Senior Planning, Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting Officer at The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)

Job Purpose
Work closely with the operation team to ensure the efficient and effective delivery of reporting related to the Nigeria complex operations.
Ensure the necessary monitoring and reporting to management and stakeholders on the operation’s activities
Collaborate with NS counterparts to strengthen the planning, monitoring, evaluation and reporting capacity of the NS through on-the-job training, workshops.
Ensure the organizing, analysing and consolidating monthly programs progress reports and in carrying out monitoring and evaluation activities that are intended to improve and promote the works of the Nigerian Red Cross.
Support production of project documents and contribute to proposal writing.
Job Duties and Responsibilities
The Senior PMER Officer is responsible for:
Operations Reporting

• Produce progress reports working with the NS counterparts and operations team.
• Assist the head of operations to monitor programs activities and to ensure reporting of relevant and accurate information
• Work closely with the operations and field teams, to identify existing monitoring and review mechanisms in the Nigerian RCS’s Plan of Action to ensure that reports incorporate accurate and relevant information.
• Verify data from field and prepare progress reports for internal and external audiences, including consolidated monthly operational reports for ICRC, IFRC and other stakeholders
• Assist with quality checks of activity reports from, field and NRCS reports
• Assist the Nigerian RC in managing the internal reporting system Nigerian RC National Society’s Staffs capacity building on PMER
• Develop training materials and provide appropriate training for NRCS staff to fulfil their PMER responsibilities.
• Conduct PMER training for Nigerian RC
• Assist in PMER capacity assessment at all levels of the operation. Facilitate Evaluation, Research Activities and Manage data
• Assist in the design and carrying out of assessments, evaluation and reviews
• Assist in the setting up and management of databases using user friendly database software (Excel, SPSS, STATA, Epi Info)
• Assist with the set-up of appropriate internal and external reporting systems
• Assist in the management of all evaluation internally and externally and support the use of
• evaluation results within the National Society.
• Contribute to Communication and Network activities
• Collaborate with the National Society and the operation communications unit on information sharing
• Liaise with other PMER counterparts for networking and sharing experiences. Contribute to resource mobilisation activities
• Assist the proposal writing processes
• Provided evidence used in the design of projects

Education

• Relevant university degree in Social Sciences, Programme Management, Project Proposal,
• Report Writing, M&E Courses
• Professional qualification in PMER

Experience

• 5 years related working experience in project management or in humanitarian organization
• Proficiency in analytical report writing
• Significant experience in monitoring large-scale projects, and familiarity with results-based
• management concepts, reporting and research.
• Experience in setting up and managing database for program data, designing and conducting
• research and compiling research reports.
• Experience of working with RC or National Societies

Knowledge, skills and languages

• Self-supporting in computers
• Computer literate (Windows, spreadsheets, word-processing and PowerPoint)
• Good facilitation and report writing skills
• Strong leadership skills including strategic thinking and coordination.
• Skilled in use of data analysis packages (Excel, SPSS, EPI Info, STATA, etc.)
• Good data collection and analyse skills to draw conclusions
• Skills in training and developing staff capacity
• Fluent in written and spoken English.

Competencies and values

• National Society relations
• Strategic orientation
• Communication
• Teamwork
• Professionalism
• Integrity
• Diversity
• Results focus and accountability
• Comments
• The Federation is an equal opportunity employer.