MEL Program Officer at Pathfinder International

Pathfinder International is driven by the conviction that all people, regardless of where they live, have the right to decide whether and when to have children, to exist free from fear and stigma, and to lead the lives they choose. Since 1957, we have partnered with local governments, communities, and health systems in developing countries to remove barriers to critical sexual and reproductive health services. Together, we expand access to contraception, promote healthy pregnancies, save women’s lives, and stop the spread of new HIV infections, wherever the need is most urgent. Our work ensures millions of women, men, and young people are able to choose their own paths forward.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: MEL Program Officer

Requisition Number: MELPR002324
Location: Borno
Employment Type: Full-Time
Job Category: Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning
Reports: State Team Lead

Job Purpose

• Support project Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning activities.
• Implement methodologies and scope of work for project monitoring, evaluating, and learning in collaboration with all project staff.

Major Activities / Responsibilities
Strategic and Annual Plan Implementation:

• Implement the MEL plan for projects.
• Support teams to establish quality assurance teams in target project sites.

Assessment, Measurement, and Evaluation:

•  Ensure monitoring data are integrated within the overall project monitoring framework.

Training Design, Development, and Delivery:

• Conduct learning sessions and provide regular coaching and support during the action period for implementing and testing changes.
• Adapt training materials and tools. Develop and build the capacity of key staff and skills for coaching.

Improvement Status Reports and Documentation:

• Prepare and communicate quality assurance and quality improvement program reports.
• Maintains an inventory of successful strategies and approaches.
• Work to define documentation management needs and record retention requirements.

Best Practices Data and Reports:

• Collaborate with project team to disseminate successful related change ideas and solutions from project sites.

Meeting and Forum Participation:

• Support national-level quality technical working groups to frame the future of quality intervention in the assigned country.
• Share program experience and lessons.

Project Management and Participation:

• Participate in cross-functional project teams

Minimum Education and Work Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Management, Public health, Business, Marketing, Social Science or related discipline.
• 5 years program monitoring & evaluation experience working in international development, preferably in implementing programs in Nigeria.
• Experience working in international non-profit 
• Prefer: Experience in project design, 
• Prefer: Experience living or working in the Northeast part of the country and understanding of program context, field realities, and technical needs.
• Community Relations: Intermediate skills in facilitating working relationships between project teams, donors, partners, government officials, and communities.

Minimally Required Job-Specific Competencies:

• Foundational knowledge of the countries’ public health systems.
• Foundational knowledge of family planning and reproductive health principles, practices, and services of programs, including program strategies and indicators, and the latest professional developments in SRHR, including special challenges faced in the developing world, and related measurement issues.
•  Proposal Development: Foundational knowledge and skills in proposal development from concept to full proposal and resource mobilization.
•  Proven ability to plan, conduct, evaluate, and deliver research findings and recommendations in reproductive health.
•  Good knowledge and ability to apply quantitative and qualitative research methods.
• Foundational knowledge of data integrity and collection methods.
•  Proven ability to apply statistical software applications.
• Foundational skills in program and project management and planning to fulfill performance objectives, including the timely implementation, and reporting of donor-funded program activities.
•  Proven ability to train diverse groups.
• Foundational skills in facilitating work relationships between partners, government officials, and communities. 
•  Ability to write reports for diverse audiences.
• Minimally Required Organizational Competencies:
• Good knowledge of MS Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Outlook.
•  Good project planning and project management skills.
• Ability to influence others, including donor agencies and local partners, through diplomacy and proven oral and written communication skills.
• Demonstrated writing and speaking skills using local language and English language.
• Passion for Sexual and Reproductive Health: Commitment to family planning, reproductive health services, gender, maternal, child health services, climate change, and women economic empowerment.
• Ability to thrive in a matrixed organization.
•  Ability to maintain confidentiality on work-related matters.

Application Closing Date
30th September, 2024.