Technical Assistant (Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning) at the Youth Network for Community and Sustainable Development (YNCSD)

Youth Network for Community and Sustainable Development (YNCSD) is a youth-led movement catalyzing social change by engaging young people on critical sexual and reproductive issues affecting them and amplifying their voices to speak for Human Rights, through targeted advocacy to key players, capacity building and development, communications and media engagements, partnerships and programme implementation. We also work on a broad range of issues such as Gender, Governance and Environment, however, our priority over the years have been on Sexual and Reproductive Health & Rights Since inception.

YNCSD have been catalyzing efforts of young people towards ending Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) and gender-based violence, through effective programming that transforms social norms underpinning these practices as well as promoting reproductive health and rights for women and girls. Part of our activities is to ensure that every pregnancy is wanted and women and girls have access to reproductive health services and are given the opportunity to exercise full agency over their bodies. We pride ourselves to be a leading youth-led organization delivering quality programmes and interventions for our donors and partners based in Nigeria and globally.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Technical Assistant (Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning)

Location: Abuja (FCT)
Employment Type: Contract
Offer / Contracting: As soon as the applicant has been identified
Contract Duration: 3 months until January 2022
Working Hours: Full-time

Specific Duties
Setting up the system:

• Assist in the revision of the project M&E framework, particularly in the areas of performance indicators and their measurement.
• Assist in the development and/or finalization of the project Work Plan and keep it updated in accordance with project activities and timeframes as relevant.
• Develop the overall framework, for project M&E, for example, mid-term project review, impact assessment, final evaluation, develop project Performance Monitoring Plan with relevant data collection systems
• Review the quality of existing data in the project subject areas, the methods of collecting it, and the degree to which it will provide good baseline statistics for impact evaluation
• Develop baseline data for the project component and for all project indicators.
• With collaborating partners, review their existing approaches and management information systems and agree on any required changes, support and resources.
• Develop a plan for project-related capacity-building on M&E and for any computer-based support that may be required.

Implementation of M&E and Coordination:

• Collect data on a regular basis to measure achievement against the performance indicators
• Check data quality with partners maintain and administer the M&E database; analyse and aggregate findings
• Support project progress reporting, project mid-term review and final evaluation.
• Identify areas where technical support to project partners is required organize refresher training on M&E for partners as required.
• Identify lessons learned and develop case studies to capture qualitative outputs of the project provide advice to supervisor on improving project performance using M&E findings.

Communication:

• Produce reports on M&E findings and prepare presentations based on M&E data as required.
• Provide the Programme Manager with management information she/he may require.
• Check that monitoring data are discussed inappropriate forum and in a timely fashion in terms of implications for future action if necessary, create such discussions to fill any gap.
• Perform other duties as may be assigned by the Project Manager and the Programs Associate.

Requirements
Selection Criteria:

• Bachelor's Degree or Higher in Data Analytics, Data Management, Research Studies or any other related field.
• At least 3 years relevant professional experience in M&E, research and evidence generation, and data management.
• Excellent writing and analytical skills
• Expertise in social norms, gender equality and equity
• Experience in organising and facilitating organisational capacity building sessions
• Ability to work with minimum supervision and engage relevant stakeholders
• Ability to work well with government agencies and coordinate with other development partners.
• Proficiency in English.

Salary

• N55,000 - N70,000 monthly based on experience. 

Application Closing Date
23rd October, 2021.