Monitoring and Evaluation Officer, Communnity Health and HIV at Christian Aid

About the role
The post holder will contribute to the progress of the Community Health and HIV programme towards its strategic goals and strengthen monitoring and evaluation systems to allow for quality reporting. S/he will promote effective and efficient monitoring and evaluation of programme activities, centred on impact and outcomes; create conditions so that learning is fed into programme decision-making.S/he will provide support to programmes and implementing partners and lead on monitoring, impact evaluation, knowledge management and donor reporting processes; share best practice and lessons learnt across the team and with external stakeholders as appropriate. S/he will develop and provide reference materials and quality information across the programme. S/he will contribute to building the Nigerian country office and partner capacity to develop and use participatory approaches to monitoring and evaluation

About you
The ideal candidate must possess a degree, preferably in statistics, or the social sciences. He/she must have at least three years I/NGO working experience.

Essential criteria

• Experience of knowledge management, monitoring and evaluation and project/programme-cycle management approaches and tools – including participatory planning.
• Understanding of reporting requirements of institutional donors such as EU, DFID and USAID.
• Hands-on experience supporting community based development programmes.
• Excellent report writing, communication (written and verbal) skills, and strong IT skills.
• Experience of building the M&E skills and capacity of others.
• Significant experience of working with small, indigenous partners.
• Experience of facilitation, training and network and partner capacity building

Desirable criteria

• Ability to incorporate Gender and HIV methodologies into partners’ work
• Understanding of partnership approach to international development
• Understanding and familiarity with database management.
• Familiarity and understanding of SPSS.
• Manage and organise information systems and establish and maintain filing systems.
• Ability to produce quality reports from analysis conducted on data sets.
• Ability to produce quality reports, case studies and health advocacy briefs from analysis conducted on data sets and gathered qualitative information.