Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation that advances children’s rights and equality for girls. We believe in the power and potential of every child. But this is often suppressed by poverty, violence, exclusion and discrimination. And it’s girls who are most affected. Working together with children, young people, our supporters and partners, we strive for a just world, tackling the root causes of the challenges facing girls and all vulnerable children. We have been building powerful partnerships for children for over 80 years, and are now active in more than 70 countries.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Monitoring & Evaluation Officer
Location: Abuja Role Purpose
The purpose of this role is to co-ordinate all M&E efforts across Plan International Nigeria’s Humanitarian programmes in line with International best practices and relevant guidelines and to coordinate the operationalization of effective and appropriate systems and processes for measuring impact, learning and reporting across the organization.
Dimension of Role
Communicates widely within Plan International Nigeria, Lake chad region and with local implementing partners. The post holder will ensure the establishment and coordination of a systematic Monitoring and evaluation system for all Plan International Nigeria’s Humanitarian projects.
The post holder will interface and support team leads and members and provided Humanitarian MERL coordination. The role requires strong facilitation and organisational skills along with the ability to analyse and communicate complex information to all stakeholders.
Key Roles/Responsibilities
In collaboration with the Field Teams, MERL Manager, team leads and sector Specialists, the M&E officer will:
Development and implementation of a knowledge management plan
Ensure relevant data is entered into organization-wide data management system designed to capture, analyse, and disseminate project data
Develop and oversee data flow pattern for programs that will ensure timely data collection and reporting
Ensure that regular lesson’s learnt workshops and learning activities are held
Ensure M&E-specific elements of staff and local partner capacity strengthening plans are successfully captured and a training plan regularly updated
Report results of M&E activities to donors by providing written documentation about progress toward achieving indicators/targets, as appropriate
Ensure high-quality implementation, in close collaboration with the Project/unit heads, sector Specialists, and consistency in protocols, information and reporting systems
Support evaluation/research/survey efforts, to monitor and evaluate project interventions, document results and provide feedback to stakeholders to guide decision-making
Ensure feedback and recommendations from evaluations, community feedback mechanisms are regularly captured and fed into management meeting
Support efforts to utilize training monitoring systems to track and monitor trainers and participants at training events to facilitate follow-up and recordkeeping
Utilize the training data collected to inform strategic decision-making and project planning
Support the conduct of targeted evaluations and operations research, including design, data collection, management and analysis
Ensure quality of data through data verification procedures, including routine data quality audits
Cultivate strategic M&E relationships and alliances, and present M&E activities in public and professional circles through meetings, conferences, and presentations
Ensure teams are meeting up with reporting deadlines and reports are reviewed and feedback given to teams
Promote and support the dissemination of project information among the project teams
Use infographics to produce M&E information products that are reader friendly (converting research and evaluation reports into infographics).
Management and regularly update of the evaluation tracker and the programme library .
Regularly update the maintain the project manager software and Plan reporting apps
Use of new social media
Human Resource Development:
Supports the orientation, on-going development/training and builds capacity of MERL staff and local partner staff to ensure a high level of expertise in line with organizational requirements.
Monitor the team’s performance against the agreed organizational standards and ensure that problems are identified and resolved
Learning and knowledge management:
Shares information within the team about M&E findings and lessons learnt in a systematic timely manner.
Shares information within the teams about M&E approaches and supports the documentation of lessons learnt, approaches and good practices.
Facilitates processes for internal and external knowledge sharing among programmes teams and supports such processes
Participates in national, regional networks and meeting as requested.
Technical expertise, skills and knowledge Qualifications and Experience:
Bachelor's degree and 5 years of work experience in monitoring and evaluating large multi-year international development programs, with a robust M&E component. Master’s degree is preferred.
Skills & Knowledge:
Proven expertise in quantitative and qualitative methodologies, research, reporting, data quality assessments, data analysis and presentation.
Demonstrated strong coordination, teamwork and planning skills with proven ability to function effectively with multiple counterparts in private, public and NGO sectors.
Strong understanding of M&E, policy and compliance requirements.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English including excellent facilitation skills and demonstrated technical writing skills for publication.
Familiarity with Information Management System (CPIMS etc).
Strong PM&E knowledge and skills
Skills in digital data collection and management
Ability to work effectively with diverse teams.
Ability to work in a complex environment with multiple tasks, short deadlines and intense pressure to perform.
Skills in infographics
Skills in ArcGis
Strong technical skills, including ability to process and analyze data using one or more statistical software packages
Proficiency in word processing and Microsoft Office
Ability to travel both within and outside the country
Behaviours:
Creates strong sense of purpose and commitment within own part of the team and with stakeholders
Holds self and others to account to deliver on agreed goals and standards of behaviour
Demonstrates a high degree of professionalism/integrity
Strategic thinking and effective contribution to own work and Organisational development.
Sound judgement and decision-making in complex situations
Strong emotional intelligence including self-awareness.
Leads by example to motivate high performance of others