Jobs at ActionAid Nigeria

Summary

• ActionAid Nigeria (AAN) is seeking to conduct a baseline assessment for its Local Rights Programme in four (4) states in Nigeria – Niger, Jigawa, Enugu and Taraba States.
• The objective of the baseline assessment is to gather relevant baseline data on key program indicators and to analyse the communities’ knowledge, attitudes, and practices on local rights.
• AA Nigeria is an affiliate of ActionAid International, which is a global alliance of organisations working towards achieving a world without poverty and injustice in which every person enjoys the right to a life with dignity. One of the largest and most visible development organisations, we work in 45 countries in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas and our expertise lies in community-led approaches to development, working through partnerships with poor people and their organisations.   

Education

• Master's Degree or equivalent in Social Sciences, Economics, Development Studies or related field.

Competencies
Corporate Competencies:

• Demonstrates integrity by modelling ActionAid’s values and ethical standards.
• Promotes the vision, mission, and strategic goals of ActionAid.
• Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability.

Functional Competencies:

• Communication, interpersonal and professional skills required for collaboration with Government agencies as well as various stakeholders.
• Ability to prioritize work and produce the required outputs in the given timeline.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Excellent presentation skills.
• Excellent drafting and analytical skills.
• Excellent computer skills.
• Must be result-oriented, a team player, exhibiting high levels of enthusiasm, tact, diplomacy and integrity.

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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.

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Job Purpose

• The post holder will provide technical support and guidance in meeting the Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Learning (MERL) requirements of the Scaling Up Public Investment in Agriculture (SUPIA 2) at all levels with 60% of time dedicated to SUPIA Nigeria and 40% to SUPIA at the Global Secretariat. The MEL Advisor will also provide leadership, guidance, and support to implementing partners on all M&E components of SUPIA 2.
• S/he will develop strategy and expertise on the results framework, key milestones, and monitoring and evaluation plan for the project. The M&E Advisor with support from the ActionAid Nigeria’s Food and Agriculture Programme Manager, SUPIA International Project Manager, and ActionAid Nigeria’s Impact Assessment and Shared Learning Manager, will work to ensure that the project teamwork is in compliance with the project’s M&E frameworks and systems.
• Scaling Up of Public Investment in Agriculture (SUPIA 2) Project is to promote and scale up public investments in agriculture on both political and budget commitment to drive inclusive, lasting agricultural transformation at all levels.

Specific Responsibilities

• Work with the SUPIA Nigeria and ActionAid Global Secretariat (GS) project team to ensure M&E plan meets the project log frame indicators
• Support and contribute to the development of innovative knowledge management systems and communication across SUPIA 2 project
• Supports M&E operations throughout the life of SUPIA 2 project. Meeting regularly with the SUPIA 2 team, to troubleshoot problems, identify solutions and flag best practice
• Actively promote and support shared learning at organisational and inter-organisational levels
• Support Project Managers (Nigeria & GS) to produce reports in partnership with other members of the team
• Support strengthening capacities for improving documentation, monitoring, and learning across SUPIA downstream partners at states level and international.
• Support in the management and administration of AAN Management Information System and the GS Management Information System

Others:

• Actively take part in the overall monitoring, impact assessment and shared learning procedure and strategy development of AAN & at the GS as required by the International Project Manager.
• Assume any other responsibilities relevant to the position as assigned by the SUPIA 2 Nigeria Project Manager and International Project Manager.

Key Working Relationships:

• Internal: Entire AAN staff, AA Tanzania SUPIA team and Global Secretariat.
• External: Donor, Partners, Community, and other stakeholders.

Persons Specifications
Education/ Qualifications:

• Essential: First Degree in Arts / Humanities or Social Sciences.    
• Desirable: Master’s degree in a relevant field

Experience:

• At least five years’ experience in monitoring and evaluation
• Experience in agriculture, advocacy, and gender monitoring, evaluation and learning
• Excellent working knowledge of Data information systems as well as Excel, Word & Outlook (MS Office in general)
• Excellent quantitative and qualitative monitoring and evaluation skills and familiarity with the range of approaches and methods currently being deployed in the development sector with focus on agriculture, advocacy and gender M&E
• Experience in the use of SPSS tool
• Experience in community-based work and use of various participatory M&E tools
• Experience working with international development organisations.    

Skill Abilities:

• Strong communication and writing skills
• Ability to provide practical solutions within set deadlines.
• Ability to maintain donor relationship and accountability in line with funding policies and standards.
• Excellent skills to motivate and inspire a functional team will be essential
• Strong analytical/problem solving skills.
• Multi-tasking skills
• Negotiation skills
• Excellent planning and prioritization skills
• Highly numerate
• Experience in facilitating training/meetings
• Excellent Skills in Programme Information Management    

Personal Qualities:

• Team player, 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.
• Self-motivated person able to work without close supervision
• Effectively promote the AAN’s mission values, and objectives.