M&E Officer at Catholic Relief Services

Catholic Relief Services is the official agency of the United States Catholic Conference of Bishops for relief and development assistance overseas.

Catholic Relief Services (CRS) will like to request application from suitably qualified candidates to fill positions

Position Title: M&E Officer

Department: Programming
Reports To: M&E Director
Location: Benue, Nigeria
Duration: Full Time
Band: D-2

Job Summary:

• Support and oversee the M&E work of the Civil Society Organizations (CSO) in the implementation and use of the SMILE M&E system.
• Oversee the training of CSO staff in the SMILE M&E system including the NOMIS forms and database
• Ensure CSO understand the information needs of project stakeholders and donors and adhere to system requirements
• Work closely with the CSO M&E officers to ensure they understand the data requirements and data-gathering and report formats.
• Support CSO M&E staff in their work with the community care committees (CCC or equivalent) to ensure that sufficient training is done for CCC members and volunteers, that the correct forms are used and that accurate reports are submitted on a timely basis.
• Ensure that CSO using the NOMIS system and reports to CRS on a timely basis
• Visit partners on a regular basis to monitor M&E systems
• Work with contract M&E firm in the implementation of data quality assessments. Ensure that CSOs participate in the data quality assessment, understand the recommendations for remedial action, and comply with those recommendations
• Coordinate with contract IT firm to ensure that CSO system are up to date, are able to manage the NOMIS requirements, IT problems are fixed Support the M&E Director in the analysis of CSO and NOMIS data for the quarterly and annual reports to USAID and other reports as required
• Coordinate with Action Aid M&E staff to ensure good communication between the civil society and government actors and that data and reports are shared as required by the M&E system
• Participate in the M&E Working group to help ensure that the system is being implemented by all CSOs correctly.
• Attend relevant SMILE management and technical meetings to ensure close coordination between program, management, and M&E staff Collaborate with SMILE management and CSO in planning, designing and undertaking program evaluations and special studies.

Application Closing Date
Wednesday, 7th August, 2013

How to Apply:
Interested applicants should Click here to download the CRS Application Form, after filling the form, send it with a detailed CV as attached MS Word documents to: [email protected]

Applicants must explicitly state the position applied for in the CRS application form and in the subject of their email e.g. Driver - Enugu

Only applications sent hi the required format will be considered and only short listed candidates will be contacted.