Monitoring,Evaluation And Research Officer at Nigeria Solidarity Support Fund (NSSF)

DESCRIPTION

Summary

• The Monitoring and Evaluation Officer will work closely with Programs Manager, Government officials, Donor organizations, Grantees, and Comms lead in the delivery of key tasks.

Key Task and Responsibilities

• Develop and manage the organizational management information system to help document and capture organizational achievements
• Contribute to the development and implementation of monitoring and evaluation plans for projects including tools
• Support the implementation of evaluation studies for assessing organizational progress and achievement
• Strengthen capacity and provide technical support to the project staff for adequate monitoring and evaluation of project activities
• Provide technical support and participate in all research activities conducted by the organization
• Coordinate the development of the organizations M&E
• Develop organizational annual M&E report that tracks progress in achieving the organizations strategic targets
• Manage the state donor and organizational reporting obligations by ensuring timely reporting and completion of weekly, monthly and quarterly program reports.
• Revising data reporting templates and indicators as needed
• Contribute to the development of the organizations annual report
• Support the organization in the planning and execution of strategic planning, annual work plan and budgeting processes
• Assist with other organizational activities as may be required. Support other program related activities

SKILLS

Functional Competencies:

• Organises and accurately completes multiple tasks by establishing priorities while taking into consideration special assignments, frequent interruptions, deadlines, available resources and multiple reporting relationships
• Plans, coordinates and organizes workload while remaining aware of changing priorities and competing deadlines
• Establishes, builds and maintains effective working relationships with stakeholders to facilitate the provision of support
• Excellent communication skills (written and oral): Sensitivity to and responsiveness to all partners, respectful and helpful relations with donors and staff.
• Understanding of local and international development issues.
• Experience from working with in an NGO.
• Good understanding of programme design, theory of change functions and logical frameworks, including links between objectives, indicators, targets and activities.
• Extensive experience of supporting M&E strategies and systems, and writing reports.
• Experience from data gathering and analysis.
• Excellent writing skills.
• Experience with archiving systems and knowledge management.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATION(S)

Education

• University Degree preferably in Computer science, Statistics, Economics, Public health or related field.
• Masters degree is a plus.

Other

• 3 years of experience in MEL operations preferably in an NGO environment;
• Expertise in gathering, analyzing and presenting data Strong training & facilitation skills.
• Completion of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) program