Director - Monitoring and Evaluation at the Foundation for Resilient Empowerment and Development

Foundation for Resilient Empowerment and Development (FRED) was founded in 2018. We are a global health and development Non Governmental Organization, focused on improving the growth and development of populations through strengthening governance and democratic processes, conduct of empirical research to generate evidence and through the implementation of sustainable programs.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Director of Monitoring and Evaluation

Location: Abuja (FCT)

Job Description

Technical Leadership and Support:

• Lead the development, operationalization and reporting on a comprehensive Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, Research and Learning (MEARL) System for the FRED’s SGBV project.
• Lead the development, operationalization and reporting on a comprehensive Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, Research and Learning (MEARL) System for the FRED’s OVC project in Benue.
• Ensure that the Project thematic objectives and their execution are aligned to the overall project goal and aligns with Federal Ministry of Women Affairs National Office strategic objectives; and monitoring of the same is consistently done to ensure compliance and impact towards the well-being of the child.
• Direct the successful development and implementation of technically feasible approaches and innovations in alignment with the project design, for meeting its objectives.
• Support the establishment of Strategic Knowledge Management Technical Working Group for SGBV and drive its operations to strengthen MEARL activities for SGBV in Nigeria
• Provide effective leadership to staff within MEARL system of the project, and other project stakeholders; and ensure the professional development of staff, including coaching, appraisals, monitoring and needed training and mentoring activities are successfully carried out.
• Enable the Project Lead, relevant technical team, and stakeholders to receive timely and appropriate MEARL technical support needed to meet or exceed donor performance and compliance expectations.

Capacity Building:

• Ensure the consolidation of a learning culture - based upon evidenced based best practices and industry standards - to enable project staff to achieve and/or surpass established targets and standards.
• Ensure and impart appropriate mentoring, coaching and supervision in order to equip, motivate and empower project staff and partners.
• Ensure capacity building of project staff and partners on the project MEARL system, and all DME processes that support the project.
• Provide support to the National Office and State Ministry of Women Affairs entities for any M&E needs.
• Provide support to FRED’s partners, communities and Government institutions for the development and implementation of FRED’s M&E initiatives.

Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation:

• Provide backstopping for the development of the Project M&E framework aligned with UN and FMWA quality requirements/ standards.
• Ensure the integration of the project M&E into the National Office M&E system for streamlined progress tracking and impact reporting.
• Ensure the design, review and training of stakeholders of the project M&E tools, and providing guidance on their use on the field; as well as the development, adaptation and usage of innovative M&E tools and applications.
• Ensure the tracking of project implementation and providing sound monitoring of all project indicators; and guiding implementation in alignment with the project implementation plan and design.
• Lead and ensure successful project assessments, including project baseline, mid-term assessment, evaluation, among others.
• Provide support for the review of the project Annual Plan and Budgets to remain focus towards the projects overall goal and objectives

Data Management, Reporting, Research and Learning:

• Lead and collaborate and work with FMWA DPRS, the technical team and the software teams to ensure that the project data syncs with all data bases (Child HMIS, GBVHMIS, HMIS of FMOH, etc.),
• Ensure that regular quality control checks of the project databases are carried out to ensure data integrity.
• Ensure that project data is collected, documented, validated, edited, analyzed and presented appropriately for reports, and ensure the regular preparation of tables, graphs and written reports summarizing project M&E data to demonstrate project performance for sharing and engagement with project stakeholders.
• Lead and ensure the preparation of project-related reports (monthly, quarterly, semi-annually and annually), presentations, impact stories, publications and other technical reports.
• Be the focal person for initiating, coordinating and ensuring the success of project researches, publications and learning events.
• Ensure documentations of all project implementation and management processing for learning and evidence generation that supports continuous stakeholder engagements.

Resources Acquisition:

• Ensure technical support and provision of M&E and research evidence and learning resources to sector related concepts and proposals to meet DM&E and donor standards.

Application Closing Date
7th May, 2021.