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  • Posted: May 22, 2017
    Deadline: May 30, 2017
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    Action Against Hunger | ACF International, a global humanitarian organization committed to ending world hunger, works to save the lives of malnourished children while providing communities with access to safe water and sustainable solutions to hunger.
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    Monitoring and Evaluation Officer

    Duty Station:     Monguno, Borno State            

    Position Overview:
    The Monitoring and Evaluation Officer will be primarily responsible for leading data gathering, collation and reporting activities to ensure the quality and accountability of the programs implemented by AAH in Northern Nigeria. Under the direction of the Monitoring and Evaluation Deputy Program Manager and in collaboration with the Project Manager, the M&E Officer will develop and implement clear and practical M&E plans for the program by ensuring that program indicators, monitoring formats, databases, data analysis, and reporting are maintained and harmonized.  He/she will also track progress of key indicators and provide timely report to his/her manager. 

    Specific Objectives

    • Support the operationalization of M&E systems on AAH projects to ensure compliance with donor and AAH M&E standards.
    • Ensure proper and timely implementation of AAH M&E tools, activities, and reporting.
    • Document and promote good practice from planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of activities.
    • Represent AAH externally in relevant forums and working groups at State level.
    • Develop and update/pre-test quality assurance checklist tools for M&E team in collaboration with M&E DPM and project staff.
    • Facilitate project’s use of mobile data collection by leading on the process and troubleshooting under the oversight of the M&E Deputy Program Manager.
    • Ensure timely and quality data collection, inclusive of needs assessments, household registration, baseline/end line surveys, PDMs, KAP surveys, and others.
    • Lead on the implementation of qualitative and participatory tools, including focus group discussions and key informant interviews to collect data from various groups in the community.
    • Proactively identify good practices based on M&E findings and encourage utilization of data.
    • Represent AAH externally in issues related to monitoring, evaluation, accountability and reporting (consortia, alliances and clusters) as needed. 
    • Undertake regular site visits and monitor the design and execution of surveys and other assessments, case studies, and accountability mechanisms to ensure that proper sampling and methodology are used. 
    • Conduct appraisals of M&E Field Assistants as required by AAH guidelines alongside M&E DPM. 
    • Provide oversight of field monitoring activities and conduct data quality assurance.

    Qualifications

    • Degree in Economics, international development, statistics, public health, demography or related subject,   with previous experience working in humanitarian projects.
    • At least 3 years of proven experience in the Monitoring, Evaluation and Accountability of humanitarian or development programs.
    • Demonstrated knowledge of M&E concepts and international humanitarian quality standards.
    • Experience with mobile data collection (preferred).   
    • Fluency in English (both written and spoken skills).

    Essential Skills and Experience:

    • A Minimum of 3 years Monitoring and Evaluation related work experience.
    • Experience of data collection, collation, analysis, and report writing.
    • Professional, motivated, open, creative, mature, responsible, flexible and culturally sensitive.
    • Strong organizational and analytical skills, and ability to work under pressure.
    • Excellent team, budget and project management and representation competencies.
    • Excellent verbal and written skills in English.
    • Commitment to and understanding of AAH aims, values and principles.
    • Excellent computer skills, particularly with Microsoft Excel, spreadsheets, Sphere standard, SPSS, SPHINX, or other statistical packages.
    • Willing and able to be based and travel regularly within remote areas, where services are limited.

    Preferred Skills and Experience:

    • Previous experience with AAH.
    • Strong interpersonal and community norms understanding.
    • Experience in community development programming, preferably in nutrition, food security, livelihoods or WASH
    • Experience with mobile data collection processes and platforms.
    • Experience in statistical analysis.
    • Experience with participatory fieldwork methodologies.

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    Communication Officer

    Duty Station:     Dutse, Jigawa           

    Position Overview:
    The Communication Officer will play a key role in implementing the Child Development Grant Programme (CDGP) funded by the UK’s Department for International Development and being implemented jointly by Action Against Hunger (AAH) and by Save the Children UK (SCUK). From 2013-2019, CDGP will provide 110,000 pregnant women and mothers with children under two with unconditional cash transfers and nutrition behaviour change communication training in a bid to contribute to the eradication of extreme hunger, malnutrition and poverty in Northern Nigeria
    Specific Objectives

    • Develop a communication plan, tools and materials to ensure successful program implementation of CDGP for various stakeholders (beneficiaries, community, donor government and other).
    • Liaise closely with Senior Management from AAH and CDGP SCI to develop and support the integration of new communication approaches, tools and techniques into the CDGP as the program scales up and rolls out.
    • Review and adapt AAH communication tools, materials and systems for the CDGP and Northern Nigeria context while also ensuring adherence to ACF institutional communication policies and guidelines.
    • Maintain and organize communication data and materials.
    • Maintain contact and other relevant information about key stakeholders and audiences involved in CDGP
    • Document and share good practice from planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of activities at the local community and state levels.
    • Organize learning, knowledge sharing and capitalization workshops at local level to enable lessons learned to be used in future program design in collaboration with DPM M&E/PQA Officer.
    • Represent AAH externally in relevant local and state level forums and technical working groups.
    • Act as primary AAH external relations focal point at the local and state level in consultation with the Field Coordinator.
    • Manage media related issues in accordance to ACF policy and under supervision of Social Protection Program Manager and Country Director. 

    Qualifications
    Bachelor’s degree in media, communications, marketing or equivalent. Advanced level degree and/or significant communications expertise preferred.

    Essential Skills and Experience

    • Professional, motivated, open, creative, mature, responsible, flexible and culturally sensitive
    • Highly collaborative style; experience in developing and implementing communications strategies
    • Excellent writing/editing, analytical and verbal communication skills.
    • Relationship builder with the flexibility and finesse to "manage by influence"
    • High energy, maturity, and leadership with the ability to serve as a unifying force and to position communications discussions at both the strategic and tactical levels.
    • Sincere commitment to work collaboratively with all constituent groups, including staff, board members, volunteers, donors, program participants, and other supporters.
    • Self-starter, able to work independently, and entrepreneurial; enjoys creating and implementing new initiatives.
    • Experience in working with NGO donor (i.e. USAID, ECHO, DFID, CIDA) funded activities.
    • Fluency in Hausa and English.
    • Microsoft Office Skills (Outlook, Excel, Power Point, Word) and Publisher Experience in humanitarian communications.
    • Experience in designing and leading media campaign or communication strategies.
    • Experience designing and leading capacity building and training for national teams.
    • Commitment to AAH mission, values and policy.

    Preferred Skills and Experience

    • Previous experience with food security and livelihoods programming, particularly cash based interventions (i.e. cash for work, cash transfers or cash vouchers).
    • Previous experience with behaviour change communication programming.
    • Previous experience with AAH.

    Method of Application

    Interested candidates should submit their application by email to recruitment.ng@acf-international.org
    To be considered, applications must include a cover letter of interest and CV as one attachment, and indicate the full position title and location in the email subject line, or on the application envelope. For example, “Monitoring and Evaluation Officer-Monguno”. Also note that applications will be processed on FIRST COME FIRST SERVED basis and any application received without these specifications will not be considered.  Only shortlisted candidate will be contacted.

    Qualified women and men are encouraged to apply

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