Monitoring and Evaluation Officer at the Centre for Community Health and Development (CHAD) International

The Center for Community and Health Development International is a non-discriminatory, non-governmental organization with a mandate to improve the health and quality of life of Nigerian rural children and women. CHAD was established in 2002 by a group of women from different religious and ethnic backgrounds in Gombe state, North-East Nigeria.

For the extension of the ongoing project, CHAD, therefore, seek a competent person to fill the below position:

Job Title: Monitoring and Evaluation Officer

Location: Maiduguri, Borno
Project type: Fixed
Duration: 12 months with possible extension

Job Description

• CHAD is looking for Monitoring & Evaluation Officer for our area office in Borno state, North-East Nigeria.
• The role of the Monitoring & Evaluation Officer is to establish and implement systems that promote evidence-based decision-making, program and project performance, and internal management.
• S/he will contribute to quality programming through supporting access to and use of relevant and timely information on program scale, relevance, and effectiveness.
• Within this context, the M&E officer will be providing technical support to the program staff pertaining to M&E and build capacity in the sector by identifying and supporting the implementation of effective, cost-efficient and meaningful M&E systems.
• The officer is to reports to the Head of the Program.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Line management for project staff leads the process to establish regional office program level M&E and accountability (Community Accountability Response Mechanism) systems.
• Lead the development of guidance and frameworks for the office procedures, policies and processes that assist in institutionalizing and supporting M&E.
• Support project managers and coordinators through the development of data collection methodology and tools, and systems for on-going data analysis.
• Develop a data management system for Programme and M&E data.
• Ensure that monitoring data are fed into management decisions and used in Programme management.
• Lead internal improvement processes (M&E matrixes, Macro Log Frames etc.) according to need.
• Participate in program design and proposal discussions, including the theory of change development, log frame design, and budgeting for M&E.
• Participate in the regional office for strategy discussions to ensure M&E remains a high priority in the Programme.
• Provide leadership, support to technical advisors, project, and area managers in planning and standardizing M&E across projects.
• Encourage and support the absorption of lessons and recommendations at the office, and emerging from various AO (grant reviews, after-action reviews, grant closures) and CO events (evaluations, assessments, technical visits, learning reviews)
• Facilitate data analysis and improving program staff data literacy (and usage of the institutional platform geared toward this) that supports strategic decision making.
• Encourage community meetings/orientations at the project start-up.
• Supervise and support in executing M&E plans, and Accountability systems of CHAD Int’l.

Qualifications

• At least 2-3 years’ experience in creating and leading the implementation of M&E systems for an NGO
• At least 3 years’ experience working in an emergency or post-conflict setting
• Thorough experience with and knowledge of principles and current approaches to monitoring and evaluation in relief and development programs, using both quantitative and qualitative methods
• Understanding of data and information needs for program management and decision making
• Demonstrated ability to transfer knowledge to diverse audiences through training, mentoring and other formal and non-formal methods
• High-level English language proficiency (speaking, reading, writing) and the knowledge of native language (Hausa, Kanuri, Shuwa) is a plus
• Analytic and computer skills, including MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint,)
• The knowledge of ODk tool for data collection will be an added advantage.
• Strong knowledge of Power BI, Commcare, Kobo Toolbox, SPSS, MySQL, R Language and Tableau is highly desired.

Personal Qualities and skills:

• Handling insecure environments
• Managing resources to optimize results
• Empowering and building trust
• Planning and delivering results

Deadline: 20th August, 2021.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should submit no more than 3-pages CV and Cover Letter in one document, addressing the position requirements to “Human Resource Officer” and submit to: recruitment@chadintl.org using the Job Title as the subject of the emai.

Note

• Application is strictly on the email provided. Only shortlisted applicant will be contacted.
• CHAD Intl is an equal opportunity employer.
• CHAD considers all applicants on the basis of merit without prejudice to sex, disability, religion, tribe among others.
• All employees of CHAD Int’l will to adhere to our Code of Conduct and the organizational values:  Dedicated, innovative, inclusive and accountable.