Consultant, Monitoring, Evaluation and Research at Girl Effect

Job Advert Summary

In line with the global mission, Girl Effect Nigeria (GEN) currently works with adolescent girls in Kano, Kaduna and Jigawa states and the Federal Capital territory Abuja to ensure that girls from Northern Nigeria (Arewa girls) are equipped to make positive choices about their future, and their families and communities support them to do so. Our activities to date have been designed to address the aim of transforming the lives of Northern Nigerian adolescent girls by repositioning them in society as critical drivers for development.
In order to better serve girls in the above mentioned states, GEN is seeking to create a pool of talented individual consultants that we can draw upon for future work and research.

Job Advert Description

We seek consultants with expertise in the following areas:

• Qualitative research
• Quantitative research
• Monitoring and evaluation

Qualitative Research

Have experience in:

• Working with team members to identify project goals;
• Establishing research methodologies and techniques for qualitative data collection and research variables;
• Offering recommendations on evaluating projects;
• Creating research monitoring plan, monitor the activities of research teams;
• Reviewing data, analysing variables;
• Conducting interviews, FGDs and other qualitative research processes
• The use of MS Excel, MS Word and PowerPoint to support report writing
• Writing qualitative reports

Quantitative Research

Have experience in:

• Working with team members to identify project goals;
• Establishing research methodology and techniques for qualitative data collection and research variables;
• Developing quantitative research proposals;
• Offering recommendations on evaluation of projects;
• Creating research monitoring plan, monitor the activities of research teams;
• Reviewing data, process data and use modern system soft wares like EXCEL, SPSS, STATA, DHIS and ACCESS to conduct data analysis;
• Writing quantitative reports

Monitoring and Evaluation

Have experience in:

• The collection of primary and secondary data
• Developing high quality research tools for use with girls;
• Conducting qualitative and quantitative data analysis
• Developing monitoring and evaluation strategies and frameworks

Qualifications and Experiance

• Degree in business, international development, social sciences, statistics, demography, or related field.
• At least 3 years’ experience in working with the development sector
• Demonstrable experience with similar exercises in similar position
• Very good knowledge of NGOs, CBOs and CSOs in Northern Nigeria.
• Strong written and oral communication skills in English language required, including report development, writing and editing.
• Ability to communicate fluently in Hausa language is an advantage.

Applications should include the following information:

• Consultant/Company description including experience and qualifications (CVs attached as appropriate)
• Outline of skills and competencies for this work.
• Previous clients consulted for in similar field
• Tentative work plan
• Overall budget including proposed professional fees and expenses, hire of venues, materials and so on.
• Also be prepared to share previous similar jobs for quality assessment ahead of the consultancy.