Monitoring Specialist

CAMRIS seeks a Monitoring Specialist to provide in person performance monitoring and evaluation (M&E) technical assistance to Abuja, Nigeria-based grantees implementing an anti-corruption/transparency program focused on the education and energy sectors. The consultancy will be approximately sixty days over the next year, with the potential for similar level of effort over the next two project option years. The consultant will work from their home, but will be required to conduct in-person meetings on a regular basis with grantees in and nearby Abuja. Shortlisted consultants will be required to provide relevant work samples and references.
Responsibilities
Provide M&E technical assistance to grantees including: developing and refining monitoring plans, setting and developing indicators, logical frameworks, data collection tools, etc.
Ensure that grantee M&E strategies align with good practice with respect to monitoring anti-corruption and transparency interventions.
Build grantee M&E capacity for meaningful M&E, through training and mentoring.
Facilitate multi day M&E capacity building workshops in Abuja with CAMRIS M&E team for grantees implementing anti-corruption activities on a range of M&E technical to more administrative topics such as reporting.
Ensure that grantees are positioned to support a planned external evaluation of the portfolio.
Ensure effective implementation of grantee and funder monitoring objectives.
Lead and support data quality assessments, as required.
Assist grantees draft and finalize reports to donor.
Qualifications
Advanced university degree or JD in political science, law, political economy, government, international development or affairs, democracy and governance, economics, conflict resolution or a similar field.
At least seven years of experience in M&E, three of which must be in Nigeria.
At least five years of experience providing M&E technical assistance, capacity building and training to grantee/implementing partners to develop their monitoring plans.
Subject matter expertise in Nigerian democracy and governance sectors. Knowledge of retail level anti-corruption efforts in Nigeria’s education and energy sectors is highly preferred.
English fluency is required and Hausa and/or Yoruba is preferred.
Must have laptop with MS Word and Excel.
Must have access to reliable internet and telephone connection.
Must be able to maintain discretion and adhere to security and nondisclosure protocols.
Outstanding oral and written communication skills. Workshop facilitation experience highly desired.