Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist, Health at CAMRIS International

CAMRIS International is a growing international development and research firm that realizes innovative solutions to health and development challenges through high-quality, cost-effective program and research management services. With experience working in more than 80 countries, we combine our proven systems with today’s most effective, evidence-based best practices to improve the lives of people around the world. We apply a customized, customer-centric, cost-effective business approach to offer greater value to our clients and challenge the way things have always been done in our field.

CAMRIS International, a member of PGRDG, seeks a qualified M&E Specialist, Health candidate for a four year USAID-funded contract for conducting Mission wide monitoring and evaluation services in Nigeria. The position is contingent upon funding from USAID.

We are recruiting to fill the position of:

Job Title: Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist, Health

Location: Lagos
Type: Regular Full-Time

Job Description

• The purpose of the contract is to provide continuous, on-the-ground, on-demand and systematic support to USAID and its partners on performance monitoring, data verification, impact and performance evaluations, organizational learning, capacity building and knowledge management.
• This contract will create the conditions to enable USAID/Nigeria to become a more adaptive, modern and effective development organizationation by creating a learning and adapting strategy, and ensuring continued alignment among all Mission activities within the objectives outlined in the Country Development Cooperation Strategy (CDCS).
• Ths contract will result in strengthened M&E systems at the Nigeria Mission and enhanced M&E capacity among USAID implementing partners.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement impact and performance evaluations, surveys, analyses, and assessments focused on health programming in Nigeria.
• Present findings, recommendations and conclusions to USAID, implementing partners and other stakeholders.
• Review, revise, and maintain the USAID/Nigeria Mission Performance Management Plan (PMP), project M&E plans, and activity M&E plans related to DO 2: A healthier, more education population in targeted states.
• Manage the process of high quality performance monitoring by project staff and implementing partners including: data collection, monitoring, reporting, dissemination, and related tasks.
• Integrate gender, disability-inclusive, and conflict sensitive measures into M&E activities, ensuring that they align with established standards, are consistently and systematically tracked and reported in accordance with USAID data reporting requirements.
• Serve as primary point of contact for USAID/Nigeria DO 2 team.
• Lead, facilitate and participate in M&E workshops, training and capacity building activities with USAID, implementing partners, and other stakeholders.
• Conduct data quality assessments in the field.
• Attend local, regional and international meetings, as required.
• Travel throughout Nigeria as needed.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree in the field of public health, epidemiology, biostatistics, blobal health, and/or a relevant field.
• Minimum of seven years of experience in monitoring and evaluation.
• At least five years of M&E experience for HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, maternal and child health, health systems and governance, polio, malaria, neglected tropical diseases, family planning, nutrition, maternal and child health and fistula programming.
• Deep experience integrating gender considerations into M&E activities focused on health sector.
• Familiarity with USAID’s objectives, approaches and operations, particularly as they relate to monitoring, evaluation, and learning.
• Experience developing and facilitating M&E trainings and capacity development activities.
• Familiarity with Nigerian landscape: culturally, linguistically, historically, and economically. Prior work experience in Nigeria is preferred.
• Experience using technological innovations when conducting monitoring, such as tablets, smartphones, evaluation-related software applications, etc.
• Professional fluency in English. Professional working proficiency in Hausa preferred.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint required.
• Proficiency in SPSS or other statistical applications required.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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