Monitoring and Evaluation Officer/Assistant at a New Public Health Program

A new internationally funded development project seeks the following candidate for immediate placement in a new Abuja office to manage an innovative advocacy in child and family health project.

Job Title: Monitoring and Evaluation Officer/Assistant

Location: Abuja

Job Description

• Staff will be engaged on the basis of 1 year renewable contracts over 3 years
• The M&E officer MUST be passionate about using data to track the performance of the project.
• S/he will operationalise the M&E framework of the project by developing the M&E plan; tracking and evaluating all activities and conducting baseline, midterm and end line evaluations
• Develop and review annual M&E budgets and work-plans for grantee and sub-grantees
• Develop and implement M&E reporting guidelines and systems designed to inform the direction of the project, including data quality and data use strategies;
• Ensure the alignment of research and M&E activities with program goals, and contribute to the development of annual work-plans to identify project targets and ensure inclusion of M&E activities;
• Train grantee and sub-grantee M&E staff on M&E guidelines, survey instruments, data collection tools, and other tools for M&E.

Requirements

• The ideal candidate will have 3-4 years’ experience conducting M&E in an international environment or a donor funded public health or rights based program;
• Knowledge of statistical software (such as SPSS, EPI-INFO)
• Strong interest and competences in data collection and analysis
• First degree in the Social Sciences having read statistics
• A post-graduate Degree in Demography, Statistics, Sociology, Development Studies or Public Health will be an advantage.

Remuneration
Competitive

Application Closing Date
For First Screening: 30th November, 2014
For Second Screening: 14th December, 2014

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should submit their CV and 1 page letter of application to: [email protected]

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Note: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for an interview.