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Options Consultancy Services was established in 1992 as a wholly owned subsidiary of the international social business, Marie Stopes International. Our initial work centred around providing technical expertise, programme design monitoring and evaluation support to DFID as the Resource Centre in Population and Reproductive Health. Improving access to reproduc...
We are seeking an Evidence and Advocacy Coordinator to be based in Katsina State to contribute and work on the dynamic Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Programme (MNCH2), funded by the UK government.
Responsibilities:
As Evidence and Advocacy Coordinator, you will work on the MNCH2 programme to ensure maternal, newborn and child health evidence is used for improving performance of health services focusing on the areas of effectiveness, equity and efficiency. You will work with the team to strengthen advocacy for better health services for women and children, through the effective use of evidence by civil society groups and leveraging on pressure points through Civil Society Organisaton (CSO) and Facility Health Committee (FHC) coalitions.
You will be expected to identify the information needs of target audiences in their State (e.g. Non-governmental organisations, advocates, accountability structures, district health planners, national policy makers) and help them to connect with researchers and others to better inform maternal and newborn health (MNH) programmes, policies and planning.
The Evidence and Advocacy Coordinator will be responsible for providing technical inputs and support on MNH evidence, which includes support on maternal death audits/reviews and helping ensure MNH evidence is robust, of high quality, timely and that it is reaching the right people. For this, you will be concerned with synthesising, packaging and disseminating existing evidence, conducting secondary analysis of existing data and making sure evidence is communicated effectively to different stakeholders.
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Benefits:
Options offers a comprehensive benefits package including 25 annual leave allowance, medical insurance, accident insurance and group life assurance.
We are seeking an experienced Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Officer, based in Nigeria, who will play a key role in our new ASRH programme’s M&E, including supporting the Human Centred Design (HCD) process and building M&E capacity of civil society organisations (CSOs).
Responsibilities:
Our programme is aimed at improving the sexual and reproductive health (SRH) of adolescents, including reducing unsafe-abortions and preventing unwanted pregnancies. With current plans of implementation in Nigeria, Kenya, and South Africa, its objective is to ensure young women are able to access quality comprehensive sexual and reproductive services and will support CSOs to shift social norms and build girls’ agency.
Objective of role
The M&E Officer will use their skills and expertise to lead on monitoring progress against selected indicators, be the focal point for Nigeria programme M&E, actively support HCD, and lead on participatory and qualitative formative approaches to evaluation. The role will also involve capacity building of CSOs on M&E processes and systems to improve their performance measurements and grants reporting.
The Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Officer will use their skills and expertise to actively support HCD as an approach to our ASRH programme through coordination of key stakeholders, lead on participatory approaches to evaluation and use results to develop a robust programme design. The role will also involve conducting routine programme M&E to measure progress, and capacity building of CSOs on appropriate organisational M&E processes and systems.
Person specification:
To succeed in this role, you will have:
To apply, please send your CV with a summary note of your skills and experience to Samira Abu-Helil at opportunities@options.co.uk. Candidates should state the role in the subject header
Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted for interview.
Other information:
Options is an equal opportunities employer
Candidates require the right to work in Nigeria.
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