Monitoring & Evaluation Specialist at the American University of Nigeria (AUN)

The American University of Nigeria was founded in response to the need for a world-class university in sub-Saharan Africa. The University’s mission is to provide quality education to Nigeria and Africa’s future leaders in order to equip them with the skills needed to solve development issues on the continent, and give them the knowledge needed to create solutions that will benefit their community, their country and, ultimately, the world.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Monitoring & Evaluation Specialist

Location: Mubi, Adamawa
Department: Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning.
Employment Status: Full Time (Project)
Report to (Supervisor): Project Director (PD).
Supervises: M&E Officer

Position Background

• The M&E Specialist will lead and manage the MEL activities for the project.
• S/he will establish systems for gathering, reporting, and analyzing performance data for the impact and sustainability of project implementation. Serve as the focal person for all MEL-related work for the project.

Primary Responsibilities

• Ensure the consistency of M&E tools, indicators, and methodologies for data management and analysis across project states as appropriate.
• Lead the implementation of data quality controls and annual data quality assessments to ensure the integrity of project data.
• Coordinate the implementation of program assessments and evaluations including baseline, annual, and end-line assessments.
• Coordinate and lead needs assessments to inform new or adapted programming.
• Promote learning and assist the state team in documenting and implementing lessons learned.
• Lead project assessments, evaluations, and design including development of survey protocols
• Coordinate and conduct annual learning assessments in collaboration with team leads.
• Support the elaboration of success stories and case studies based on the intended audience.
• Any other task may be assigned by the Project Director.

Position Requirements

• Master's Degree in a field related to International Development, Research or Social Sciences or equivalent relevant experience and Bachelor's Degree
• At least 3-5 years of M&E experience (Youth-focused projects preferred)
• Excellent planning, organization, and communications skills, both oral and written.
• Experience using MS Windows and MS Office packages (Excel, Word, PowerPoint), IMS, etc.
• Strong experience in conducting assessments and surveys

Description of Benefits

• Salary and benefits are commensurate with experience and job classification as per AIDIs - AUN salary scale.

Application Closing Date
22nd October, 2021.