Associate, Field Monitoring, MLIS at Evidence Action

Job level: 3
Department: Monitoring, Learning and Information Systems (MLIS).
Location: Abuja with travel to program implementation states i.e. Oyo, Ogun, Rivers, Cross Rivers

Reports to
Senior Associate, Field Monitoring, MLIS

Job purpose
Monitoring, Learning and Information Systems is creating a position for Associate, Field Monitoring,

MLIS to support Deworm the World – Nigeria, which is expanding substantially and requires in- country M & E support. This position will support M&E activities in current program implementation states i.e. Oyo, Ogun, Cross Rivers and Rivers and any other new states that the program may expand to.
Duties and responsibilities
Vendor management

• Support the sourcing for vendors to support MLIS with data collection needs
• Draft and/or review terms of reference for data collection vendors.
• Directly manage timelines and deliverables by data collection vendor.
• Train data collection personnel for field work
• Verify data and results from vendors or other partners through data reviews, checks and field visit
• Other
• Participate in program planning meetings, and generally support the Program towards program goals.
• Accurately and timely raise issues/suggestion/areas of concerns around process monitoring
• Perform any other monitoring, evaluation and learning duties as may be required and assigned.

Evidence Action is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field with strong economics, statistics, or mathematics; a postgraduate degree will be an added advantage.
• 2+ years of experience of M&E on programs in Nigeria specifically community work relative to public health programs.
• Strong technical skills and capacity, with at least 1 year of practical experience managing and working directly with large teams and data;
• Experience programming and using electronic data collection platforms, specifically open data kit (ODK).
• Familiar with data entry software (e.g. CSPro) and the ability to quickly learn new software for data management
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Willing to travel on short notice, to multi-task, to work in ambiguity and to respond instruction from multiple source.
• Naturally inquisitive, sceptical, intellectually curious, detail-oriented and organized;
• Inspired by Evidence Action’s mission to bring proven interventions to scale, improving the lives of millions;
• Working conditions
• This position will require frequent travel across program implementation states