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Since 1979, we have helped people grappling with the toughest hardships survive - and then thrive. That’s the heart of our approach: We help communities turn crisis into opportunity. Throughout our history, Mercy Corps has demonstrated innovation, timeliness and the ability to adapt quickly to changing realities.
With funding from the Department for International Development (DfID), Mercy Corps will implement the “Youth Stabilization Initiative for Borno (YOU-SB)”, which seeks to address the grievances and unequal economic opportunities that leave youth vulnerable to recruitment and radicalization by violent extremist groups. YOU-SB will support civil society, government actors, community and religious leaders, and youth to increase community resilience to prevent the spread of violent extremism in Borno State. By facilitating dialogue and collaboration among the stakeholders to prevent violence, the program’s goals are aligned with the objectives outlined by UK DfID 2014-2016 Operational Strategy, which aims to support progress in Northern Nigeria in order to promote regional stability in the Sahel. The proposed program will focus on both “push” and “pull” factors that drive youth to participate in violence, including governance grievances, unequal economic opportunities and vulnerability to extremist messaging. YOU-SB puts emphasis on evidence generation and program learning, and the key program components have the potential for smart, significant scale-up beyond the life of this initial eight-month program.
GENERAL POSITION SUMMARY:
The Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Officer will be responsible for supporting the MEL Manager and You-SB staff to ensure that MEL systems, procedures, performance monitoring and results reporting are in place, effectively implemented and well synchronized. The MEL Officer should expect to travel frequently to the project implementation sites in Biu, Damboa, and Maiduguri LGAs in Borno State.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:
1. MEL System Development and Maintenance – Collaborate closely with colleagues and partners in developing and establishing the MEL system serving the needs of the overall program. The system must be designed and maintained to harmonize MC Nigeria and partner project approaches with utility and program quality in mind, providing managers and their team’s real time information that can steer program implementation as well as improves our ability to analyze and represent impact to donors, government, colleague agencies, and communities themselves.
2. Staff Training and Capacity Building - Build the capacity of all relevant team members to develop and maintain an excellent MEL system and enable them to develop excellent reports and other documents.
3. Monitoring and Evaluation Assessments - Assist in designing programs that incorporate Mercy Corps’ and MC Nigeria’s standards on design, monitoring, evaluation, and learning. Ensure that monitoring systems meet donor requirements.
4. Grants and Reports Management
Organizational Learning
As part of Mercy Corps’ agency-wide Organizational Learning Initiative, all team members are responsible for spending 5% of their work time in formal and/or non-formal professional learning activities.
Accountability to Beneficiaries
Mercy Corps team members are expected to support all efforts towards accountability, specifically to our beneficiaries and to international standards guiding international relief and development work, while actively engaging beneficiary communities as equal partners in the design, monitoring and evaluation of our field projects.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY:
None
ACCOUNTABILITY
REPORTS DIRECTLY TO: MEL Manager
WORKS DIRECTLY WITH: You-SB program staff and MEL Manager
KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE:
University degree in Social Science or equivalent work experience in monitoring, evaluating and learning (MEL) through direct program implementation. Minimum 4 years direct work experience in project implementation and/or MEL systems. Work experience in relevant field is required. Prior experience of carrying out surveys, conducting interviews, and undertaking assessments are essential. Understanding of qualitative and quantitative indicators. Creative and ‘out-of-the-box’ thinking. Analytical and report writing skills are necessary. Computers skills – word-processing and spreadsheets experience required. Computer database experience preferred. Experience in the development of Logical Framework Analyses and in the conducting of Participatory Rural Appraisal is extremely desirable.
SUCCESS FACTORS:
Living Conditions/Environmental Conditions:
The MEL Officer will be based in Maiduguri, Borno state. The PO will travel frequently to program locations, where security may be particularly difficult at times.
Mercy Corps team members represent the agency both during and outside of work hours when deployed in a field posting or on a visit/TDY to a field posting. Team members are expected to conduct themselves in a professional manner and respect local laws, customs and MC's policies, procedures, and values at all times and in all in-country venues.
Applicants are encouraged to submit CV and Cover Letter in one document, addressing the position requirements to ng-recruitment.nigeria@mercycorps.org
Applications submission deadline: 28 July, 2016.
SUCCESS FACTORS:
The successful candidate will be an effective communicator, with dedication towards community work, commitment to work long hours in the field conditions with limited access to resources. S/He will be highly motivated, with initiative and capable to work without direct supervision. S/he will be willing to conduct field travels and work in ethnically and culturally diversified and fast growing team.
All applications must include the position title in the subject line. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted. We are an equal opportunity organization and we strongly encourage residents in Borno and surroundings to apply for this position.
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