UNICEF Recruits Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist (Education), NOC - Abuja

UNICEF’s mission in Nigeria is to help governments at all levels, organizations, communities and families provide every child with education, health, equality and protection.

UNICEF Nigeria seeks the services of an experienced Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist who will work in close coordination with partners in education activities and be responsible for supporting all education activities to strengthen systems and processes for the management and monitoring of the program at state, LGA and Service delivery levels

Job Title: Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist (Education), NOC, Abuja

Vacancy number: VN-NGR4O-2012
Contract Type: Two years Fixed Term
Location: Abuja

Job Functions
Some of the major functions that the incumbent is expected to carry out are as follows

• Make professional contributions to and provide technical assistance for the planning and establishing the major research, monitoring and evaluation objectives, priorities, and activities in BE's multi-year and annual IMEPs, in consultation with child-rights and implementing partners.
• Identify the M&E objectives, priorities, and activities required for effective BE and partner Emergency Preparedness and Response Plans.
• In humanitarian response situations, within the first month, draft and recommend a simple one-month data-collection plan to cover key data gaps as required for the initial emergency response, working In dose collaboration with the humanitarian cluster partners.
• Support partners in the establishment and management of LGEA, state, national statistical databases (e.g., DevInfo), ensuring that key indicators are readily accessible by key stakeholders. Potential uses include the Situation Analysis, Common Country Assessment, Early Warning Monitoring Systems, Donor reports and Mid-Term Reviews.
• Develop a collective Situation Monitoring and Assessment system owned by all key partners which supports the preparation of country level statistical and analytic reports on the status 0f children's and women's rights issues; and which allow, when opportunities emerge to influence developmental and social policies. To include technical support to global reporting obligations including national reports on progress toward the MDGs, and toward CRC and CEDAW fulfilment.
• Monitor and ensure the quality of the field work and data management during the implementation phase, and the quality of the analysis and ease of understanding during the report writing phase.
• In close collaboration woth partners, ensure that an M&E capacity building strategy for UNICEF Education section staff, national partners and institutions exists in the context of the IMEP, UNDAF and the BE and GEP3 M&E plan. Pay particular attention so the capacity needs of national partners such as professional evaluation associations will be strengthened by involvement in evaluation process and possibly through specific capacity building initiatives .

Minimum Qualification and Competencies

• Advanced University degree in social sciences, statistics, planning development.
• Professional work experience in programme development and implementation including monitoring and evaluation activities as follows
• Five years of relevant work experience. Field work experience in M&E. At least one instance of exposure to emergency programming, including preparedness, planning. Active involvement in a humanitarian crisis response programme preferred.
• Fluency in English and a second UN working language. A good knowledge of local working language of the duty station an asset.

Application Closing Date
1st January, 2o12

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should a cover letter (one-page summary statement that describes how your experience and qualification relate to the job description) and  a scanned/PDF copy of the completed and signed UN Personal History Form to: [email protected]

Note:
Please put the position title you are applying for on the subject line of your email.

UNICEF. a smoke-free environment, is committed to gender equality in its mandate and its staff Well qualified candidates, particularly women are strongly encouraged to apply