Jobs at Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA)

Job Summary

• IPA Nigeria is seeking a MEL Associate to support an embedded evidence lab established within a partner government agency implementing social protection programmes for vulnerable populations.
• The partner agency’s portfolio spans areas such as nutrition and education support, conditional cash transfers, and economic empowerment and livelihoods programmes.
• The MEL Associate will work as part of an embedded team to strengthen the agency’s capacity to systematically generate, manage, analyze, and use data and evidence for programme improvement and policy decision-making.
• This position requires hands-on MEL expertise, strong capacity-building skills, and the ability to work effectively within government systems.
• The MEL Associate will collaborate closely with agency staff across multiple departments to co-create practical MEL systems, deliver training and technical assistance, support data analysis and visualization, and foster a culture of evidence-informed decision-making.
• This is an opportunity to apply MEL expertise in a high-impact setting at the intersection of social protection policy and practice, working directly within government to build the systems, skills, and organizational culture needed to improve outcomes for vulnerable populations.
• The ideal candidate combines technical MEL knowledge with practical implementation experience, excellent training and mentoring abilities, and a passion for sustainable capacity development in government institutions.
• The MEL Associate may also be called upon to support other IPA Nigeria embedded lab engagements as organizational needs evolve.

Responsibilities
MEL Systems Development and Implementation:

• Support the development and implementation of an agency-wide MEL framework, working collaboratively with agency staff to develop theories of change, results frameworks, and indicator frameworks aligned with strategic objectives and reporting requirements.
• Design programme-specific MEL plans for individual programme teams, including data collection instruments, monitoring protocols, and quality assurance mechanisms tailored to each programme’s context and decision-making needs.
• Conduct data needs assessments across agency departments, mapping information requirements against existing data sources, identifying gaps, assessing data quality, and recommending solutions to strengthen data systems.
• Develop standard operating procedures, guidelines, and protocols for data collection, management, quality assurance, reporting, and data use that are practical, user-friendly, and appropriate to staff capacity levels.
• Implement data quality assurance mechanisms including verification protocols, spot-checks, data audits, and corrective action processes to ensure reliable and accurate programme data.

Capacity Building and Technical Support:

• Design and deliver MEL training workshops and learning sessions for agency staff at various levels on theories of change, indicator design, data collection methods, data analysis, data visualization, and evidence-informed decision-making.
• Provide ongoing hands-on technical assistance and mentoring to M&E officers, programme managers, and field staff on practical MEL tasks including designing data collection instruments, conducting data quality checks, preparing reports and visualizations, and using evidence for programme decisions.
• Build staff capacity to use data analysis and visualization tools including advanced Excel, statistical software (Stata, R, SPSS), database management tools, and visualization platforms (Power BI, Tableau).
• Facilitate learning events, data review meetings, and evidence-to-action workshops to promote peer learning, institutionalize data use practices, and foster an organizational culture of continuous learning and evidence-informed adaptation.
• Develop training materials, guidance notes,  job aids, and tools to create institutional knowledge resources that support sustainable capacity strengthening.

Data Analysis, Visualization, and Reporting:

• Analyze primary and secondary programme data using quantitative and qualitative methods to generate actionable insights, and prepare clear data summaries, analytical reports, dashboards, and visualizations for various audiences.
• Support the development and maintenance of real-time monitoring dashboards displaying key performance indicators to enable programme managers and leadership to track progress and make timely adjustments.
• Contribute to high-quality technical outputs including evaluation reports, policy briefs, evidence syntheses, and lessons learned documents that communicate programme achievements, challenges, and learning.
• Support the partner agency’s external reporting obligations to relevant government leadership, donors, and other stakeholders, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and compliance with reporting requirements.
• Translate complex data findings into accessible, actionable insights for non-technical audiences through effective data visualization and clear written communication.

