Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) Specialist at ACIOE Associates

ACIOE Associates is an advisory services firm providing solutions in Strategy, Government Relations, Regulatory Affairs, Economic Development, Advocacy, Investment Facilitation, Policy Analysis and Strategic intelligence on various sectors.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) Specialist

Location: Abuja

Job Description

• The M&E specialist will be responsible for the direction and development of programme monitoring and delivering high standards of monitoring and evaluation and reporting on project and programme results.
• He/she will continuously develop, learn and deliver robust data, processes, analysis, presentation and learning to demonstrate the impact of projects.
• He/she will ensure effective monitoring systems, tools and practices are in place to determine a project or programme’s progress, challenges and achievements against internal and external targets and quality standards
• Create a culture and practice of reliable planning, monitoring, evaluation, accountability, learning and reporting
• Support project evaluations, baseline and end line assessments
• Development of M&E data tools for high level aggregation and reporting of outcomes to demonstrate programme effectiveness and impact
• Disseminate evidence and key learning that will contribute to knowledge management and improvement of future practice and design
• Provide programme information and analysis that articulates the organisation’s programmatic delivery position in light of internal and external targets, results and priorities. Ensure this is communicated in a timely manner according to reporting processes and timeframes.
• Support the oversight of ongoing projects
• Proactively work with the M&E team and key stakeholders to resolve and/or disseminate key risks, issues and best practice identified through the programme monitoring work.
• Articulate key risks and issues to the appropriate people, ensuring these risks and issues are understood and acted upon.
• Design M&E frameworks for new project design and funding proposals that demonstrate accountability and reflect good practice.
• Lead on the development and delivery of internal project M&E processes, during start-up and close out by collaborating with internal stakeholders
• Build and assess M&E capacity and support the adoption of relevant M&E tools and methodologies to embed accountability to beneficiaries and partners and enhance M&E practice and quality.
• Develop and test systems and processes to respond to the demands of adaptive programming.
• Support the integration of successful approaches in routine M&E practice.
• Plan and conduct internal quality standards assessments of project teams and project cycle management (PCM) practice.
• Keep under review internal quality standards assessment tools for PCM and thematic areas.
• Ensure systems and data processes remain in line with programme M&E requirements and are continuously improving.
• Design innovative and participatory monitoring and evaluation methodologies and tools to assess outcomes and impact of programmes
• Remain up to date on best practice and emerging innovations in the international M&E field.

Requirements

• Experience in Monitoring & Evaluation within the NGO Sector
• Experience and skill in guiding, advising and training diverse groups on the design and use of M&E tools and processes.
• Experience in conducting and/or managing reviews and evaluations of projects that use both quantitative and qualitative monitoring and impact data.
• Ability to assess needs and gaps in M&E capacity and plan programmes of work to build capacity in complex environments.
• Highly organised with ability to manage large, complex pieces of work with multiple stakeholders and to produce key deliverables on time.
• Experience with working with teams across diverse locations (local & international)
• Demonstrated experience of providing capacity building to partners
• Demonstrated high level of social-cultural sensitivity when dealing with stakeholders and colleagues
• Excellent interpersonal skills including diplomacy and tact in order to be able to liaise effectively with a range of stakeholders including NGO partners, community leaders, beneficiary’s key population and government officials
• Understand Communication Strategies
• Proven ability to develop workplans and implement same
• Experience with liaising with Partners.

Application Closing Date
1st July, 2021.