Monitoring, Evaluation and Research Officer at Nigeria Solidarity Support Fund


Nigeria Solidarity Support Fund (NSSF) is an innovative platform for resource mobilization. Primarily established to supplement efforts to mitigate the adverse economic effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on Nigerians by supporting vulnerable members of the population, strengthening the country’s healthcare system and reskilling the Nigerian workforce for a post-pandemic world.

The Nigeria Solidarity Support Fund is led by a team of Nigerians - working tirelessly to help bring a better life to all Nigerians. Together, with dedicated stakeholders, multilateral organisations, grassroots NGOs and local partner organizations, we are raising funds and initiating interventions to ensure that our children, families and vulnerable groups across Nigeria recover from the devastating impact of COVID-19.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

 

 

Job Title: Monitoring, Evaluation and Research Officer

Location: Abuja
Employment Type: Full time

Summary

  • The Monitoring and Evaluation Officer will work closely with Programs Manager, Government officials, Donor organizations, Grantees, and Comms lead in the delivery of key tasks.

Key Task and Responsibilities

  • Develop and manage the organizational management information system to help document and capture organizational achievements
  • Contribute to the development and implementation of monitoring and evaluation plans for projects including tools
  • Support the implementation of evaluation studies for assessing organizational progress and achievement
  • Strengthen capacity and provide technical support to the project staff for adequate monitoring and evaluation of project activities
  • Manage the state donor and organizational reporting obligations by ensuring timely reporting and completion of weekly, monthly and quarterly program reports.
  • Revising data reporting templates and indicators as needed
  • Contribute to the development of the organizations annual report
  • Support the organization in the planning and execution of strategic planning, annual work plan and budgeting processes
  • Assist with other organizational activities as may be required. Support other program related activities.
  • Provide technical support and participate in all research activities conducted by the organization
  • Coordinate the development of the organizations M&E
  • Develop organizational annual M&E report that tracks progress in achieving the organizations strategic targets

Qualifications
Education:

  • University Degree preferably in Computer science, Statistics, Economics, Public health or related field.
  • Masters degree is a plus.

Other:

  • 3 years of experience in MEL operations preferably in an NGO environment;
  • Expertise in gathering, analyzing and presenting data Strong training & facilitation skills.
  • Completion of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) program.

Skills:
Functional Competencies:

  • Organises and accurately completes multiple tasks by establishing priorities while taking into consideration special assignments, frequent interruptions, deadlines, available resources and multiple reporting relationships
  • Good understanding of programme design, theory of change functions and logical frameworks, including links between objectives, indicators, targets and activities.
  • Extensive experience of supporting M&E strategies and systems, and writing reports.
  • Experience from data gathering and analysis.
  • Excellent writing skills.
  • Experience with archiving systems and knowledge management.
  • Plans, coordinates and organizes workload while remaining aware of changing priorities and competing deadlines
  • Establishes, builds and maintains effective working relationships with stakeholders to facilitate the provision of support
  • Excellent communication skills (written and oral): Sensitivity to and responsiveness to all partners, respectful and helpful relations with donors and staff.
  • Understanding of local and international development issues.
  • Experience from working with in an NGO.

 

 

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their Resume and Cover Letter to: [email protected] using the Job Title as the subject of the mail.