Evidence Generation and Coordination:

• Support the design and implementation of primary data collection activities including surveys, focus group discussions, key informant interviews, and case studies aimed at answering learning questions and generating evidence for programme improvement.
• Collaborate with IPA researchers and the assigned Lab Manager to support programme evaluations and research studies embedded within agency programmes, ensuring alignment with agency priorities and contribution to organizational learning.
• Coordinate with agency departments, the Lab Manager, IPA Nigeria team, and external partners to ensure alignment and maximize synergies across MEL activities.
• Support administrative and logistical requirements for lab activities including planning workshops, managing procurement, coordinating field visits, maintaining documentation, and contributing to work planning and reporting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Statistics, Economics, Demography, Social Sciences, Development Studies, Public Policy, International Development, or a related quantitative or social science field is required; a Master’s degree in a relevant field is preferred.
• Minimum of 3 years of professional experience in monitoring, evaluation, and learning, preferably in social protection, poverty reduction, livelihoods, or international development programmes.
• Proficiency in data analysis and visualization tools, including advanced Microsoft Excel, at least one statistical software package (Stata, R, or SPSS), and data visualization platforms such as Power BI or Tableau.
• Hands-on experience designing, strengthening, or implementing Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) systems, including data collection, management, and analysis frameworks.
• Proven ability to manage multiple programmes or workstreams simultaneously, including coordinating stakeholders, tracking progress, and managing deliverables.
• Demonstrated ability to train, coach, or mentor others in MEL systems, including building institutional capacity for data use.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to translate technical analysis into clear, structured, and policy-relevant insights for non-technical audiences.
• Experience working with government institutions or regulatory agencies is highly desirable.
• Willingness to be a team player and identify connections between work streams.
• Cultural and political sensitivity and demonstrated ability to work successfully with diverse constituencies.
• Passion for making data-driven decision-making a reality in the development sector.

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Job Summary

• The Research Associate (RA) will lead the data collection and management of research projects within the Nigeria Country Office under the supervision of the Research Manager.
• The RA will supervise project field staff, including the field managers, supervisors and enumerators, while ensuring timely submission of deliverables to donors and partners.
• The Research Associate will perform a variety of tasks related to managing day-to-day research activities, from planning to implementation and monitoring research data quality. These include, but are not limited to:

Responsibilities
Project Management:

• Programming survey instruments in SurveyCTO, following programming best practices.
• Supervising and monitoring data collection to ensure the high quality of the data.
• Implementing data quality checks and fixing issues with data collected during data collection.
• Managing project finances including budgeting, expense tracking, and financial reporting.
• Cleaning data on an ongoing basis.

Partner Engagement:

• Handling day-to-day PI and partner communications.
• Providing timely updates and responses to partner organizations and participating in meetings with key stakeholders.
• Keeping the Research Manager apprised of all developments in the project and serve as the key link between the field staff, research team, and Principal Investigators.

Technical Leadership:

• Prepare training materials and collaborate with the survey firm in conducting enumerator training and piloting instruments.
• Ensuring that all team members follow necessary protocols and procedures. 
  Regularly communicate project updates to the Research Manager.
• Providing training and supervision for research project staff.
• Supporting the country office in project and policy development as needed.

Analysis & Reporting:

• Assisting preliminary analysis and ensuring ready access to all data for researchers.
• Documenting in detail all activities related to the project.
• Maintaining accurate records of interviews, safeguarding the confidentiality of subjects, as necessary.
• Preparing high-quality progress and results reports to Principal Investigators (PI), research partners, and funding agencies, and sharing them timely.
• Producing dissemination materials such as presentations, final reports, and evidence briefs.
• And other tasks that may be assigned by the Research Manager.

Requirements
Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Economics, Public Policy, Social Science, or a related field; graduate Degree strongly preferred.
• 2-5 years of relevant work experience, including experience in economics research, impact evaluations, international development.
• Advanced Stata competency.
• Experience with quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis. 
  Experience managing field data collection.
• Strong professional writing skills.
• Strong client-facing and presentation skills.
• Fluency in English.
• Self-starter, entrepreneurial mindset, versatility, and ability to learn at a fast pace.
• Passion for making data-driven decisions a reality in the international development sector.
• Experience with research project management in Nigeria.
• Experience in randomized control trials.

Travel Requirements:

• Expect to spend at least 50% of the time in the study sites during data collection periods.

