Job Vacancy at Palladium Group

Activity Code: 17630.302.XNG.008
Locations: Abuja, Benue, Nassarawa, Rivers, Cross River, Akwa-Ibom and Lagos.
Technical Supervisor: Senior Resident M&E OVC Advisor

Background
USAID/Nigeria has a long-standing record of support for development of the Nigeria monitoring and evaluation (M&E) system, and has worked for many years with MEASURE Evaluation and other IPs to strengthen the M&E system and address the identified gaps. In previous phases of MEASURE Evaluation, project assistance focused on health information system (HIS) strengthening, building capacity for M&E of HIV/AIDS and health programs, and strengthening the community-based information system (CBIS), especially as related to the Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC) program.

MEASURE Evaluation support was also instrumental in development of several highly influential strategic documents issued by the Government of Nigeria (GoN). In Nigeria, the MEASURE Evaluation Phase IV activities will provide technical assistance (TA) for the development of a strong, sustainable and fully-functioning HIS operating at national and sub-national levels; through building capacity in M&E; and through strengthening of structures and systems capable of producing and using high quality data for evidence.

As a result of these challenges, the Palladium team is proposing short term technical assistance to coordinate the directory development with other stakeholders.

Objectives

• The key objective for the short-term technical assistance is to support compilation and development of OVC service providers directory in the 7 pilot States - FCT, Benue, Nassarawa, Rivers, Cross river, AkwaIbom and Lagos.
• Period: 30 workdays
• Number of consultant(s): 1
• Estimated level of effort: 30 working days (spread over 2 months) to be renewed based on need

Deliverables

• All OVC service provider in 7 Pilot states completely entered into a formatted directory template
• Provide a comprehensive report at the end of the period reflecting task that were assigned and carried out including findings and recommendations

Responsibilities
Role of Palladium:

• Provide 1 day orientation on Measure/PalladiumOVC M&E system and required task
• The Palladium supervising technical staff will liaise with the consultant on a day to day basis to provide needed support throughout the period
• Provide all the financial and logistic requirements - Accommodation and per-diem for the consultant, consultancy fees will be negotiated according to level of expertise.

Role of Consultant:

• Perform the roles specified in the TORs above.

Qualifications

• The Consultant will be a graduate with at least 3 years of monitoring and evaluation work experience in OVC program and or Masters degree in the area of public health
• S/he must be computer literate
• S/he must have the ability to use excel and other databases

Terms and Conditions
The consultancy is for a period of thirty days (30) days as follows:

• 1 day orientation
• 27 days of work on the directory including development of directory templates, meeting with stakeholders
• 2 days for finalization and submission of report.