Christian Aid Jobs in Abuja, Nigeria for Monitoring and Evaluation Officers

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Christian Aid UK-based international NGO, partnering with others to end poverty in Africa. At the heart of this vision is transformation of the lives of people who live in poverty, empowering them to have a brighter future. Christian Aid works in more than 30 Countries and has been operating in Nigeria since 2003. The Nigeria Country programme focuses on Community Health and HIV,
Accountable Governance and Gender. We are looking for a dynamic and motivated person for the position of Programme Associate, Communication, to strengthen the strategic orientation of the Country Office towards its communication.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Monitoring and Evaluation Officer, CHH

Job ID: 0488
Location: Abuja
Department: International
Reports to: Programme Manager, CHH

About the role

• Develop and strengthen Monitoring and Evaluation systems to allow for effective, accurate reporting for decision making and project implementation.
• To Contribute to building the Nigerian Country Office and partner capacity to develop and use participatory approaches to monitoring and evaluation for effective project implementation for results.
• Encourage active knowledge management and organizational learning needs using Monitoring and Evaluation findings.

Role Context

• The role works within the Nigeria Country programme the wider Programme Funding remit.
• The role provides support to programmes to ensure that programmes are well implemented and reported on.
• Because reporting is key and central to CA, this role ensures that timely reporting is done and in the best possible way that meets CA standards. Will be some travel within country required.

Key Outcomes

• Develop and strengthen Monitoring and Evaluation systems to allow for effective, accurate reporting for decision making and project implementation.
• Contribute to building the Nigerian Country Office and partner capacity to develop and use participatory approaches to monitoring and evaluation for effective project implementation for results.
• Encourage active knowledge management and organizational learning needs using Monitoring and Evaluation findings
• Positive relationships developed with partners through effective communication.
• Strong linkages between partner work and advocacy, communications and fundraising roles within the UK. This role may include direct fund raising depending on location.

Relationships

• Relationships with partners and institutional donors externally. (External)
• The position is line managed by the Programme Manager. Has a key role in ensuring good relations with other roles in communications, fundraising and advocacy in Christian Aid in the UK. (Internal)

Decision Making:

• Contribute to fundraising proposals
• Provides support to partners based on frameworks agreed with country team
• Represents Christian Aid and the programme externally with partners, other NGOs, and other agencies
• Appraise, monitor and review programme in line with CA and external requirements

Analytical Skills:

• Problems or issues need detailed information gathering, investigation and analysis including assessment of benefits and risks of different courses of action.
• Initiative and judgment needs to be applied regularly in the course of day-to-day work. Expected to make direct contribution to improved performance, whether through own area of work or participation in cross-disciplinary projects.

Developing Self and Others:

• May have formal responsibility for others including direct responsibility for performance management and developing plans to improve the performance of partner staff, volunteers or others;
• May have project management responsibility for directing work of others and taking responsibility for ensuring that work quality and professional standards are maintained.

Person Specification
Applied skills/knowledge and expertise:

Essential:

• Degree, preferably in Statistics, Community Health, or the Social Sciences.
• Significant experience of working with small, indigenous partners
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, and strong IT skills
• Excellent report writing skills.
• Experience of facilitation, training and network and partner capacity building
• Minimum 3 years NGO experience and knowledge of monitoring and evaluation.
• Good knowledge of donors (e.g EU, DFID, USAID) reporting requirement and standards
• Familiarity with programme cycle management approaches and tools - including participatory planning, monitoring and evaluation

Desirable:

• Ability to incorporate gender analysis and community health and HIV methodologies into partners' work.
• Understanding of Health Management Information systems in Nigeria.
• Ability to produce quality reports, case studies and advocacy briefs from analysis conducted on data sets and gathered qualitative information.
• IT competency required (Intermediate)
• Understanding of partnership approach to international development
• Understanding and familiarity with database management and use.
• Familiarity and understanding of SPSS

Competency profile
LEVEL 1: You are expected to be able to:

Build Partnerships:

• Take on different work when necessary to achieve a team or organisational goal.
• Actively consult with others to ensure you understand their needs or goals.
• Listen to and take on board fresh perspectives and views even if you initially disagree with them.
• Maintain on-going relationships with individuals and contacts through networks, based on mutual rapport and respect.

Communicate Effectively:

• Make complex things simple for the benefit of others.
• Be sensitive to what others may be feeling, based on what they say, how they say it and their non-verbal behavior, adapting your style and approach to fit.
• Address difficult issues when they arise, being honest and open.
• Actively listen and question to check your understanding and draw out others when they are not expressing themselves clearly or seem to be holding back.

Steward Resources:

• Implement ways to reduce the inefficient use of resources or pass the ideas on to someone who can make them happen.
• Estimate the resources needed to achieve your own work plans or objectives and to deliver them in the most efficient and cost effective way.
• Set and communicate realistic timelines for achieving tasks, working out how best to adapt as priorities change or unforeseen circumstances arise.

Deliver Results:

• Prioritise, plan and monitor own work to meet own and team deliverables to agreed performance or quality standards.
• Acknowledge others’ priorities whilst being prepared to say “no” if there are genuine reasons why their needs cannot be met.
• Use logical processes and relevant tools and techniques to report on information or analyse options.
• Make timely and considered recommendations or decisions based on analysis of available data, information and evidence.

Realise potential:

• Evaluate your own work and actively address gaps in knowledge and skills, without prompting.
• Recognise how you react to feedback and manage reactions positively, acting on specific feedback from others.
• Share your knowledge where it will help others to be more effective.
• Provide instruction, constructive feedback and guidance to others to help them learn.

Strive for Improvement:

• Constructively challenge existing practice.
• Seek better ways of doing things, taking into account the possible implications.
• Make positive suggestions on a way forward when faced with challenges even if these fall outside own scope of work.
• Look inside and outside Christian Aid for new ideas and evaluate them for own work.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

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