New Opportunities at The North East Regional Initiative (NERI)
North East Regional Initiative (NERI) - An International Development
Organization, is seeking applications from qualified Nigerian nationals
for the vacant positions below:
Job Title: Monitoring & Evaluation Manager
Location: Abuja
Position Start Date: Immediately
Position Summary
- The Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Manager designs,
develops and implements a monitoring and evaluation system within
assigned area.
- S/he gathers, analyzes, and processes complex information related to all aspects of program activity implementation.
- The incumbent carries out his/her work according to an
established standard operating procedure for collecting data, monitoring
project progress and measuring program inputs/outputs.
- This position will be based at the head office, located in
Abuja, with program activities expected to be carried out in the North
Eastern states. Travel is expected.
Reporting & Supervision:
- The Monitoring & Evaluation Manager reports to the Program
Director/Deputy Chief of Party. S/he will supervise the Deputy M&E
Manager and M&E Officers based in Abuja, Adamawa, Borno and Yobe
States.
Primary Responsibilities
Primary responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:
- Provide technical and Administrative leadership for the M&E team
- Coordinate weekly with M&E team to determine priority tasks.
Ensure the M&E team is aware of and up to date on all M&E tasks
and reports.
- Conduct site visits during the project implementation phase for each grant in assigned areas.
- Produce a routine monitoring report (RMR) according to an
approved template for each site visit prior to the indicator
verification visit.
- Accurately interpret Bills of Quantities (BoQ) and grant data
base file shared by head office to determine indicators according to
which the Officer will be evaluating projects.
- Finalize evaluation reports (FER) based on prescribed format.
- Identify lessons learned, constraints, and project impacts based on determined theme and/or sector for inclusion in FERs.
- Share observations from monitoring visits with the Program
Director/Deputy Chief of Party when findings demonstrate questionable
actions.
- Serve as primary point of contact for impact assessments, success stories and weekly reporting
- Serve as primary point of contact for Grants when additional information is needed to close grants.
- Under take comprehensive analysis of project based on history of
site visits; present findings to Program Director/Deputy Chief of Party
in a concise and professional manner.
- Participate in professional training and development activities, as necessary
- Represent the program positively and professionally in both internal and external environments.
- Coordinate with and supervise consultants and firms undertaking M&E tasks for the project.
- Perform other tasks as assigned.
Required Skills & Qualifications
- University degree in International Development, Social Science, Economics, or related field is required.
- Five years’ experience in the management of field monitoring,
evaluation design, empirical and statistical analysis, management
information systems and/or information management design is required.
- Proficiency at using Microsoft office software: MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, etc. is required.
- Strong analytical skills are required
- Prior experience with USAID or US Government funded projects is highly required.
- Attention to detail and ability to follow up on tasks to completion is required.
- Experience of working in a conflict environment is a plus.
- Written and spoken fluency in English is required.
- Excellent team spirit and skills.
- Fluency in one or more of the local state languages in the North Eastern part of Nigeria is desired.
Job Title: Program Development Manager
Location: Abuja with Travel
Position Start Date: Immediately
Position Summary
- The Program Development Manager for Yobe (PDM-Y) will lead
flexible, innovative, and rapid programming activities throughout Yobe
State. The primary function of this position will be to identify,
articulate and propose new areas of work.
- The PDM will report to the Chief of Party (CoP) and will serve
as the principle liaison between the Yobe field team and the Senior
Management Team (SMT) H/She will advise the SMT and CoP on the evolution
or the political, legal and economic situation in Yobe, and provide
strategic guidance on how to continuously adapt the program to ensure
that it remains relevant, effective and immediately takes advantage of
programming opportunities as they arise.
- The PDM-Y will establish goals and targets with staff in the Yobe office towards achieving program and work plan objectives.
- The PDM-Y will ensure that all processes comply with the
governing international development regulations, Task Order
specifications and the project’s policy and procedures.
- The position will coordinate closely with Grants, Finance, and
Procurement departments in Abuja to ensure adequate operational support
to the Yobe field office and oversee timely and compliant grants
management processes.
- The PDM-Y will coordinate with the Monitoring & Evaluation
teams in the Yobe office and in Abuja to ensure that lessons learned are
captured and incorporated program-wide.
- The position will be based in Abuja with extensive travel to Yobe State.
Reporting & Supervision:
- The Program Development Manager reports to the Chief of Party
and will provide technical leadership and oversight to the Yobe State
Program Manager and the Community Development Facilitators, who will
assist in activity development, activity implementation oversight and
reporting.
