Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist at Catholic Relief Services (CRS)

Catholic Relief Services (CRS) is an International non-governmental organization supporting relief and development work in over 99 countries around the world. CRS programs assist persons on the basis of need regardless of creed, ethnicity or nationality. CRS works through local church and non-church partners to implement its programs, therefore, strengthening and building the capacity of these partner organi7ations is fundamental to programs in every country in which CR5 operates. CRS re-established presence in Nigeria in 2000 and currently focuses on agriculture, health and emergency programming.

CRS Nigeria leads the USAID-supported SMILE (Sustainable Mechanisms for improving Livelihoods and Household Empowerment) consortium consisting of ActionAid Nigeria and Westat designed to scale-up care and support services for orphans and vulnerable children in FCT Benue, Kogi Edo and Nasarawa by strengthening the capacity, of government, civil society organizations (CSOs) and communities. SMILE seeks to improve the wellbeing of 500,000 OVC and 125,000 caregivers and will be through an umbrella giants mechanism (UGM) whereby CSOs receive sub-grants to support capacity strengthening and program implementation at the community level. The project will also strengthen the Nigerian Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC) response by strengthening the organizational systems and technical capacity of the five SMWASDs and targeted Local Government Areas (LGA).

We are recruiting to fill the position of:

Job Title: Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist, TB

Location: Benue
Department: Programming
Reports To: M & E Director (SMILE)
Duration: 2018
Band: E1

Job Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership in the design and development of indicators, M&E tools, frameworks, work plans for the project;
• Collaborate with relevant agencies and teams to develop TB annual work plan; identity and incorporate appropriate activities and Interventions in work plans consistent with project objectives and aligned with national program needs;
• Provide technical support to sub-grantees in developing work plans in accordance with project objectives and scope of work;
• Work closely with the National TB Control Program (NTP), USAID government of Nigeria MDA, at the state levels, NGO partners and other stakeholders in identifying program priorities, developing strategies and coordinating implementation of HIV/TB activities;
• Provide technical directions and support to the NTP and sub-recipient NGO partners in planning and implementing TB activities as required;
• Assist NTP and other collaborating partners iii developing training strategies and materials, and facilitate planning and conducting TOT and training of health care staff;

Qualifications and Skills

• University degree or its equivalent in Public Health, Social Sciences, statistics, or related field.
• At least 5 years M&E experience in international development work relating to OVC programming. TB/HI’ prevention, treatment, care and support programs, will be required.
• Experience in M&E of community TB prevention, case detection and treatment support programs in health facilities and community outreaches and reporting; will
• Extensive knowledge M&E methodologies i.e. both quantitative and qualitative data collection, processing and analysis, will be required.
• Demonstrated skills in training and capacity building through technical assistance and mentoring
• Demonstrable computer literacy in MS Office - Excel, Power Point and Word and experience in at least one of the following data analysis packages: CSPro, SPSS.
• SAS, Epi info or STATA.
• Ability to work effectively with government and civil society partners and communities as well as transfer knowledge to diverse audiences through workshops, training arid meetings using participatory methods and adult learning principles.
• Demonstrated commitment to gender responsive programming.
• Excellent organizational, analytical, oral and written communication skills.
• Experience working with and maintaining good relations with international, as well as counterparts and beneficiaries (e.g. International and Local NGOs and government representatives).
• Must be personable, tactful, culture sensitive, respect for the right of a child and able to practice confidentiality and trustworthiness.

Disclaimer Clause:

• This job description is not an exhaustive list rather it is intended to be indicative of the skills efforts duties and responsibilities associated with the position.

Application Closing Date
5pm, Friday 14th August, 2015

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should download the Application Form below and send with a detailed 3 page resume in a one word document to: [email protected] 

Note: Applications sent in the required format will be considered and only short listed candidates will be contacted.

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