About the position
In 2016 Evidence Action began supporting the government of Cross River states to launch a school-based deworming program for STH and schistosomiasis as a part of the states’ integrated NTD control programs. In 2017 this support will be extended to Ogun, Oyo and Rivers states, targeting over 5.5 million school age children across four states.
Monitoring, Learning and Information Systems is creating a position for Senior Associate, Monitoring and Learning, to support Deworm the World – Nigeria, which is expanding substantially and requires in-country M & E support.
Duties and Responsibilities
Vendor management
Support the sourcing for vendors to support MLIS with data collection needs
Draft and/or review terms of reference for data collection vendors.
Directly manage budget, timelines and deliverables by data collection vendor.
Verify data and results from vendors or other partners through data reviews, checks and field visits
Stakeholder relationship management
Develop and maintain close relationship with state government departments that we work closely with, eg Education, Neglected Tropical Disease (NTD Units), etc.
Report writing
Take the lead on drafting process monitoring reports after data is collected by the data collection vendor both internal and external (government, donor, etc) use.
Other
Participate in program planning meetings, and generally support the Program towards program goals.
Perform any other monitoring, evaluation and learning duties as may be required and assigned.
Qualifications
Master’s degree in a relevant field with strong economics, statistics, or mathematics;
3+ years of experience of M&E on programs in Nigeria
Strong technical skills and capacity, with at least 2 years of practical experience managing and working directly with large teams and data;
Data management and analysis experience, specifically knowledge of STATA.
Experience programming and using electronic data collection platforms, specifically open data kit (ODK).
Familiar with data entry software (e.g. CSPro) and the ability to quickly learn new software for data management.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
Willing to travel on short notice, to multi-task, to work in ambiguity and to respond instruction from multiple source.
Naturally inquisitive, sceptical, intellectually curious, detail-oriented and organized;
Inspired by Evidence Action’s mission to bring proven interventions to scale, improving the lives of millions.
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