Junior Non-Key Expert – Support to Monitoring and Evaluation at DAI

TASKS

Under the overall direction of the Team Leader, the Junior Non-Key Expert – M&E will support the Monitoring and Evaluation Expert (KE4) to deepen capacity building, coordination, and oversight of monitoring, evaluation and learning processes across all EU SDGN II components.

To this end, under the guidance of KE4 and working closely with M&E officers of EU SDGN lead implementing partners, the Junior Non-Key Expert – M&E will be involved in executing the following tasks:

• Developing/updating methodologies, data collection instruments, and analytical procedures for monitoring and evaluation of EU SDGN II projects
• Undertaking M&E capacity needs assessment among EU SDGN II implementing partners, and deliver periodic training, mentoring, or coaching as needed, to plug the identified gaps
• Participating in, and quality-assuring regular collection of data to monitor progress towards EU SDGN results at partner, component, and programme level
• Designing and implementing targeted surveys and studies to assess and/or collect evidence of the impact of EU SDGN project interventions
• Conducting survey data analysis and prepare survey reports in accordance with agreed templates and timeframes
• Maintaining and managing platforms for EU SDGN integrated data storage, retrieval, and viewing
• Promoting and moderating EU SDGN online Community of Practice (CoP) for M&E Officers
• Any other duties that will improve monitoring and evaluation within EU SDGN as assigned by KE4 or the EUD.

Expertise Required

The Junior Non-Key Expert - M&E will have at least a graduate qualification in Social Sciences, Political Science, or any other related field, with at least 5 years monitoring and evaluation background and experience of civil society organizations or government projects in Nigeria.

The following skills/experience are advantageous and candidates who have them will have a strong competitive edge:

• Staff/organizational capacity needs assessment, training, mentoring or coaching in CSO or government setting
• Survey design (both qual and quant), including survey data analysis and report writing
• Conducting Data Quality Assessments (DQAs)
• Strong writing skills (technical reports, briefing papers, working papers, etc)
• Excellent verbal communication skills
• Technology-aided monitoring and evaluation, including developing and managing databases, development and moderation of online Communities-of-Practice will be a significant added advantage.