Monitoring, Reporting, Evaluation, Accountability & Learning Officer at Palladium Group

Palladium is a global leader in the design, development and delivery of Positive Impact - the intentional creation of enduring social and economic value. We work with foundations, investors, governments, corporations, communities and civil society to formulate strategies and implement solutions that generate lasting social, environmental and financial benefits.

For the past 50 years, we have been making Positive Impact possible. With a team of more than 2,500 employees operating in 90 plus countries and a global network of more than 35,000 technical experts, Palladium has improved - and is committed to continuing to improve - economies, societies and most importantly, people's lives.

Palladium is a child-safe organisation, and screens applicants for suitability to work with children. We also provide equal employment to all participants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, veteran or marital status.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Monitoring, Reporting, Evaluation, Accountability & Learning Officer

Ref Id: req10872
Locations: Kaduna, Benue and Lagos

Project Overview and Role

Global Prosperity Fund’s ‘Skills for Prosperity’ is a £75m FCDO programme, which seeks to improve the cost-effectiveness, access, quality, relevance, and equity of skills through innovative approaches in 9 Middle-Income Countries around the world, including Nigeria.
In Nigeria, the Skills for Prosperity (S4P) country programme will work in three targeted states to:
- Improve access to quality Higher Education and TVET for youth and young women, with a focus on improving access to and the quality of apprenticeships, and supporting training institutions to deliver demand-driven, competency-based training,
- Strengthen education-to-employment linkages, and Build the capacity of training institutions to improve outcomes for vulnerable women and people with disabilities.
- Apprenticeships, training, and capacity building interventions will focus on identified high growth sectors of the economy (Agriculture/Agribusiness/agro-allied industries; Creative and Entertainment, and Information and Communications Technology sectors).
- S4P-Nigeria aims to directly benefit youth, vulnerable women and People with Disabilities (PwD) in targeted states of Kaduna in the north, Benue in the central belt, and Lagos in the south. It will also establish learning and peer sharing mechanisms across other states, including Kano, Enugu and Edo.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities
Background:

S4P-N requires a MREAL Officer with a relevant track record, interest and experienced in the private sector and skills training.

Responsibilities:
The MREAL Officer will be responsible for the following:

Support in effective monitoring and evaluation of the program against key performance indicators
Support knowledge management and performance tracking required for successful delivery of all programme outputs
Support in data analytics, reporting through dashboards, senior level presentations and management information systems
Support in incorporating continuous feedback and learning from programme implementation - documenting best practices and developing knowledge products in form of case studies
Support the implementation of S4P-Nigeria’s complaints and feedback mechanism
Support in documenting and sharing findings of MREL, incorporating feedback from stakeholders during primary and secondary discussions
Provide documentation and data collation support across programme’s work streams

Level of effort:

Full-time

Reporting:

The MREAL Officer will report directly to the MREAL Officer with dotted lines to the Team Leader.

Location:

Kaduna, Lagos and Benue Sates - Three slots. One MREAL Officer in each location.

Required Qualifications

Substantial experience managing results measurement in development projects, and preferably within skills development programmes
Outstanding skills in data management (use of MS-Excel at advanced level is required; use of SPSS, Stata, Tableau or other data analysis software is an added advantage)
Excellent attention to detail and ability to effectively and efficiently perform multiple tasks and balance competing priorities often within a required timeframe
Experience developing electronic data collection forms in ODK is an added advantage
Experience implementing complaints and feedback mechanism.
Experience using both qualitative and quantitative data collection/research techniques
Experience conducting MEL activities on DFID projects
Previous experience of MREL efforts, including preferably in northern Nigeria
Outstanding oral and written communication skills in English
Strong interpersonal skills and proven ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships across teams and organisations