Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Officer at Heartland Alliance

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Data Collection, Collation, Review and Analysis
• Design, implementation, monitoring, evaluation and reporting of all HAI-Nigeria activities.
• Ensure rigor and quality in data collection.
• Provide support at the field level for the collation and processing of monthly summary forms from the One Stop Shop (OSS) and health facilities and field staff.
• Carry out data verification exercises at collection points.
• Liaise with Capacity Advisor, Program Officer and Clinician to analyze required data
• Support in the design and implementation of midterm and end of project evaluation and special data requests.
• Represent the technical content of the project’s M&E work to key stakeholders in the state.
• Support the development and implementation of SOPs for management of program data.
• Support the preparation of monthly, quarterly, semi-annual, annual and ad-hoc reports to donors
• Maintain an inventory of data collection and monitoring visits to partners on a regular basis to monitor M&E systems.
• Ensure that Data entry Assistants and CBO M&E Officers participate in the monthly data quality assessment, understand the recommendations for remedial action, and comply with those recommendations

Requirements:

• Candidates must meet the minimum requirements listed and should be committed to the promotion of human rights, regardless of age, ethnicity, class or gender.
• Candidates must be willing to work with diverse population in a supportive and accepting manner.

Qualifications

• First degree in Social Science, Public Health or another relevant discipline
• Master’s degree in public health or epidemiology will be an added advantage
• At least 4 years M&E experience in international development, experience working on M & E systems for HIV prevention and care programs will be an advantage.
• Experience in managing M&E databases including DHIS is required.
• Demonstrated skills in training and capacity building through technical assistance and mentoring.
• Demonstrable computer literacy in MS Office - Excel, Power Point and Word.
• Experience in data analysis in MS Excel. MS Access and at least one of the following; CSPro, SPSS, Epi Info or STATA is an added advantage.
• Willingness to travel within Nigeria.