Senior Monitoring and Evaluation Advisor Job at Dexis
Dexis is seeking a Senior Monitoring and Evaluation candidate for an
upcoming multi-year USAID-funded contract with the overall goal of
assisting USAID/Nigeria to become a premier practitioner of program
monitoring and evaluation with an embedded learning and adaptive culture
to ensure Mission activities strategically align with USAID/Nigeria’s
CDCS development objectives.
The ultimate expected results are to strengthen USAID’s M&E
system, to enhance M&E capacity of local entities, to improve
accountability and the use of empirical evidence for programming,
learning and adapting, and to maintain strategic alignment with the
Development Objectives outlined in the Mission’s CDCS. The work location
for this position will be in Abuja, Nigeria. This is a long-term
position expected to start in 2016. This position is contingent upon
award.
Job Title: Senior Monitoring and Evaluation Advisor
Responsibilities
The Senior Monitoring and Evaluation Advisor will:
- Oversee the enhancement of the performance reporting system
- Lead the design and application of methodologies in all aspects of the monitoring and evaluation program
- Lead the application of approaches to the Mission’s data gathering
and analyses for assessments, evaluations, baselines, data quality
assessments and other M&E data gathering efforts
- Work with stakeholders to ensure the performance reporting system meets the needs of stakeholders
- Provide key expertise in the design and analysis of results which
will be a core aspect of the Mission’s Collaboration, Learning and
Adapting component
- Build M&E capacity in USAID/Nigeria and its implementing partners
Qualifications
- A minimum of a Master’s Degree in development, economics, knowledge management or related
- 10 years of progressively responsible professional experience in
monitoring and evaluation with monitoring and evaluation activities
within complex international development contexts in the areas of
Health, Democracy, Governance and Conflict, Economic Growth, Education
and/or agricultural
- Excellent team work, inter-personal, verbal and written communication, presentation and facilitation
- Ability to conduct field work in areas with hardship conditions, in remote areas, for extended periods of
- Strong M&E information systems background, either experienced in
leading teams that have developed M&E information systems or direct
information systems, is preferred
- Strong quantitative, analytical background in cost-benefit analysis,
econometric methodologies, or statistical systems, is preferred
- Fluency in English, written and oral
Winner of the 2014 Small Business of the Year at the United States
Agency for International Development (USAID) and working in nearly 90
countries in FY 2015 for USAID and the Department of State, Dexis
supports US federal agencies in the areas of program monitoring and
evaluation, program learning, and program support. We are not only one
of the fastest growing firms in international development, we are rated
among the highest among our peers on employee-reviewed sites.
Dexis is an equal opportunity employer offering employment without
regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national
origin, citizenship, physical or mental handicap, or status as a
disabled or Vietnam Era veteran of the US Armed Forces
How to Apply
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