Monitoring and Evaluation Officer SARVE III at ActionAid Nigeria

Job Purpose

• The M&E Officer will provide supportive guidance to the management of the Systems and Structure Strengthening Approach against Radicalization to Violent Extremism (SARVE III) project for a successful monitoring, evaluation and learning of the programme.
• This individual will also support M&E/Programme staff of the project sub-recipients and partners, ensure the strategic and functional integration of all M&E activities as well as active collaboration with the sub-recipient and other relevant authorities.
• S/he will be responsible for all M&E activities of the project and ensure accurate reporting of results for programme activities.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Actively participate in the development and review of all routinely generated field level reports, with emphasis on analyzing and describing programme results
• Participate and contribute to programme planning and implementation, work plans and M&E plans
• Provide inputs into trainings and workshops, particularly around measuring output & outcome level data
• Facilitate trainings and workshops, particularly those focusing on developing the capacity of partner’s skills and abilities in monitoring and evaluation
• Work closely with partners to establish their internal M&E systems, M&E plans and data quality management
• Support the implementation of project’s M&E systems, including establishing and updating the project’s database
• Support quarterly Programme and M&E review of SARVE III project and other projects within the Humanitarian unit of ActionAid Nigeria.
• Prepare monthly internal reports, including analysis of data, and contribute towards regular donor reports
• Compilation of SARVE III quarterly report from project states using donor approved template(s)
• Update quarterly workplan and Result Framework (RF) of SARVE III project
• Update Humanitarian projects data on AAN Management Information System
• Implement a system designed to identify lessons learned and disseminate timely information
• Collaborate with other programmes team to ensure staff know and understand their role in M&E
• Other tasks as assigned by line manager.

Key Working Relationships:

• Internal: Entire AAN Staff
• External: Donor, Partners, Community and other stakeholders.

Persons Specifications
Education/ Qualifications:

• Essential: First Degree in Social Sciences or Arts / Humanities.
• Desirable: Membership of relevant professional bodies

Experience:
Essential:

• At least 3 years work experience 2 of which should have been spent in related field in the development sector
• Experience in monitoring and evaluation of conflict mitigation, preventing violent extremism and/or democracy and governance programmes, including working with development agencies and organizations, government officials, civil society leaders, community leaders, programme beneficiaries, and programme staff    

Desirable:

• Ability to use the District Health Information System (DHIS)/or any other database software

Skill Abilities:

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with fluency in written and spoken English.
• Excellent planning and prioritization skills
• Excellent facilitation skills
• Technical skills in analysing quantitative and qualitative data
• Ability to use various statistical software programmes such as SPSS, STATA.
• Extensive knowledge of reporting procedures, best practices, guidelines, and tools for monitoring, evaluation and learning, including impact evaluation.

Personal Qualities:

• A person of integrity
• Creative and takes initiative.
• Able to work effectively in a diverse team environment.
• Willing to work additional hours at crucial times.
• A self-motivated person able to work with minimum supervision
• Effectively promote AAN’s mission, values, and objectives.