Monitoring and Evaluation Officer at Oxfam Nigeria

Oxfam in Nigeria and International Centre for Energy, Environment and Development (ICEED: Improving Fuel Wood Balance Project

Oxfam is a confederation of 17 Affiliates committed to creating a just world without poverty. In Nigeria Oxfam works in the areas of Economic Justice/Livelihood, Basic Social Services, Humanitarian programming, Gender Justice / Female Leadership and Good governance, adopting a rights based approach. The International Centre for Energy, Environment & Development (ICEED) is a Nigerian think tank focused on addressing climate change and promoting clean energy through policy research, advocacy and communication on the low carbon economy.

Oxfam and ICEED, with funding support from the European Union and the National Planning Commission (NPC) as the contracting authority, are collaborating in the implementation of a four year project on renewable energy production, including Agro-forestry. The project is aimed at sustainably improving the fuel-wood balance and resilience of livelihoods of rural households in 7 LGAs in Katsina state by increasing wood supply through farmer managed natural regeneration whilst reducing fuel wood demand through dissemination and use of fire wood efficient stoves.

The position is open to suitably qualified personnel who will drive the implementation of the project:

Job Title: Monitoring and Evaluation Officer

Location: Katsina State

Job Description
The M&E Officer will be responsible for providing oversight for project results, ensuring the collection of reliable data to support Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning activities. This position reports to the Project Manager and works closely with the Programme Officers Agro-forestry, Fuel Wood stoves and other members of the project team. It will also coordinate with the M&E team of Oxfam in Nigeria and ICEED.

Main Tasks:

• Ensure the conduct of baseline to derive needed credible data for the tracking of results
• Set up and maintain project MIS database
• Develop a monitoring protocol that both CBOs and entrepreneurs can use for project reporting.
• Set up community based monitoring and planning platforms for Agro-forestry system adoption, bye-law application, and FWR stoves, and build capacity of groups/artisans in record keeping and reporting
• Stage exchange visits for farmer-to-farmer learning with successful fuel wood stoves projects
• Ensure learning and dissemination by documenting Agro-forestry systems and FWR stoves models in 7 publications in which their effectiveness and the lessons learned are analysed, and are disseminated to over 100 subject-matter specialist and inform decision and policy makers
• Facilitate dissemination of information and results to all 12 northern Katsina LGAs which motivates them to stage action for more trees in the landscape
• Monitor the quantitative and qualitative performance of the Agro-forestry and Fuel Woodstoves components of the project. Ensure quarterly monitoring reports on progress are submitted in line with EU reporting requirements.
• Ensure mid and end term evaluation reports effectively document the activities in the project and track towards envisaged results
• Develop ToRs, Capacity Development plans, Implementation routines, M&E routines, in order to support activities of implementing partners
• Undertake surveys as needed for continuous tracking of results and learning
• Organise 9 peer-to-peer exchange learning visits / communication for all levels of activities to Niger
• Any other tasks as assigned within the Programme team

Requirement

• A good university degree in the Social Sciences
• Minimum 4 years relevant experience in project management preferably for an EU project
• Demonstrable experience in designing, implementing and overseeing of monitoring, evaluation and learning systems
• Proven experience in M&E capacity building for local NGOs and CBOs on donor funded projects
• Good knowledge of M&E on EU funded projects will be an advantage
• Able to work well in a diverse team

Application Closing Date
4th November, 2014

Method of Application
Qualified candidates should send their Curriculum Vitae and application to: [email protected]

Enquiries should be sent to: [email protected] Applications sent to the enquiry e-mail will be disqualified.