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Job Summary

• IPA Nigeria is seeking a Research Manager leading innovative research in the Nigeria Country Office.
• Based in Abuja, you'll drive evidence-based solutions through rigorous research methods while building strong partnerships across the country.
• As a key member of the Nigeria Management Team, you'll shape research initiatives that combine local expertise with global insights to advance IPA’s mission of evidence generation and poverty reduction.
• The position will be based in Abuja, Nigeria with extensive travel to project sites around the country.
• The Research Manager will oversee the initial portfolio of projects and will be responsible for the overall management of a portfolio of three to five projects, including assisting with hiring project management staff, interaction with PIs, and face-to-face coordination with partner organizations and Nigerian local, state and national government stakeholders.
• These projects will include large scale surveys across several Nigerian states: these projects are expected to be staffed with a team of 1 or 2 permanent staff each and up to 50 to 100 short term staff during data collection periods.
• This position is a unique opportunity as the successful candidate will play an integral role in working with IPA’s country, regional, and global teams to align research management and administrative structures for the IPA Nigeria country office.
• As a core member of the management team they will contribute to the establishment of the policies and procedures, development of new projects, stakeholder outreach, and capacity building.

Responsibilities
Research Leadership, Team Management, and Technical Oversight:

• Coordinate directly with project Research Associates to ensure timely and accurate discussions about project milestones, deliverables, and research development are met.
• Lead 2-4 research studies in Nigeria
• Oversee research design, sampling strategies, and data management protocols
• Provide technical leadership in quantitative and qualitative research methods.

Partnership Development and Stakeholder Management:

• Build and maintain relationships across West Africa with potential and active partner organizations in the Gender and Digital Connectivity project
• Supervise research staff and manage project finances
• Ensure timely delivery of high-quality deliverables
• Monitor project budgets and donor compliance
• Manage project work plans and documentation
• Support staff transitions and maintain institutional knowledge.

IPA-Nigera CO Management and Support:

• Keep the Country Director apprised of all developments on the projects in their portfolio, and serve as key link between the field office, project staff, and Principal Investigators
• Respond to existing calls for proposals in coordination with PIs and IPA’s Business Development team and support the development of new projects for the Nigeria office by establishing relationships with researchers, implementers, and funders, and developing opportunities and proposals.
• Contribute to country office initiatives and policy development
• Promote best practices across projects
• Drive adoption of research results through various channels
• Identify opportunities for systematic improvements
• Support organizational learning and knowledge sharing.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Statistics, Economics, Demography, Social Sciences, Development Studies, Public Policy, International Development, or a related quantitative or social science field is required; a Master’s degree in a relevant field is preferred.
• Minimum of 5 years of professional experience in project management experience, with a focus on research management conducting social science or economic field research
• Proficiency in data analysis including advanced Microsoft Excel, at least one statistical software package ((Stata, R, Python) and data collection platforms (SurveyCTO or ODK)
• Hands-on experience designing, strengthening, or implementing data collection, teams of field workers, and survey design
• Proven ability to manage multiple programmes or workstreams simultaneously, including coordinating stakeholders, tracking progress, and managing deliverables.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to translate technical analysis into clear, structured, and policy-relevant insights for non-technical audiences.
• Demonstrated ability to train, coach, or mentor others 
• Willingness to be a team player and identify connections between work streams.
• Cultural and political sensitivity and demonstrated ability to work successfully with diverse constituencies.
• Passion for making data-driven decision-making a reality in the development sector.

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Job Summary

• The Research Associate (RA) will lead the data collection and management of research projects within the Nigeria Country Office under the supervision of the Research Manager.
• The RA will supervise project field staff, including the field managers, supervisors and enumerators, while ensuring timely submission of deliverables to donors and partners.
• The Research Associate will perform a variety of tasks related to managing day-to-day research activities, from planning to implementation and monitoring research data quality. These include, but are not limited to:

Responsibilities
Project Management:

• Programming survey instruments in SurveyCTO, following programming best practices.
• Supervising and monitoring data collection to ensure the high quality of the data.
• Implementing data quality checks and fixing issues with data collected during data collection.
• Managing project finances including budgeting, expense tracking, and financial reporting.
• Cleaning data on an ongoing basis.

Partner Engagement:

• Handling day-to-day PI and partner communications.
• Providing timely updates and responses to partner organizations and participating in meetings with key stakeholders.
• Keeping the Research Manager apprised of all developments in the project and serve as the key link between the field staff, research team, and Principal Investigators.

Technical Leadership:

• Prepare training materials and collaborate with the survey firm in conducting enumerator training and piloting instruments.
• Ensuring that all team members follow necessary protocols and procedures. 
  Regularly communicate project updates to the Research Manager.
• Providing training and supervision for research project staff.
• Supporting the country office in project and policy development as needed.

