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Job Description
Within delegated authority, the Senior Officer Monitoring and Evaluation, will be responsible for the following duties:

• Support the development and monitoring of the implementation of M&E Plans and strategies for the Spotlight Initiative
• Support the development of, and monitoring of the implementation of comprehensive and robust monitoring and evaluation plans and strategies with appropriate data sources, collection methods, analysis plans, metadata management, data quality assurance/improvement practices and resource requirements.
• Supports in the development of action plans such as annual work-plans and reporting tools
• Continually assesses methodologies and instruments for collection, documentation, analysis and reporting of data to identify areas for potential improvements.
• Coordinates monitoring, data collection, and reporting for Spotlight Initiative gender based violence program, including the Livelihood Project
• Designs and disseminates monitoring and evaluation resource materials, templates, and guidance documentation.
• Supports efforts on results and progress monitoring and reporting on the Spotlight Initiative and Livelihood Project
• Coordinates and participate in the collection and use of monitoring data, as well as evaluation and reporting.
• Assist the Technical Advisor, M&E in close consultation with the Spotlight Initiative Technical Team in the preparatory process of the annual reviews and performance reporting; including providing guidance in consolidating the annual progress report
• Plans and coordinates activities to ensure the quality and accuracy of collected or reported data.
• Supports the development and implementation of baseline, mid-line, end-line and periodic evaluations.
• Supervises activities and deliverables for State M&E Officers with supervision from the Technical Advisor, M&E
• Supports State M&E Officers on knowledge management and capacity development on results-based management in relation to the Spotlight Initiative
• Documents progress of Spotlight Programme against project implementation plans, results matrix, milestones and targets.
• Participates in planning and conduct of capacity building activities for participating agencies and partners in the area of programme monitoring and evaluation as necessary.
• Coordinates the achievement of unified reporting of gender-based violence (GBV) data through partnerships
• Supports the achievement of Spotlight Initiative’s goal of one reportage of gender-based violence data by participating agencies and partners into the Situation Room – the national data reporting platform
• Facilitates process that allow for seamless onboarding of new participating agencies and partners to further the use of national data reporting platform.
• Liaise with Database Consultant to ensure continuous functionality of the Situation Room Dashboard including upgrades, troubleshooting, and resolving issues
• Coordinate with internal and external partners on data collection and project/research implementation.
• Support coordination of knowledge management, dissemination and use of gender-based violence data
• Facilitates the efficient flow of monitoring and evaluation data and the sharing of best practices with the Spotlight Team, and participating agencies and partners.
• Supports the identification of good practices and lessons learned and share findings with the Spotlight Team
• Leads designing thematic activities and knowledge-sharing forums and encourages others to participate.
• Perform any other tasks/duties as assigned by the Director Monitoring and Evaluation or desginee.

Requirements

• Candidates should possess a Master's Degree with 3 - 7 years work experience.

Competencies:
Non-Technical:

• Ability to make new and useful ideas work
• Good people management attributes
• Ability to improve performance and satisfaction
• Models independent thinking, action with ability to get things done
• Excellent Communication skills
• Ability to listen, adapt, persuade and transform
• Synthesizes information to communicate independent analysis

Technical / Functional:

• Monitoring and Evaluation
• Results Based Management
• Gender Issues & Analysis
• Data Measurement
• Addressing Sexual and Gender-based Violence
• Partnerships & Relationship Management.

Salary
N350,000 - N500,000 Monthly.

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Responsibilities

• Support the development and lead the implementation of M&E plans for Spotlight Initiative Pillar 5 project
• Provide technical advice to Ministries of Women Affairs and other relevant government agencies on the establishment, design and implementation of national M&E systems for gender based violence
• Design and implement protocol for data quality assessments, participate and monitor data quality assessments to ensure high quality reporting
• Build capacity of Ministries of Women Affairs and those of relevant Ministries, Department and Agencies, as well as allied organizations and civil society organizations, through identification of technical assistance and training needs
• Coordinate technical assistance and training to Ministries of Women Affairs in the areas of M&E and UNDP results based reporting
• Establish and monitor process to ensure timely submission of reports on the GBV dashboard
• Oversee compilation of data and preparation of periodic project reports when necessary (monthly, quarterly and bi-annual)
• Work as part of a team to support the use of data from various sources to assess project performance and support performance improvement
• Support the design and implementation of facility and population based surveys
• Conduct rigorous analysis of data from surveys and other sources to support the development of peer reviewed and other relevant publications including conference presentations
• Assist with the identification, documentation, and dissemination of project experiences, lessons learned, and success stories
• Provide technical support to external evaluators during the design and implementation of evaluation studies
• Provide leadership and technical assistance for the design, development, review and maintenance of electronic data management system
• Represent the project at national, regional, and international meetings as required
• Coordinate and support inter-institutional M&E Technical Working Groups (TWGs) by organizing meetings, preparation of project briefings, and training events etc.

Qualifications and Requirements

• M.Sc / M.A / MPH in Public Health, Gender or its international equivalent. Master's Degree - Knowledge / Information Services, Communications, Education, Environment, Health, Behavioral, Life / Social Sciences, International Development, Human Development or related field plus at least 5 - 8 years of relevant experience
• Has ability to manage projects, set realistic priorities, and plan for the successful implementation of activities.
• Experience developing Monitoring and Evaluation systems for multisectoral projects
• Knowledge of statistics, epidemiology, research methodology, sampling, data collection and analysis
• Experience conducting data analysis using Power Query, Tableau, Power BI, Stata, SAS, EpiInfo or SPSS or other relevant software.
• Experience working with and reporting results to international donors like UNDP, UN Women, USAID/PEPFAR
• Experience with capacity building, training and mentoring on use of electronic and paper data management systems
• Must be able to work with multi-disciplinary teams especially government institutions
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with ability to synthesize information quickly
• Ability to travel nationally as needed
• Experience in specialized technical/medical field of study.

Salary
N450,000 - N700,000 Monthly.