GiZ M&E Officer at Street Child

Position Title: Project Officer

Location: Adamawa State (100%)

Report to: M&E Team Lead

Deadline: 20/03/2020 (interviews will be offered as applications are received)

Specification: Nigerian Nationals Only

Starting from: 1st April

Contract duration: 18 months

Position Requirements

Operational/Context Role

Street Child is looking for a dedicated M&E Assistant for our Girls Education Project in Adamawa State, North East Nigeria. The project is an 18-month GiZ-funded project. The goal is to address these problems, Street Child will leverage our experience implementing integrated Education in Emergencies and Child Protection in Emergencies programmes to tackle the complex, interlinked barriers to learning for different children. Building on existing relationships with government and NGO stakeholders to ensure coordination and complementarity will form the basis for targeted support to meet the educational needs of vulnerable and at-risk girls in Adamawa. For example, coordination with existing GIZ livelihoods and entrepreneurship programming for older learners who wish to receive vocational training will build a more holistic, accountable and needs-based intervention. 

The ideal candidate would have experience in monitoring and evaluation needs across implementing project, while being able to support the implementing partner in improving their M&E systems. Good communication and team-working skills are essential, and the candidate must also be able to work independently. Analytical thinking, problem-solving and flexibility are expected.

Key Responsibilities:

• Contribute to adapting existing M&E systems to monitor and evaluate project activities and impact
• Support data capture across project interventions and analyse data collected during monitoring and evaluation activities
• Maintain an up to date database that reflects progress of the project
• Write, edit, and summarize field reports to develop quality and informative monthly
• Coordinate assessments, evaluations and monitoring surveys in the area of operation
• Support Implementing Partners in improving their M&E system, this include data collection, database maintenance and data analysis.
• Additional Tasks: Support with other tasks as needed.

Leadership Behaviours:

• Excellent interpersonal, listening and communication skills.
• Ability to positively influence others and successfully reconcile differences.
• A self-starter with a strong results orientation and with high levels of integrity, credibility and dependability.
• An energetic team player who can effectively collaborate, and who can stand alone when necessary.
• Demonstrated ability to work and deliver under pressure and tight deadlines.

Core Values:

• Commitment to Street Child mission, vision and values, and the ability to convey with enthusiasm Street Child’s role in accompanying and serving forcibly displaced people and in advocating for their right to protection and a life in dignity.
• This role will involve working with vulnerable people and children, and requires relevant knowledge of safeguarding principles
• High integrity, honesty and confidentiality; ability to deal tactfully and discreetly with situations, people and information.
• Acceptance of diversity and inclusion as a core value.
• Willingness to work in flexible, sub-optimal, stressful and unstable environment.

Experience:

• Experience (at least 2 year) of working in Nigeria on monitoring and evaluation of projects
• Experience of working in Adamawa State (an advantage, but not a requirement)
• Demonstrated experience and commitment to working with marginalized communities

Language:

Fluency in English and excellent writing skills.

Technical skills

• Strong analytical, reporting, strategic thinking and planning skills.
• Strong monitoring and evaluation skills/experience
• Knowledge of project cycle management.

Terms and Conditions:

The contract is for 18 months, with an initial probationary period of 3 months. The salary will be proportioned to the candidate experience and balanced to the Street Child salary scale.