Monitoring & Evaluation Assistant at North East Regional Initiative (NERI) Nigeria

The North East Regional Initiative (NERI) Nigeria - An International Development Organization is seeking applications from suitably qualified candidates to fill the position below:

Job Title: Monitoring & Evaluation Assistant

Location: Kafanchan, Kaduna

Position Summary

• The Monitoring & Evaluation Assistant (M&E Assistant) contributes to telling the story of the NLCB program through daily, short-term and long-term coverage of activities.
• The Monitoring & Evaluation  Assistant supports the M&E Team in gathering, analyzing and processing complex data related to all aspects of program activity implementation and impact to produce compelling investigative stories.
• Through qualitative and quantitative data collection techniques including interviews with beneficiaries, local officials and other stakeholders, the Monitoring & Evaluation Assistant, as part of the Monitoring & Evaluation Team, helps signify how program activities contribute to the overall program goal.
• This position is based in Kafanchan with frequent travel within the program LGAs and to Abuja.

Reporting & Supervision: 

• The Monitoring & Evaluation Assistant reports to Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Manager. The M&E Assistant will maintain strong and consistent communications with other members of the Monitoring & Evaluation Team in and outside of Abuja.   

Primary Responsibilities and Deliverables
Primary responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

• Coordinate daily with M&E Officer to determine priority tasks.
• Conduct site visits during the project implementation phase for each grant in assigned areas.
• Collect in timely manner information on persons or communities impacted by the program’s activities or on the latest political or security development in target area.
• Support drafting concise, high-quality reports, articles or summaries on a daily or ad-hoc basis on activity progress or outcome.
• Under the guidance of the M&E Officer, support development and maintenance of a strong network of contacts in target communities.
• Support the M&E Officer to develop Monitoring and Evaluation plans for field-level projects.
• Under the guidance of the M&E Officer, produce monitoring reports according to an approved template for each site visit prior to the indicator verification visit.
• Accurately interpret Bills of Quantities (BoQ) and grant database files shared by head office to determine indicators.
• Contribute to drafting Final Evaluation Reports for each activity based on prescribed format after visiting a grant site for verification of indicators.
• Identify lessons learned, constraints, and project impacts based on determined theme and/or sector for inclusion in FERs.
• Share observations from monitoring visits with M&E Officer when findings demonstrate questionable actions.
• Perform other tasks, as assigned. 

Required Skills & Qualifications 

• BA/BSc in international development, journalism, English, communications, social science, economics, or related field is required.
• One (1) year of relevant experience in field monitoring, journalism, evaluation design, and/or information management is required.
• Strong editing skills, including both line and copy editing, as well as being able to discern broader subject-matter problems.
• Proven writing and editing skills in English with an ability to convey complex ideas in a clear, direct and lively style is required.
• Attention to detail and ability to follow up on tasks to completion is required.
• Excellent reporting and research skills and experience writing for the Web preferred;
• Strong analytical skills are required.
• Knowledge of social media and multimedia technologies desired.
• Prior experience with USAID or US Government-funded projects is highly desirable.
• Experience of working in a conflict environment is a plus.
• Fluency in oral and written English is required.
• Fluency in one or more of the languages spoken in North West and North Central Nigeria is preferable 

Application Closing Date
27th November, 2020.