Planning, Monitoring, Evaluation & Reporting Officer at Forward in Action for Education, Poverty and Malnutrition (FAcE-PaM)

Job Purpose

• The Project PMER Officer will drive the collation and management of quantitative and qualitative data required to monitor the progress of the project work against agreed plans and priorities. 
• The role will build collaborations with internal and external stakeholders (state government, LGA and community level) to assure that the quality of data generated for periodic reporting on programme implementation is a credible measure of programme performance.

Accountability
Planning:

• Support the development and implementation of project programme annual plans and priorities in line with budgets and programme strategy.
• Provide support in conducting project level effectiveness review sessions.
• Support planning, implementation of project level workplans and budgets
• Participate and provide technical support to project engagements on monitoring and evaluation.

Monitoring and Evaluation:

• Support full implementation and integration of the global PMER requirement and standards across all areas of the Project work; make regular inputs to Programme System (WAPS) as may be required.
• Prepare result frameworks for the project and actively track, document and update indicators with project achievements regularly.
• Ensure project implementation compliance to Quality Programme Standards
• Ensure that data collection and reporting processes and tools align with national protocols and architecture for reporting WASH sector data.
• Actively support the execution of Post Implementation Monitoring Surveys (PIMS) and verification exercises to measure the functionality of WASH assets provided through WaterAid support in the state.
• Actively participate in the conduct of research/baseline surveys/ evaluations, and engaging with consultants on the analysis of results and quality of reports, where required.
• Develop protocols and build collaborations for the use of these or recording, managing and preserving data generated from the Project programme in a safe and an accessible way.
• Provide first-line monitoring of facility /infrastructure construction in the project location.

Reporting:

• Be accountable for ensuring grant donor reporting timelines are met through the timely submission of high-quality inputs from the project team; clean up and aggregate data received from communities and LGAs before they are added to programme reports.
• Liaise with WA Bauchi Office PMER team to develop reporting templates and tools to support project implementation and provide high-quality reports on the programme in the state.
• Build the capacity of institutional and community partners to use these tools for effective reporting and supervising regular data collection.
• Generate data required to shape advocacy, campaigns and influencing activities targeted at improving WASH access.
• Collaborate with team members and prepare and submit periodic reports (monthly, quarterly, bi-annual and annual reports

Knowledge Management:

• Led collaborative, learning and adaptive review processes in the project team with government and civil society partners.
• Contribute to the generation of lessons learned, case studies and stories from the monitoring of programme activities in the state. ensure up to-date data on functionality of WASH facility constructed with WaterAid support is available in real time.
• Contribute to the generation of lessons learned, case studies and stories from of programme activities.

Person Specification
Essential criteria:

• University Degree/qualifications with strong statistics component or similar in Statistics.
• Five (5) years’ work experience, ideally with a local / international NGO or research centre performing a role with strong M&E component.
• Demonstrable experience in the use of research analytical tool for project implementation.
• Strong competence and understanding of development programme management approaches.
• Prior experience working in the WASH sector would be a distinct advantage.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, able to convey complex information clearly and persuasively.
• Strong time management and organisational skills.
• Good problem-solving skills.
• Commitment to WaterAid values and a working style that reflects these.

Desirable criteria:

• Experience working on a donor grant-funded project.
• Knowledge of and experience implementing the WASH National Action Plan.