Analysis & Reporting:

• Assisting preliminary analysis and ensuring ready access to all data for researchers.
• Documenting in detail all activities related to the project.
• Maintaining accurate records of interviews, safeguarding the confidentiality of subjects, as necessary.
• Preparing high-quality progress and results reports to Principal Investigators (PI), research partners, and funding agencies, and sharing them timely.
• Producing dissemination materials such as presentations, final reports, and evidence briefs.
• And other tasks that may be assigned by the Research Manager.

Requirements
Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Economics, Public Policy, Social Science, or a related field; graduate Degree strongly preferred.
• 2-5 years of relevant work experience, including experience in economics research, impact evaluations, international development.
• Advanced Stata competency.
• Experience with quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis. 
  Experience managing field data collection.
• Strong professional writing skills.
• Strong client-facing and presentation skills.
• Fluency in English.
• Self-starter, entrepreneurial mindset, versatility, and ability to learn at a fast pace.
• Passion for making data-driven decisions a reality in the international development sector.
• Experience with research project management in Nigeria.
• Experience in randomized control trials.

Travel Requirements:

• Expect to spend at least 50% of the time in the study sites during data collection periods.

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Job Summary

• IPA Nigeria is seeking an Associate Research & Policy Manager to collaborate closely with a broad range of partners to strengthen their capacity to use evidence to improve programs and policies.
• The role will involve supporting Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) capacity strengthening and working with sector stakeholders to build sustained buy-in for a culture of evidence generation and use.
• The Associate Research & Policy Manager will engage across institutions to design and implement analytical approaches that inform decision-making and enhance the use of data in policy and program development.
• This position requires strong data science and analytical expertise, including the ability to manage and analyse large and complex datasets, design analytical frameworks, and develop visual and reporting systems that translate raw data into clear, actionable insights for diverse audiences.
• The successful candidate will combine technical analytical skills with policy acumen and experience supporting partners to apply evidence in real-world decision-making contexts. 

Responsibilities
Workplan Management and Reporting:

• Collaborate with the partner’s team to develop a shared work plan, ensuring alignment with project goals and effective implementation.
• Support with other project management tasks, including progress tracking, financial oversight, and internal and donor reporting.

Stakeholder Management:

• Cultivate relationships with key local top-level decision-makers and ensure the project has their sustained buy-in and input.
• Coordinate project activities alongside technical staff from the partner in a learning-by-doing approach, fostering active engagement throughout the process.
• Promote engagement to raise awareness of the lab and encourage collaborative efforts for collective impact.

Generating Relevant Evidence:

• Lead the co-creation of a policy-driven research agenda for the regulatory partners, and guide the development of analytically rigorous research projects that generate actionable, data-driven insights.
• Facilitate engagement with local and international academics and technical experts to strengthen our partners’ policy-driven research agendas, including advancing robust analytical methods and data use.
• Identify and develop opportunities to leverage administrative and other large-scale datasets for policy-relevant research, including structuring data access, preparing datasets for analysis, and connecting local and international researchers to pursue these opportunities.
• Manage research projects end-to-end: define research objectives and analytical frameworks, develop protocols, oversee data collection and management systems, supervise statistical analysis, and ensure data quality, reproducibility, and methodological rigor at all stages.
• Provide hands-on technical leadership in collecting, cleaning, structuring, integrating, and analysing large and complex administrative or survey datasets, applying reproducible workflows and best practices in data management.
• Design and deliver hands-on workshops to build partners’ capacity in data engineering and analytics, including data pipelines, data merging and wrangling, statistical analysis, and dashboard or visual tool development, using platforms such as Power BI, Tableau, Stata, R, or Python.
• Develop and implement analytical and data-visualisation systems (dashboards) that translate raw data into clear, actionable insights for decision-makers, including automated reporting and interactive dashboards where appropriate.
• Establish and institutionalise standard operating procedures, documentation, and reproducible analytical workflows so partner staff can independently maintain, update, and scale data systems over time.

