Monitoring and Evaluation Associate at Caritas Nigeria

Caritas Nigeria was established in September 2010 by the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN), as a specialized national development agency with a mandate for overall coordination of development programs for the Catholic Church in Nigeria. Although independently registered, Caritas Nigeria is an arm of the Church and Society Department of the Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria (CSN). Caritas Nigeria also provided care, treatment and support to over 39,921 patients in ten service delivery health facilities under the CHARIS program which was supported by the United States of America through the Centre for Disease Control and prevention (CDC).

CCPN is recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Monitoring and Evaluation Associate

Location: Kebbi

Summary Job Descriptions

• The M&E Associate works in close collaboration with the State Coordinator.
• He reports in terms of everyday work to the Senior Program Manager.
• He also coordinates very closely with the SHARE M&E Director based in CRS Nigeria.
• The position oversees the capturing and analyzing of project results to better understand the outcomes of the project.
• Hisher principal responsibilities include the development and deployment of systems, structures and pathways for collecting, collating, gathering and analyzing planning, monitoring and reporting information on the SHARE project.
• The M&E Associate also identifies opportunities for innovation in information capturing and use, and will work closely in efforts to use information technology to improve overall quality and impact in the use of ICT for Development (ICT4D).

Person Specification/Required Qualifications

• Degree in Statistics, Population Studies, Public Health or Social Science and development studies or Management (or equivalent) preferably with a health focus.
• Minimum five years relevant monitoring and evaluation experience and also research and evaluation experience, including the ability to analyze research and evaluation findings and other information.
• Demonstrable knowledge and understanding of donor environment, donor relations and donor M&E and reporting systems.
• Experience of monitoring and evaluation strategies and systems development.
• Excellent analytical, writing and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to professionally represent CCFN to host government and other organizations.
• Supervisory experience and experience in developing and managing teams.
• Ability to work both in a team and independently and ability to transfer knowledge through formal and informal training.
• Demonstrated capacity to develop and monitor capacity building.
• Demonstrable ability to work collegially, including strong interpersonal, cross cultural, and training/mentoring skills.
• Demonstrated capacity to work closely with, understand, and support Church partners.
• Experience working with governments at different levels helpful.
• Excellent English language oral and written communication skills.
• Proficiency in MS Office suite, including Word, Excel and Outlook.

Application Closing Date
24th September, 2014

Method of Application
Interested candidates should forward their CV's and an application letter attached as separate MS Word Document to: [email protected]. Qualified Women are encouraged to apply.