Job Vacancy at Chemonics International

Job Description

• The M&E Advisor is responsible for overseeing SACE’s comprehensive and socially inclusive M&E system and providing technical assistance to project CSO partners to improve their internal M&E practices. S/he works with technical staff to oversee M&E data collection and collation through the project’s MIS.
• S/he trains staff and selected partners on M&E system operations and collates databases from technical staff and partners to update the system and perform analyses. S/he directs the project’s knowledge management system.
• The M&E Advisor is responsible for implementation of the performance monitoring plan as well as responding to 1./SAID/Nigeria data requests.
• The M&E Advisor serves as the SACE gender focal point and assesses the extent to which SACE interventions address gender issues. The M&E Advisor supervises the M&E Manager. This is a full-time post base in Abuja.

Qualifications and Experience
The ideal candidate will possess the following qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field such as social sciences, international development, evaluation research, statistics, or economics.
• 10 years of demonstrated experience in designing, managing, and implementing results- based M&E systems and activities, especially in the context of governance and capacity building programs. Experience in complexity-aware monitoring will be an advantage.
• Experience analyzing quantitative and qualitative data and have strong IT skills,
• Experience working with an international development organization and knowledge of reporting procedures, best practices, guidelines, and tools for monitoring and evaluation, especially impact evaluation, preferably USA1D systems.
• Experience in training and facilitation.
• Experience setting up and managing management information, records management, and/or knowledge management systems.
• Excellent communication skills, including interpersonal and in written and oral English.
• Ability to work in a professional and cordial manner with staff implementing and cooperating partners, and relevant CSOs and government agencies.
• Also, must be able to work independently with minimal supervision, to be able to accept and discharge substantial responsibilities, to prioritize work assignments, to meet deadlines, and to exercise professional judgment.