Sharing Evidence to Inform Program Design and Delivery:

• Share existing evidence to inform partner’s program design and delivery.
• Develop user-friendly data dashboards, visualizations, or summaries for top-level decision-makers, ensuring that complex results are accessible and directly inform program design.
• Produce policy briefs on key policy questions.
• Work together with the partner, the project team, sector team, global policy and communications teams to lead and/or participate in strategic events for policy purposes, including but not limited to summits, conferences, workshops, technical working groups, and round tables.
• In collaboration with researchers and in support of the country director, represent IPA locally in policy conversations and at events.

Exploring Program Institutionalization:

•  Engage with the partner’s leadership to explore opportunities to institutionalize the lab for sustainability.

Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in International Public Policy, Economics, Statistics, Data science, Social Sciences, or a related field, with 5–7 years of relevant professional experience. Exceptional candidates who do not meet these criteria may be considered.
• Strong proficiency in statistical and analytical software (e.g., Stata, R, or Python) for data cleaning, management, analysis, and visualisation.
• Demonstrated experience designing and building dashboards and data visualisation tools using platforms such as Power BI or Tableau, with the ability to translate complex data into actionable insights.
• Experience working with large and complex administrative datasets, including data integration, structuring, and analysis, and experience building or supporting automated data pipelines or reporting systems.
• Hands-on experience designing, strengthening, or implementing Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) systems, including data collection, management, and analysis frameworks.
• Proven ability to manage multiple research or analytical projects simultaneously, including planning timelines, coordinating stakeholders, and managing deliverables and budgets, preferably in a development or public policy context.
• Strong grounding in quantitative and qualitative research methods, including experience applying rigorous analytical approaches to inform policy or program decisions.
• Demonstrated ability to train, coach, or mentor others in data analysis, statistics, or MEL systems, including building institutional capacity for data use.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to translate technical analysis into clear, structured, and policy-relevant insights for non-technical audiences.
• Experience working with government institutions or regulatory agencies is highly desirable.
• Superior analytical, quantitative, and conceptual thinking skills.
• Willingness to be a team player and identify connections between work streams.
• Cultural and political sensitivity and demonstrated ability to work successfully with diverse constituencies.
• Passion for making data-driven decision-making a reality in the development sector.

Additional Requirements:

• Travel: Estimated 20%. 
• Physical requirements: Yes. 
• Language requirements: Fluency in English.

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Job Summary

• IPA Nigeria is seeking a Manager to lead an embedded evidence lab established within a federal institution to strengthen evidence-and data-informed coordination of social protection programmes.
• The Manager will serve as the senior technical lead for the lab, driving a policy-relevant research agenda, strengthening the institution’s data and MEL systems, and building the institutional capacity needed for the sustainability of the lab.
• The role requires a practitioner with deep knowledge of Nigeria’s social protection landscape, strong analytical and research skills, and a proven ability to translate complex data and evidence into actionable policy insights.
• The ideal candidate is equally comfortable designing and conducting rigorous analysis, building data systems, facilitating capacity building with institutional staff, and presenting findings to senior decision-makers.
• The Manager may also be called upon to contribute to other IPA Nigeria embedded lab engagements as organizational needs evolve.

Responsibilities
Stakeholder Engagement and Coordination:

• Position the lab as a credible, trusted technical partner supporting coordination and evidence-informed decision-making within the federal social protection ecosystem.
• Facilitate the development of inter-agency data sharing and coordination frameworks, and formalize institutional arrangements that improve the flow of programme data across federal and state levels.
• Represent IPA at federal-level policy forums, technical working groups, inter-ministerial coordination meetings, and external engagements, communicating the lab’s work and positioning IPA as a thought leader in social protection evidence and policy in Nigeria.
• Support IPA advocacy efforts aimed at reforming federal reporting frameworks to create institutional demand for outcome-oriented evidence, moving beyond compliance-driven reporting toward adaptive programme management.

Evidence Generation and Research:

• Lead the development of the embedded lab’s framework and operating model, including its mandate, objectives, governance structure, defined roles and responsibilities, decision-making processes, workflows, and engagement mechanisms with government partners.
• Develop and implement standard operating procedures (SOPs) for core lab functions such as data mapping, evidence intake, data analysis and reporting, research prioritisation, and learning cycles.
• Design and manage primary data collection activities and administrative data reviews, ensuring methodological rigor and direct alignment with the institution’s information and decision-making needs.
• Identify and develop opportunities to leverage large-scale administrative datasets, including state and national social registries and programme management information systems, for generating policy-relevant insights.
• Lead the co-creation of embedded evaluations and research studies that generate rigorous evidence on the effectiveness of social protection programmes.
• Produce high-quality technical outputs including analytical reports, policy briefs, evidence syntheses, and lessons learned documents that communicate findings to decision-makers and the broader social protection ecosystem.

