Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Advisor Job at Chemonics International
Chemonics International - Strengthening Advocacy and Civic Engagement is
a five year, $19.2 million project funded by the U.S. Agency for
International Development (USAID), implemented through a contract with
Chemonics International. Its objective is to strengthen civil society’s
ability to
influence the development and implementation of key
democratic reforms at the national, state, and local levels. The project
will support increased engagement and efficacy of civil society to be
able to influence public institutions whose function it is to serve
citizens interests.
We are recruiting to fill the vacant position below:
Job Title: Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Advisor
Location: Abuja
Job Description
- The M&E Advisor is responsible for overseeing SACE’s
comprehensive and socially inclusive M&E system and providing
technical assistance to project CSO partners to improve their internal
M&E practices. S/he works with technical staff to oversee M&E
data collection and collation through the project’s MIS.
- The M&E Advisor is responsible for implementation of the
performance monitoring plan as well as responding to 1./SAID/Nigeria
data requests.
- The M&E Advisor serves as the SACE gender focal point and
assesses the extent to which SACE interventions address gender issues.
The M&E Advisor supervises the M&E Manager. This is a full-time
post base in Abuja.
- S/he trains staff and selected partners on M&E system
operations and collates databases from technical staff and partners to
update the system and perform analyses. S/he directs the project’s
knowledge management system.
Qualifications and Experience
The ideal candidate will possess the following qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field such as social sciences,
international development, evaluation research, statistics, or
economics.
- Experience in training and facilitation.
- Experience setting up and managing management information, records management, and/or knowledge management systems.
- Excellent communication skills, including interpersonal and in written and oral English.
- Ability to work in a professional and cordial manner with staff
implementing and cooperating partners, and relevant CSOs and government
agencies.
- Also, must be able to work independently with minimal
supervision, to be able to accept and discharge substantial
responsibilities, to prioritize work assignments, to meet deadlines, and
to exercise professional judgment.
- 10 years of demonstrated experience in designing, managing, and
implementing results- based M&E systems and activities, especially
in the context of governance and capacity building programs. Experience
in complexity-aware monitoring will be an advantage.
- Experience analyzing quantitative and qualitative data and have strong IT skills,
- Experience working with an international development
organization and knowledge of reporting procedures, best practices,
guidelines, and tools for monitoring and evaluation, especially impact
evaluation, preferably USA1D systems.
Note
- Applications should comprise a cover letter, a two-page capacity
statement that addresses key skills possessed, and a curriculum vitae.
- Incomplete applications will not be considered.
- The project strongly encourages applications from women, people
with disabilities, and young people meeting the above qualifications.
- Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted for an interview.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their application letter and CV’s to:
[email protected]
Application Deadline: 21st April, 2017