Monitoring and Evaluation Officer at Options Consultancy Services

Options is an international development consultancy organisation working in the health sector to transform the health of women and girls in developing countries. We work in partnership with governments, health workers, civil society and businesses to bring together knowledge, expertise and influence to ensure everyone has access to the health care they need.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Monitoring and Evaluation Officer

Location: Abuja

Details

• We are seeking an experienced Monitoring and Evaluation Officer, based in Nigeria, who will play a key role in our Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health programme’s M&E, including supporting the Human Centred Design process and building M&E capacity of civil society organisations.
  

Responsibilities

• Our programme is aimed at improving the sexual and reproductive health (SRH) of adolescents, including reducing unsafe-abortions and preventing unwanted pregnancies. With current plans of implementation in Nigeria, Kenya, and South Africa, its objective is to ensure young women are able to access quality comprehensive sexual and reproductive services and will support civil society organisations (CSOs) to shift social norms and build girls’ agency.
• The M&E Officer will use their skills and expertise to lead on monitoring progress against selected indicators, be the focal point for Nigeria programme M&E, actively support HCD, and lead on participatory and qualitative formative approaches to evaluation. The role will also involve capacity building of CSOs on M&E processes and systems to improve their performance measurements and grants reporting.
• The M&E Officer will use their skills and expertise to actively support HCD as an approach to our ASRH programme through coordination of key stakeholders, lead on participatory approaches to evaluation and use results to develop a robust programme design. The role will also involve conducting routine programme M&E to measure progress, and capacity building of CSOs on appropriate organisational M&E processes and systems.

Person specification
To succeed in this role, you will have:

• Strong proven experience in monitoring and evaluation of grants / donor-funded projects
• Significant experience of qualitative and quantitative data analysis and management
• Experience of working in sexual and reproductive health programmes
• Experience of working with CSO grantees, including building their M&E capacity.
• Ability to work with remote teams and with high sensitivity to cultural and social diversity

Other information:

• Options is an equal opportunities employer.
• Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and post holders to share this commitment.

Application Closing Date
20th March, 2019.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV with a Cover Letter detailing how their  skills and experience meet the requirements of the role to "Jess Hopf" via: opportunities@options.co.uk Candidates should state the role (Monitoring and Evaluation Officer) and their name in the email submission subject header.

Note: Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted for interview.