Senior Technical Officer - Adaptive Monitoring and Evaluation, Research & Learning (AMERL) at Achieving Health Nigeria Initiative (AHNi)

Job Description

• The incumbent is responsible for the design and implementation of monitoring and evaluation for the ACE Project.
• S/he will work with the State Team Leader to provide oversight role over Sub-recipients and Field Offices to ensure that monitoring and evaluation activities are appropriate and meet the donor and project’s M&E needs and requirements.
• Provide oversight technical support to the designated Offices including interacting with M&E leads, Implementing Agencies and local research groups on needs and ensuring that locally employed Monitoring and Evaluation staff, consultants and AHNI partners understand and can support these requirements.
• Manage the M&E reporting cycle to ensure high quality and complete datasets are sent on a periodic basis, or when required, work with local partners to develop their project monitoring and evaluation plans, support the correct implementation and use of routine data collection tools, conduct monthly routine monitoring visits to project sites and provide supportive supervision, provide the strategic guidance, vision, and management for successful monitoring and evaluation of project, work closely with subsequent key personnel and supervise M&E staff ensuring the strategic and functional integration of all M&E activities as well as active collaboration with donors, other implementers, and local counterparts.

Minimum Recruitment Standard

• MB.BS/MD/PHD or similar degree with 7 to 9 years relevant experience in project-level or state/national-level monitoring and evaluation system implementation for Global Health Initiatives,
• Or MPH or MS/MA in relevant degree with 5 to 7 years relevant experience in project-level or state/national-level monitoring and evaluation system implementation for Global Health Initiatives,
• BS/BA in Statistics, Pharmacy, Microbiology, Monitoring and Evaluation or in relevant Degrees with 7 to 9 years relevant experience in project-level or state/national-level monitoring and evaluation system implementation for Global Health Initiatives,
• Familiarity with Nigerian public sector health systems and NGOs and CBOs is highly desirable.