Monitoring & Evaluation Manager at Population Services International (PSI)

Your contribution

You will be responsible for the following:

Monitoring & Data Management:

• Lead the design and implementation of M&E plans and frameworks, ensuring alignment with program objectives and donor requirements.
• Oversee routine data collection, validation, and analysis for program performance monitoring.
• Lead development and roll out of data collection tools, dashboards, and databases to track program progress.
• Conduct periodic data quality assessments (DQAs) to ensure the reliability and accuracy of program data.
• Conduct periodic field visits to provide technical assistance and support for strengthening program monitoring efforts.
• Support the deployment and maintenance of digital data collection platforms and ensure their effective utilization.
• Coordinate program evaluations, including baseline, midline, and end-line assessments.
• Conduct statistical analysis and interpret data to generate insights for program improvement.
• Develop knowledge management and learning agenda strategies to facilitate evidence-based decision-making.
• Organize and facilitate learning workshops, presentations, and stakeholder engagements.

Reporting & Compliance:

• Prepare high-quality reports for donors, government agencies, and internal stakeholders, ensuring timely submission.
• Generate, analyze and disseminate monitoring data to inform program decisions for adaptive implementation.
• Support program teams in developing performance indicators and targets.
• Ensure compliance with ethical standards and best practices in data management and research.

Capacity Building & Technical Support:

• Provide technical assistance and mentorship to field staff and implementing partners on M&E best practices.
• Develop and deliver training sessions on data collection, analysis, and visualization.
• Strengthening the M&E capacity of program teams and partner organizations through targeted coaching.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Build and maintain strong, collaborative relationships with government stakeholders, donors, and development partners to advance program M&E objectives at all levels.

What are we looking for?

We are looking for someone with:

• Master’s degree in public health, Epidemiology, Statistics, Social Sciences, or a related field.
• At least 5-7 years of experience in M&E roles, preferably in health and development programs.
• Strong proficiency in data analysis tools such as STATA, SPSS, R, or Power BI.
• Experience working with digital data collection platforms such as DHIS2, CommCare, or ODK.
• Excellent understanding of research methodologies, impact evaluation, and data visualization.
• Familiarity with donor reporting requirements.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to work in multi-disciplinary teams.
• Ability to travel to program implementation sites within Nigeria as required.
• Strong self- starter with a strategic mindset
• Information Technology skills will be an added advantage
• Proficiency in the use of Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• Language skills: Fluency in English, working knowledge of local languages in the geopolitical zone
• Reference will be required
• The successful candidate will be required to pass a background check.

The candidate we hire will embody PSI’s corporate values:

• Measurement: You use hard evidence to make decisions and guide your work. You set clear goalposts in advance and explain clearly if you need to move them.
• Pragmatism: You will strive to deliver the best possible result with the resources available. You will not be paralyzed by a need to make things perfect.
• Honesty: You own your mistakes and are open about your shortcomings – it is the only way you will learn and improve.
• Collaboration: You will quickly establish a mental map of whom you can rely on for what, on your team, at headquarters, and in our country offices – if you try to do it all yourself, you will not succeed.
• Trust: You accept limits to your sphere of control and give colleagues the benefit of doubt.
• Commitment: You are in it for the long-haul and want to grow with the organization, just like PSI serves its consumers and partners with host-country governments through thick and thin