Senior Monitoring and Evaluation Officer at IITA - International Institute of Tropical Agriculture

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

• Lead in the design and implementation of the M&E country strategy in close collaboration with the global senior monitoring specialist;
• Lead the development and regular review of the country level Theory of Change (ToC) to ensure that it is actively used to inform program delivery strategy and evaluations;
• Develop the country specific monitoring framework using the global framework and prepare and submit M&E inputs as per the Results Framework
• Identify program specific indicators for program monitoring and develop monitoring tools to track program implementation;
• Lead the development and operation of the country program databases
• Lead in the design and implementation of monitoring sample surveys;
• Lead the development of annual M&E work plan and budget;
• Establish baseline values for selected indicators;
• Collect monitoring data from implementing partners, analyze and share results with relevant stakeholders;
• Adopt and implement global M&E data quality guidelines at country level to ensure high data quality;
• Plan and facilitate progress review and reflection platforms;
• Assist country program units to develop specific results frameworks for annual business plans;
• Prepare periodic reports to meet management and donor reporting requirements;
• Coordinate data collection across the various functions within the country program for global reporting;
• Adopt and implement global Mal M&E capacity building strategy at country staff and implementing partner level
• Attend, participate and provide necessary input to national and international M&E workshops and trainings;
• Any other M&E related duties as assigned by the Country Manager and/or Senior MLE specialist;
• Perform any other duties as may be assigned by the supervisor.

Qualifications

• Master's Degree in Agricultural Economics, Agriculture or related field with at least Seven (7) years of experience in designing, implementing and maintaining M&E systems in the agricultural sector.

Competencies
The ideal candidate must have:

• Experience in managing quantitative and qualitative data and analyzing it using spreadsheets software such as Excel, SPSS,CSPro, and Stata.
• Demonstrated success in working in multidisciplinary teams and partnerships in a collaborative research work.
• Ability to travel to program sites to monitor M&E implementation process and maintain quality control.
• Excellent leadership, training and facilitation skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with advanced written and verbal communication skills in English and other local Nigerian languages.
• Valid driver’s licence acquired no less than two years ago.
• Ability to multi-task and work under pressure.
• Excellent team playing skills with the ability to also work with minimum supervision.

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