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

Ref: IITA-HR-NRS2019-005
Location: Ibadan, Oyo
Contract: 3-year renewable contract
Recruitment Type: National (3-year renewable contract)

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

• Develop performance matrices, data matrices and data tools for data management;
• Develop M&E plans for programs, project and units within IITA;
• Support monitoring and evaluation work as required at the Institutional, CRP & Project levels;
• Review objective hierarchy and logical framework matrices activities, processes, inputs, outputs, outcomes and impacts of projects under each Hub;
• Identify and design performance questionss, key indicators and targets for each project;
• Agree with stakeholders on how to record, report, and analyze progress against targets and design formats for reporting on progress;
• Undertake and facilitate M&E plan implementation, regularly revising and updating performance questions, indicators, method, formats and analytical processes;
• Conduct monitoring site visits,conduct/participate in evaluations (baseline, mid-term, end of project), internal and external impact assessment studies;
• Provide mentoring and coaching in performance assessment to M&E focal persons through on-site and online meetings;
• Guide unit/sections/directorate teams to use IITA’s institutional level results-indicator Handbook to develop annual/strategic plans, track activity implementation, manage performance data and report to higher levels of supervisors’ hierarchy;
• Conduct data quality assessments of data reported to the headquarters from programs, projects, units, sections, directorates and hubs as may be directed by the Head of M&E;
• Conduct/participate in M&E system development trainings for program/project partners towards developing national capacities in M&E;
• Perform any other duties as may be assigned by the supervisor.

Qualifications

• BSc in Statistics, Mathematics, Agriculture, Social Sciences or related fields with minimum of three (3) years’ experience performing similar functions or related roles in a structured organization.

Competencies:
The ideal candidate must have:

• Ability to use basic packages such as Excel, PPT and other statistical packages such as SPSS.
• Have excellent written and oral communication skills.

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