Head of Strategy - Programme Effectiveness & Learning at WaterAid Nigeria

WaterAid is an international non-for-profit organization dedicated to helping people break free from poverty and disease, unlock their potential and change their lives for good through improved access to clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene. WaterAid started its operation in Nigeria in 1995. Since then it has successfully executed several intervention programmes as outlined by its objectives and has made impact in the lives of the very poor. WaterAid with the country office in Abuja currently works in Bauchi, Enugu and Plateau States with funding from various donors and partners.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Head of Strategy - Programme Effectiveness & Learning

Location: Abuja
Contract type: Fixed term 2 years (renewable)
Working hours per week: 40

Job Description

• It's hard to believe that today 771 million people do not have clean water and 1.7 billion do not have a decent toilet - around 1 in 5 of the world's population. Every two minutes a child under five dies from diarrheal diseases caused by poor water and sanitation.
• Join WaterAid as our Head of Strategy Programme Effectiveness and Learning to change normal for millions of people so they can unlock their potential, break free from poverty and change their lives for good. On top of that you'll be joining a 2020 Great Place to Work® award-winning organisation.

Job Purpose

• Accountability for effective CP programme monitoring, thematic reviews and assurance of linkages between strategy and delivery rest with this role.
• The incumbent will lead the team responsible for designing and implementing an effective programme reflection, monitoring, evaluation and knowledge management architecture.

Responsibilities

• Ensure the country program meets WaterAid global programme accountability commitments and ensure improved monitoring practices, data quality and use of data within the CP. As part of this, champion an organizational culture shift from a focus on data being primarily for donor reporting or counting user numbers to using data for programmatic course correction and other strategic decisions.
• Support the recruitment of competent staff and effectively manage the team to deliver high performance; develop team members in order to maximize their contribution to the team and organization
• Develop the strategic context for the generation and use of research and knowledge outputs, coordinating the processes that would help identify/generate cross-cutting opportunities for sharing this knowledge and projecting WANG's niche as a source of leading edge knowledge and research required to catalyse change in the WASH sector in Nigeria and across the region
• Promote a culture for learning and knowledge management across the organization. Encourage effective documentation and sharing of learning through workshops, seminars, exposure visits, sharing meetings etc.

Qualifications
To be successful, you'll need to meet the following criteria:

• University / Master's Degree in International Development / Development Studies / Social Sciences, or other related discipline
• Minimum of Ten (10) years of prior work experience and at least three (3) years should be in senior level position with responsibility for programme monitoring, evaluation and learning.
• Excellent technical understanding of contemporary Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning methods and practices; hands-on experience in qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis.
• Comprehensive knowledge of WASH and broader development sector accountability principles and their translation into practice.
• Strong program/technical and budget management skills, demonstrable experience and ability to develop and review complex budgets required.
• Experience in designing projects and delivering activities under tight completion deadlines.
• Experience developing donor specific grant project log frames and reporting tools and in applying such tools in reviewing, monitoring and reporting against funder contracts
• Strong written and oral communication skills, effective in representation and liaison with external parties. Strong ability to communicate information and ideas effectively and to produce high quality and accurate documentation.
• Experience of working in a matrix management structure, ability to influence others to achieve results and deliver on time.
• At least 5 years' experience leading teams of experienced professionals and effectively managing their performance; Ability to effectively support and challenge colleagues and other stakeholders and to effectively plan, prioritise and co-ordinate the work of own team and collaboration with other teams
• Ability to work autonomously with minimum supervision and under pressure in response to competing demands.
• Ability to resolve conflicts as required and negotiate effectively with others
• Strong initiative, with a willingness to take on new responsibilities and challenges.
• Commitment to WaterAid's values and a working style that reflects these.
• Strong experience in research design and management of research study projects.

Application Closing Date
7th August, 2024.