Assistant Manager, Monitoring and Evaluation - Lagos at Society for Family Health (SFH)

Society for Family Health (SFH) is one of the leading public health non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in Nigeria, implementing programmes in reproductive health, HIV & AIDS prevention, and maternal neonatal and child health. SFH works in partnership with the Federal and State Governments of Nigeria, the Global Fund, the British Department for International Development (DFID) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) among other international donors. We seek to recruit qualified persons as a result of growth in our organisation. We offer professionals opportunities for career advancement, a good working environment and competitive remuneration.

We require competent candidates for the following position:

Job Title: Assistant Manager, Monitoring and Evaluation

Locations: Lagos State

Responsibilities

• Reporting to the State Programme Manager, the desired candidates will ensure that routine tracking, data collection and documentation are utilised to showcase progress on success of project indicators and interventions.
• S/He will ensure that data collected from state level implementation are collated and entered expeditiously in web-based DHIS; and summaries included in all field activity quarterly report submissions.
• S/He will also, oversee the tracking, analysing and reporting of data on the various components of the project.
• The successful candidate will equally track project performance indicator data related to relevant states, and disseminate M&E data and information regularly to stakeholders.
• S/He will be required to build the capacity of project partner organisations, CSOs/CBOs and other stakeholders to implement M&E.
• S/He will take the lead in implementing national and state level surveys in the state.
• S/He must be able to analyse datasets to provide data to inform programme decisions.

Requirements

• Must possess a first degree in Sciences/Medical/Behavioural/Social Sciences or its equivalent in a relevant field
• A masters degree in public health or a related field will be of added advantage.
• Must have minimum of 5 years experience in implementing monitoring and evaluation of health and related programmes.
• Must have considerable expertise in mixed-methods (qualitative and quantitative) M&E and research.
• Must possess the ability to analyse and interpret both quantitative and qualitative data to inform programming.
• Must have intermediate knowledge of SPSS or STATA or Epi Info/CS Pro knowledge of DHIS, MS-Access or other
• compatible database software will be of added advantage.
• Must have experience conducting monitoring visits, utilising checklists and other tools, including the ability to develop M & E tools as needed.

Compensation & Benefits
The compensation package for these position is very attractive and designed to attract, motivate and retain talented candidates.

Application Closing Date
20th March, 2014

Method Of Application
A one page application letter (using the position reference as subject), addressed to the Deputy Director-HR, clearly providing evidence of competences required for the job, current remuneration, as well as a comprehensive Curriculum Vitae indicating clearly your valid telephone numbers, e-mail address and current contact address, should be sent to: [email protected] beside the job you are applying for. Candidates without the minimum requirements need not apply. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted