Nigerian democracy and governance sectors. Knowledge of retail level anti-corruption efforts in Nigeria’s education and energy sectors is highly preferred.