Lab Management and MEL Systems Strengthening:

• Develop and implement a MEL framework for the lab’s operations, including a work plan, results framework, and reporting protocols that enable transparent tracking of lab activities and outcomes against agreed objectives.
• Support the partner institution in strengthening its central data infrastructure, working with technical staff to operationalize existing data systems, automate data flows between programme units and central repositories, in line with data governance protocols.
• Co-create standard operating procedures, guidelines, and quality assurance protocols for sustainable data management within the institution.
• Manage lab administrative and operational requirements including work planning, procurement, financial tracking, documentation, and internal and donor reporting, in coordination with IPA Nigeria’s operations team.

Data Analytics and Reporting:

• Lead hands-on quantitative and qualitative analysis of social protection programme data, translating findings into clear and decision-relevant insights.
• Design and build data dashboards, scorecards, and visualization tools that enable institutional leadership and programme managers to monitor performance against key indicators, using platforms such as Power BI, Tableau, or Excel-based solutions appropriate to the institution’s infrastructure.
• Develop and institutionalize reproducible analytical workflows, documentation standards, and data systems that can be independently maintained, updated, and scaled over time.
• Support the institution’s external reporting obligations to leadership, donors, and development partners, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and compliance with reporting requirements.
• Contribute to IPA Nigeria’s broader policy communications outputs, including co-authoring blog posts, policy briefs, and presentations that draw on evidence generated through the lab.

Capacity Building and Technical Support:

• Design and deliver targeted capacity building interventions for institutional staff on social protection MEL, data analysis, evidence interpretation, and evidence-to-policy translation, adapting content and delivery modalities to different staff levels and learning needs.
• Provide ongoing on-the-job coaching and technical mentoring to M&E officers, programme managers, and data analysts, building their ability to independently generate and use evidence for programme adaptation and policy decisions.
• Facilitate structured learning events including data review meetings, evidence-to-action workshops, and cross-programme learning sessions that promote a culture of continuous learning and evidence-informed adaptation within the institution.
• Develop training materials, guidance notes, and  job aids that create durable institutional knowledge resources, enabling the partner to sustain evidence use practices beyond the life of the lab engagement.

Requirements
Qualifications:

• Master’s Degree in Economics, Development Studies, Public Policy, Statistics, Data Science, Social Sciences, or a related field is required.
• 5 to 7 years of relevant professional experience in social protection, poverty reduction, international development, or a closely related field, with demonstrated exposure to national or federal-level programme contexts.
• Strong knowledge of social protection systems and programmes, including familiarity with conditional cash transfers, graduation models, and the institutional architecture of social protection delivery in Nigeria or comparable settings.
• Proficiency in data analysis and visualization tools, including advanced Microsoft Excel, at least one statistical software package (Stata, R, or Python), and data visualization platforms such as Power BI or Tableau.
• Hands-on experience designing, strengthening, or implementing Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) systems, including data collection, management, and analysis frameworks, preferably in a government or regulatory context.
• Proven ability to manage multiple programmes or workstreams simultaneously, including planning timelines, coordinating across stakeholders, tracking progress, and managing deliverables and budgets in a development or public policy context.
• Demonstrated ability to train, coach, or mentor others in data analysis, statistics, or MEL systems, including building institutional capacity for data use.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to translate complex technical analysis into clear, structured, and policy-relevant insights for non-technical audiences.
• Experience working with federal government institutions or regulatory agencies is highly desirable; familiarity with Nigeria’s federal social protection architecture is a strong advantage.
• Willingness to be a team player and identify connections between work streams.
• Cultural and political sensitivity and demonstrated ability to work successfully with diverse constituencies, including senior government officials, development partners, and community-level stakeholders.
• Passion for making data-driven decision-making a reality in the development sector, with a genuine commitment to improving outcomes for people living in poverty.

Other Requirements:

• Travel Requirements: Yes, Estimated 20%. 
• Physical requirements: Yes. 
• Language requirements: Fluency in English.