State Monitoring and Evaluation Officers at Association for Reproductive and Family Health (ARFH)

Specific Responsibilities:

•     Involve in the implementation of monitoring and evaluation activities and ensure that strategies are implemented according to plan
•     Work with other project staff and sub-recipients to ensure that monitoring and evaluation activities are carried out appropriately to meet the donor and project's M&E needs.
•     Make presentations to stakeholders at both technical and non-technical sessions on program achievements and deliverables.
•     Represent and make appropriate presentation at professional meetings, conferences.
•     Support the development and design of the M&E framework, tools and project M&E plans.
•     Provide continuous technical assistance on data management to project management team.
•     Ensure regular maintenance of database/information system.
•     Contribute effectively at national and sub-national levels to OVC Management Information system strengthening forum.
•     Conduct routine monitoring visits to project sites, including the conduct of data verification and validation and data quality assessments (DQAs).
•     Prepare the state quarterly project reports
•     Participate in project assessments, evaluations and design teams, and conduct operational research activities.

Qualification:

•     A Degree in Social Sciences or medical field with at least 3 years post National Youth Service experience, which must include at least 2 years in OVC programming, health, education and sub granting.
• Also, preferred are knowledge of public sector, health system, NGOs/CBOs and collaborative relationship and liaison with community leaders.
• An MPH is an added advantage.
•     Excellent computer skills in Ms Office suite and M & E softwares: Stata, SPSS,NOMIS etc is compulsory.
•     Familiarity with local language is highly desirable. Must be able to analyze data to inform programme decisions