Monitoring & Evaluation Advisor at ThinkWell

• The M&E Advisor will be responsible for leading the M&E team that oversees all monitoring, evaluation, and learning activities for the program.
• S/he will lead efforts to collect and analyze data related to activity performance; conduct and/or organize rapid and other activity-related performance evaluations; conduct and/or organize assessments, studies and other analyses to better understand the local context; ensure the quality of activity reporting; and promote adaptive learning based on monitoring, evaluation and learning.
• The M&E Advisor will support the technical staff to develop and manage interventions to improve local Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning processes (MEL). She/he will also coordinate with other BMGF-supported MEL mechanisms.
• The M&E Specialist reports to the State Project Manager. This is a full-time position based in Kano, Nigeria. Nigerian nationals are encouraged to apply.  

Technical Leadership

• Provide direct technical expertise in selected areas of the program portfolio; this includes using a collaborative approach to monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL), quantitative and qualitative research.
• Provide inputs in drafting of qualitative and quantitative research protocols to ensure quality data-generation and rigorous analysis.
• Provides technical oversight for the development of the Measurement and Analytics Objective P), including the Performance Monitoring Plan (PMP), learning plan/Agenda, and oversees its implementation and periodic revision.
• Leads the development, implementation, refinement, and harmonization of the project’s MEL system; develops and operationalizes indicators, set targets, and monitors progress in accordance with the activity contract.
• Works with technical staff to oversee tools for data collection, storage, and analysis; trains staff and partners on MEL system operations, collection methods, and tools.
• Performs data analyses, generates reports of findings, and creates graphics and other visualizations, as needed, to contribute to reporting requirements and project communications products.
• Plans for and supervises intermittent political economy analysis (PEA) studies and performance evaluations, collects and disseminates lessons learned, and shares successes during activity implementation.
• Together with the other members of management, supervises the implementation of workplan activities under the contract to ensure that performance schedules are observed, and outputs are completed according to schedule.

YOU ARE:

• ThinkWell core competencies are foundational skills and behaviors that align with our values and are expected of all employees.
• An entrepreneurial, results-oriented ‘do-er’ with a willingness to take risk, think big and challenge conventional wisdom.
• A change maker who reaches independent judgement with an open mind, influences the conversation, and seeks innovation.
• Able to help create an empowering environment in which everyone feels free to take initiative, be accountable and fail intelligently (learn from mistakes).
• A collaborative colleague who engages constructively with people from different cultures, orientations, and perspectives and maintains positive relations in a virtual world.
• Principally motivated by a growth mindset, meaning the pursuit of knowledge, experience, and self-improvement.  You always question and continuously learn.
• Authentic, honest, direct, self-aware and open to giving and receiving feedback. 

Requirements

• BA/BS and 7+ years experience or graduate degree and 5+ years experience; 
• In-depth MEL experience designing and implementing M&E systems for international donor-funded projects, qualitative and quantitative research, project M&E, implementation research in the health sector;
• Knowledge of reporting procedures, best practices, guidelines, methods, and approaches for MEL; 
• Demonstrated experience with computer and/or web-based performance data recording and reporting systems and other technologies to improve the quality of monitoring system integrity and data collection/analysis/reporting/visualization;
• Excellent management, communication, and organizational skills (attention to detail is required); demonstrated flexibility and capacity to multi-task;
• Experience with MEL that measures and promotes gender, equity, and social inclusion;
• Experience in providing technical assistance to local partners, organizations, and grantees;
• Language fluency in English and Hausa; 
• Outstanding cross-cultural communication skills, including the ability to relate respectfully with staff at all levels, ages, genders, nationalities and orientations as well as across work areas;
•  Ability and willingness to travel within Kano State up to 30%.