Primary Responsibilities
Primary responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:
- Develop the overall program development strategy for Yobe State
through constant news monitoring, contact USG partners, other donors,
and regional staff;
- Train and manage the Yobe State Program Manager, and over
recruitment, training, and management of Community Development
Facilitators (CDFs);
- Manage processes and pipeline of Yobe State activity development
and maintain overall responsibility of proposal submission, data entry,
development of proposal content and finalization of budgets to ensure
continually high standard of objectives, focus, accuracy, efficiency,
and feasibility of grants to be approved;
- Oversee the programmatic implementation and monitoring of each
activity in coordination with providers, through Community Development
Facilitators and in coordination with the program’s Grant &
Procurement Manager. Also ensure the non-partisan implementation of each
activity and the achievement of outputs as stated in the activity
agreement using secondary sources of information;
- Input to grant and procurement award processes to ensure that
activity deliverables are achieved, including drafting scopes of work
for service providers and implementing partners, evaluating and
approving technical deliverables and setting deadlines to ensure on-time
delivery of outputs;
- Gather lessons learned from the M&E teams and periodically
incorporate these into a revised Yobe State program strategy, and work
with PDMs from Borno and Adamawa States to ensure lessons learned are
incorporated across the program, resulting in overall improved program
design;
- Ensure that activity implementation is in accordance with USAID rules and regulations and Creative policies and procedures;
- Identify, review and manage lessons learned and best practices
for program activities through thorough completion of Final Evaluation
Reports to conclude project activities;
- Coordinate with Reporting and Communications team to provide inputs to weekly reports and success story products to donor;
- Respond to requests from the client as needed;
- Initiate and manage after-action reviews in coordination with
Investigation and Compliance team as needed for activities after
close-out.
Required Skills & Qualifications
- Minimum of five (5) years professional experience (including at
least two years of supervisory experience) working in complex and
challenging field operational contexts;
- University degree in Political Science, Development or other related Social Sciences field is required; Master’s desired;
- Prior experience with international development organizations,
particularly with transition programming, and/or programs that have
community-level engagement is required;
- Familiarity with policies and procedures in regards to financial
management, financial reporting, procurement processes, systems and
grants management at international organizations is required;
- Previous experience working in Yobe State is mandatory;
- Willingness to travel to Yobe State up to 50% of the time;
- Strong analytical, organizational, and communications capacity; and
- Fluency in oral and written communication skills in both English and Hausa.
Job Title: Community Development Facilitator
Location: Abuja
Position Start Date: Immediately
Position Summary
- The Community Development Facilitator (CDF) is responsible for
grass-roots development of project concepts and activity submissions.
- The CDF will interact with community groups, non-governmental
organizations (NGOs), community-based organizations (CBOs), associations
and other groups implementing NRTI-funded activities or potential
activities.
- The CDF will work with groups to develop activity ideas and
summaries, refine project concepts during the YL/GL phase, assist in the
creation and negotiation of budgets, as well as be the primary field
oversight for ongoing activities.
- This position will be based at Yobe State Office, located in
Damaturu with program activities expected to be carried out throughout
various LGAs. Travel is expected.
Reporting & Supervision:
- The Community Development Facilitator reports to the State Program Manager, based at Yobe state.
Primary Responsibilities
Primary responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:
- Liaise with community groups, NGOs, CBOs associations and other
community stakeholders to identify potential partners for the project
activities.
- Identify potential activities at the community level for project support.
- Work with State Program Manager (SPM), and Abuja-based Program
team, develop project ideas identified for support for YL/GL submission.
- Work with community organizations to budget and prepare logistics activities
- Monitor and report on routine program operational activities and
scheduled program events, reporting activity summaries to SPM and
Abuja-based Reporting Officer.
- Work with staff to ensure project attendance at local events.
- Collect information on program activities, including beneficiary targets.
- Work with Program, M&E and Grants teams to create and maintain project trackers.
- Support review of final Evaluation Reports and grant closing.
- Attend focus groups to derive lessons learned to inform future project activities.
- Assist in the development of activity ideas based on information collected in the field.
- Facilitate linkages between communities as needed.
- Any other duties suitable to task and commensurate with ability.
Required Skills & Qualifications
- University degree in political science, international affairs or other related social sciences field is required.
- Three years’ work experience in a related field is required.
- Good communication and interpersonal skills is required.
- Prior experience with international organizations or international-funded projects is highly desirable.
- Problem solving, stress management and time management skills are required.
- Proficient at using Microsoft office software: MS Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook, etc.
- Excellent record keeping and documentation skills are required.
- Experience of working in a conflict environment is a plus.
- Written and spoken fluency in English is required.
- Fluency in one or more of the local state languages in North Eastern part of Nigeria is required.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should submit the following
documents below to:
[email protected]
- A current resume or curriculum vitae (CV) listing all job responsibilities; AND
- A cover letter
Note
- Please reference the job title and location on the subject line, your cover letter and resume/CV.
- Only short-listed candidates will be contacted
Application Deadline 20th June, 2017.