Monitoring, Learning & Evaluation Officer at IITA - International Institute of Tropical Agriculture

Ref:IITA-HR-NRS2018-0038
Location: Ibadan, Oyo
Recruitment Type: National (2-year renewable contract)

Duties
Successful candidate will among other things perform the following duties:

• Lead in the design and implementation of the M&E country strategy in close collaboration with the global senior monitoring specialist;
• Lead the development and regular review of the country level Theory of Change (ToC) to ensure that it is actively used to inform program delivery strategy and evaluations;
• Develop the country specific monitoring framework using the global framework and prepare and submit M&E inputs as per the Results Framework;
• Identify program specific indicators for program monitoring and develop monitoring tools to track program implementation;
• Lead the development and operation of the country program databases;
• Lead in the design and implementation of monitoring surveys;
• Lead the development and implementation of country annual M&E work plan and budget;
• Establish baseline values for selected indicators where necessary;
• Collect monitoring data from implementing partners, analyze and share results with relevant stakeholders;
• Adopt and implement global M&E data quality guidelines at country level to ensure high data quality;
• Plan and facilitate progress review and reflection platforms;
• Assist country program units to develop specific results frameworks for annual business plans;
• Prepare periodic reports to meet management and donor reporting requirements
• Coordinate data collection across the various functions within the country program for global reporting;
• Adopt and implement global M&E capacity building strategy at country staff and implementing partner level;
• Attend, participate and provide necessary input to national and international M&E workshops and trainings;
• Perform any other M&E related duties as assigned by the Country Manager and/or Head, M&E.

Qualification

• Master's Degree in Agricultural Economics, Agriculture or related field with minimum of Six (6) years’ experience in performing similar or related roles.

Competencies
The ideal candidate must:

• Be experienced in designing, implementing and maintaining M&E systems in the agricultural and nutrition sector.
• Have experience in managing quantitative and qualitative data and analyzing it using spreadsheets software such as SPSS, CSPro, Excel and STATA.
• Have demonstrated success in working in multi-disciplinary teams and partnerships in a collaborative research work.
• Have ability and willingness to travel to program sites to monitor implementation processes and perform data quality control.
• Have excellent leadership, training and facilitation skills.
• Have excellent interpersonal skills with advanced written and verbal communication skills.
• Have ability to multi-task and work under pressure.
• Have excellent team playing skills with the ability to also work with minimum supervision.

Remuneration
We offer highly competitive salary with equally attractive benefits and excellent working conditions in a pleasant campus environment.