Job Opening at ActionAid

Overall Purpose

• The post holder will coordinate the operationalisation of effective and appropriate systems and processes for planning, measuring progress and impact, learning and reporting across the organisation.
• S/he will also ensure that ActionAid Nigeria Accountability, Learning and Planning System (ALPS) requirements is met at all levels.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities

Technical
Planning and Reporting:

• Promote and support AAI’s Accountability, Learning and Planning (Alps) system
• Coordinate the overall planning processes across the organisation including analysing organisation-wide plans (three-year and operational) to ensure delivery of strategic objectives, and prepare gap analysis and gap closure recommendations for review at Country Management Team (CMT)
• Coordinate the development of organisation-wide report, management updates and other reports as necessary to ensure accountability.

Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning:

• Work collaboratively with heads of units to develop systems for monitoring progress against country strategy papers and other strategies
• Develop standards and tools and provide technical advice – guidance, coaching, training - to local and national programme teams and implementing partners on M&E
• Coordinate the annual Participatory Review and Reflection process (PRRP) with programme partners and in development of Annual Progress Document
• Responsible for quality control of evaluations, partnership appraisals and peer reviews
• Ensure that gender, power analysis and rights perspectives are fully incorporated into ActionAid’s planning, monitoring and evaluation processes
• Ensure implementing partners’ compliance with agreed programme standards including meeting reporting requirements.
• Co-ordinate the operationalization of action research to elicit issues impacting on power, poverty, gender and vulnerability especially from the perspective of the poor and excluded people.
• Actively engage in applied research to increase capacity in the organisation to test theories of change and promote innovation leading to increased impact

Management Information Systems:

• Oversee the management of the Impact Assessment and Shared Learning unit
• Position Data Management System (DMS) as a core part of meeting the information needs of the organisation in an efficient and cost effective way
• Participate in the development and implementation of programme and organisation learning activities of AAN.
• Develop and support the operationalisation of management information systems (MIS) for capturing and managing data including baseline and coverage information, emanating from programme work in the communities.

Human Resources:

• Ensure performance management and staff development of both direct reports and staff in extended matrix teams
• Monitor the team’s performance against the agreed organisational standards and ensure that problems are identified and resolved
• Foster the necessary consultation, communications and good relation with other departments and the entire organisation

Others:

• Responsible for Impact Assessment and Shared Learning budget
• Support the various themes in the development of funding proposals for programme work, especially in definition of progress and impact assessment processes.
• Build and sustain networks with organisations and practitioners working in the areas of impact assessment and shared learning with a view to influencing and learning from approaches and practices beyond AAN
• Assume any other responsibilities relevant to the position as assigned by the Director of Programmes

Representation:

• Represent AAN and ensure the maintenance of optimum relations at all levels with Government agencies, Private Organisations, as well as Non-Governmental Organisation in the Nigeria.

Key Relationships
Internal Relationships:

• The entire AAN team, CMT

External Relationships:

• AAI team, Partners, Networks & Donors

Persons Specifications

Education/ Qualifications
Essential:

• Bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences or Arts/Humanities

Desirable:

• Membership of relevant professional Institute
• Master's degree in a related field

Experience
Essential:

• A minimum of 5 years work experience 3 of which must be in the development sector in a similar role
• Excellent quantitative and qualitative monitoring and evaluation skills and familiarity with the range of approaches and methods currently being deployed in the development sector
• Local Human Rights Based Approach programming and monitoring experience, including  working with partners and social movements and/or experience designing and monitoring campaigns

Desirable:

• Deep understanding of and commitment to human rights based approach including women’s rights, with knowledge of methodologies that are effective in monitoring and evaluation HRBA programming

Skills and Abilities
Essential:

• Strong writing skills
• Strong analytical/problem solving skills.
• Ability to influence and encourage others to new concepts and ways of working within an environment of change
• Excellent planning and prioritization skills
• Demonstrable IT skills

Desirable:

• Highly numerate
• Excellent Skills in policy analysis and interpretation

Personal Qualities
Essential:

• A person of integrity
• Creative and takes initiative.
• Ability to work effectively in a diverse team environment
• Willing to work additional hours at crucial times.
• Self motivated person able to work without close supervision
• Proven Leadership Qualities

Desirable:

• Effectively promote the AAN’s mission, values and objectives