Monitoring and Evaluation Manager at Mennonite Economic Development Associates (MEDA)

Position Summary

The Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Manager will be responsible for managing of all M&E activities across the various work flows of the project.  S/he is responsible for helping to build a results-oriented culture that measures and reports meaningful results. The M&E Manager will also be responsible for ensuring robust, consistent M&E systems are established and implemented by staff and partners and will work closely with MEDA’s HQ M&E Team.

Job Status: Expected start date-ASAP; Full-time, 1-year contract renewable up to 3 Years.

Supervisor: Country Project Manager

Location(s): This position is based in Bauchi, Nigeria, with frequent travel to the various LGAs of Bauchi State.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with team members and MEDA HQ to refine M&E approaches and tools for program implementation ensuring efficient systems are in place for program staff to collect and compile relevant and concise information for reports
• Oversee evaluation, analyses, and assessments throughout the life of the project, including data collection, review of survey/study methodologies, tools and participatory data collection methods and protocols, as well as data quality verification techniques.
• Oversee the preparation of the data for the AWP, Operations report, SAR and AR including concise narratives and relevant tables and/or graphs that capture progress against indicators and provide both management and donors with accurate and user-friendly information.
• Provide capacity building training for in-house MIM team to strengthen collection and analysis of MIM data.
• Ensure that all project monitoring and evaluation schedules are satisfied and are consistent with and responsive to the donor's framework (Global Affairs Canada). Ensure the reliability, validity and timeliness of all data captured on CRM in line with the definitions of the indicators documented
• Include and mainstream the project’s gender, youth and environmental sustainability strategies, with special attention to early and forced child marriage, and to be monitored during the project
• Make presentations based on monitoring and evaluation data/results to project stakeholders including PSE, PTAC, PMAC etc.
• Design, organize and supervise the implementation of periodic surveys, utilizing appropriate M&E tools to implement, and improve the collection and analysis of M&E data
• Collect results generated from the implementation of M&E plan and consolidate data to allow the comparison of performance of KFPs, analyse those results and inform senior project management of any gaps or shortcomings in the attainment of project goals
• Train the KFPs relevant staff in proper maintenance of the project data, through a database management system, for prompt reporting as and when required
• In collaboration with the Environmental, Value Chain and Gender experts, develop monitoring tools to assess the empowerment of youth and women clients in terms of access over needed resources and building assets, increased decision making and problem-solving ability and capacity to bring about changes in their relationships within the family and community

Qualifications

• University degree, ideally at a Masters’ level in statistics, economics, international development, social research methods or development related field
• A minimum of eight years’ experience in measurement and evaluation and development programming including analysis/assessment, developing/implementing strategies, developing tools and conducting training
• Experience with/knowledge of innovative impact assessment approaches such as rapid assessments, participatory evaluation, etc.
• Demonstrated staff management experience
• Excellent computer skills and demonstrated aptitude at integrating information technology and automated data collection systems into programming
• Strong team building, relational, interpersonal, analytical and communication abilities and skills
• Creative, entrepreneurial, and resourceful approach to developing and implementing innovative solutions
• Willingness to travel to project areas
• Fluency in English and Hausa is required
• Prior work experience in Nigeria is preferred and other comparable country context is desirable.