M&E OFFICER Job Ref CS SUNN/2015/03 at Civil Society Scaling-Up Nutrition in Nigeria (CS-SUNN)

The M&E Officer occupies a key position in the effective delivery of the program and responsible for collecting and analysing data on key program indicators, success stories, challenges and communicating regularly to the  program stakeholders leading to effective and efficient program delivery.

Position Summary:

• Develop and implement an efficient and effective monitoring and evaluation systems for the program using appropriate computer tools
• Develop monitoring tools relevant for the field work, and train staff on the use of the monitoring tools
• Supervise the collection of data and report on key program indicators (enrolment, attendance, pass rates, frequency and quality of feeding, availability of volunteers and other program implementation data.
• Enter and analyze data, and report to the Field managers and the Head of programs for effective decisions making
• Process and track data captured from all monitors on a weekly basis and alerting the management team on real time issues
• Work with field officers to ensure validation, accuracy and timelines of data provision from the monitoring team
• Identify capacity gaps amongst organizational and partners’ staff members and implement appropriate capacity building protocols
• Act as the main repository of program data and statistics and ensuring that the data is up to date and accessible to appropriate program staff members.
• Develop school-specific reports as may be requested by the Management, Donor, and other stakeholders.
• Provide other implementation support as may be necessary from time to time

Job Details & Responsibilities
The Monitoring & Evaluation Officer should possess:
Essential

• A university degree (BA, BSc) in the economics, statistics, mathematics, epidemiology, community health or any other social or health sciences
• At least 2-3 years’ experience in M & E/ Project management role for a non-governmental development organisations
• Above-average knowledge of the Microsoft Office suite especially Excel
• Good command of English and fluency in one or more local languages
• At least two years experience working in a similar position
• Knowledge of the project theme
• Highly developed interpersonal skills and exceptional integrity
• Good organisational and problem solving skills.
• Good interpersonal and team-functioning skills
• Possession of the following will have an added advantage
• Experience in the development and management of project electronic data base