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

ActionAid (AA) Nigeria is an affiliate of ActionAid International, which is a global alliance of organisations 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 organisation, 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 organisations.

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.

How to Apply
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).

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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