M&E Assistant at Health Initiatives for Safety and Stability in Africa (HIFASS) - 2 Openings

Health Initiatives for Safety and Stability in Africa (HIFASS), is a non-profit, non-governmental organization registered in 2007 with a core objective of expanding quality health care and treatment in Africa. HIFASS is committed to enhancing the quality of lives of the vulnerable population including women, children and disabled persons in Nigeria. We provide local driven solutions to advance better development outcome in health, education and other social services.

HIFASS in partnership with other development organizations implement donor-funded community Orphans & Vulnerable Children (OVC) and Pediatric ART Saturation Support programs Cross River, Akwa Ibom & Kano States.

Currently we are seeking qualified candidates for the position below:

Job Title: M&E Assistant

Locations: Akwa Ibom & Kano
Report to: M&E Director
Job Type: Full Time
Slot: 2 Openings

Position Summary

• Under the supervision of the M & E Officer and performs duties to ensure timely collection, collation, analysis and reporting of quality project data.
• S/he will work with other members of the team as interphaae with supported CBO M & E Teams.

Principal Responsibilities

• Assist in project data collection in accordance with the monitoring and evaluation plan;
• Assist the M & E Advisor in the management and update of LOPIN-3 the databases
• Assist in the administering the project database and ensure it is constantly updated;
• Assistant in the training of Sub-recipients M & E /data personnel in the NOMIS database;
• Ensure complete and timely reporting through the implementation of an efficient data management system from the provision of data collection tools to reporting;
• Undertake supervisory visits to CSO at regular intervals
• Assist in ensuring data quality through the establishment of a Quality Assurance system for the project data;
• Periodically check the consistency of monitoring and evaluation indicators as defined for each activity of the Project;
• Assist in strengthening the capacity of sub-recipients as well as LGA and State M & E personnel;
• Ensure data collection tools are available on implementation sites;
• Establish and maintain good working relations with important State officials, partners and CSOs;
• Conduct any other duties in relation with the position as may be assigned by the Director of M & E

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or its equivalent in Health-related discipline or the Social Sciences with 1-2 years post- qualification experience in a non-governmental organization.
• Experience in OVC or HIV/AIDS programming will be an added advantage.
• Good communication and report writing skills
• Ability to work with minimum supervision and exercise sound judgment and flexibility to achieve results.
• Ability to use Microsoft words, excel and powerpoint packages.

Application Closing Date
3rd May, 2019.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their Curriculum Vitae and Cover Letter in only one attachment (PDF Format), explaining suitability for the job to: hifass_lopin3@hifass-hfi.org Please indicate the title of the position and choice of location as the subject of the mail.

Note

• Only shortlisted applicant will be invited for interview
• HIFASS will not cover any cost for invited shortlisted candidates.