Job Summary
Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning Officer needed. If this is you, please send a CV and Cover letter email to **********
Minimum Qualification:
Degree
Experience Level:
Senior level
Experience Length:
5 years
Job Description
KEY RELATIONSHIPS: Internal: All Programme Officers and Managers
External: All funders, key stakeholders and partners
Background:
Premium Times Centre for Investigative Journalism (PTCIJ) is a media, non-governmental organization based in Nigeria. The Centre was incorporated by the Nigerian Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) in 2014.
An initiative of thePremium Times online newspaper, renowned for effectively serving the public with truth and revealing information towards transparency, accountability and democratic governance. PTCIJ is the NGO arm of Premium Times possesses coordination, monitoring and real-time dissemination of information based on its investigative capacity as a multimedia investigative news organization. Other additional attributes are the standard of its Editorial Board and their integrity
Overall Purpose of the Job:
Working closely with all Programme Managers and Programme Manager - Research, Evaluation and Learning (REL), this position will work as part of PTCIJ staff to support a culture and practice of reliable planning, monitoring, evaluation, accountability and reporting.
This includes developing, updating and coordinating monitoring and evaluation (M&E) activities and events within Nigeria and Ghana offices and among PTCIJ partners, building the capacity of PTCIJ staff, network members and partners in M&E, and promoting MEAL knowledge transfer internally and externally.
The position will ensure that MEAL systems and capacity building effectively serve PTCIJ, Coalition members and partners in the country, adhering to PTCIJ guidelines and policies.
General Key Tasks.; The Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Officer will be responsible for the development and roll-out of project performance tools for an effective programme.
He/She will be the organization`s focal point to assist technical managers in the Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and learning aspect of their respective programmes and build the capacity of all staff in the effective use of the data management tools and reporting templates.
The position will be responsible for generating periodic programme implementing reports and assessment reports.
Specific Job Responsibilities
MEAL Tool Development and Data Management
Develop and implement a robust monitoring and evaluation system that will ensure tracking of project/ programme results at different levels (outputs, outcomes and impact).
Develop/ Adopt an integrated database of all projects/ programmes and ensure accountability through regular data updates, data integrity and working in collaboration with the data processors.
Work with programme officers and managers to ensure the collection of relevant and appropriate data needed for an effective MEAL system which will be utilized in monitoring strengths, weaknesses and gaps in existing projects/ programs and services and for reporting on donor commitments.
Review existing data collection tools.
Incorporate field and technical team feedback to ensure the continuous improvement of data management systems within PTCIJ.
Timely update and share data on the 4W matrix to the cluster management system
Monitoring and Reporting
Maintain and update the overall PTCIJ indicator tracker based on submissions from the POs.
Work closely with the PMs and POs to ensure that feedback to funders is within time.
Develop M&E plans for all projects and proposals and ensure the same is followed up during implementation;
Ensure all grants have updated work-plan and performance management plan (PMPs) in tandem with all approved proposals, regularly reviewing and updating as needed.
Carry out data quality assessments/ audits regularly for MEAL data based on agreed indicators to guide decision making.
Provide alert to the respective programme officers/ managers on corrective actions required to avoid delays in implementation, including flagging operational issues and risks requiring timely actions.
Review monthly progress reports from POs and ensures they have evidence to back-up and provide feedback to the respective staff
Ensure that cross-cutting issues such as participation, gender, age and disability are effectively addressed/ mainstreamed in all project implementations as part of ensuring accountability.
Assessments, Surveys and Evaluation
Liaise with the PMs to ensure that all new and ongoing projects adhere to accountability requirements by initiating baseline surveys for new projects/ programmes and conducting relevant evaluations for ongoing projects.
Ensure that PTCIJ learns from all final evaluations of completed projects for decision making and improvement of project designs.
Lead and/or coordinate all assessments, evaluations and performance evaluation tasks including planning and reporting on the same.
Assist in the development of TOR for external surveys and consultant recruitments/ selection
Coordinate the review of all survey reports prepared to ensure quality and accurate reporting.
Timely plan and initiate all pre and post-intervention assessments, KAP surveys, After Action Reviews, Post Distribution Monitoring and Real-Time Evaluation of emergency programmes.
Learning, Accountability and Capacity Building
Conduct country monitoring of all project implementation and post-implementation monitoring that meet laid down standards on a regular basis
Provide relevant evidence for learning from projects
Share learning and provide constructive comments to colleagues in order to ensure programme quality
Ensure Sex, Age, Disability Disaggregated Data (SADD), Accountability and Gender standards are consistently adhered to in programme delivery
Build capacity of staff through training to ensure adoption of new data monitoring tools and quality of data collected
Keep abreast of new approaches and tools on M&E, and provide training to PTCIJ staff as requested. Enable staff to monitor and evaluate their own efforts, gather relevant data and produce required progress reports;
Person Specifications
Masters or Bachelor’s Degree in Statistics, Economics, Monitoring & Evaluation, Demography, Population Studies;
Demonstrated experience in data processing and management of large scale surveys
Demonstrated experience of statistical packages and/ or data analysis software (e.g. SPSS, Excel, Epi Info, SMART, STAT 01) and advanced computer skills (word-processing, spreadsheets, and databases) are a must;
At least 5 years’ direct experience in a position of monitoring and evaluation of large scale projects;
Strong experience in conducting research studies including the entire evaluation cycle, from design and formulation to implementation, analysis and presentation of results and recommendations;
Good oral and written communication skills in English;
Must be result-focused and be able to work under pressure and tight deadlines;
Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work well within a multicultural team environment;
Strong analytical skills;
Technical knowledge and experience in implementation of gender and disability sensitive approaches is a plus;
Knowledge and experience in implementing either media advocacy or accountability programme is an added advantage
