Senior Monitoring & Evaluation Specialist - Analysis

International Business & Technical Consultants, Inc. (IBTCI), a U.S. based international development consulting company established in 1987, has worked in over one hundred countries and has implemented over two hundred projects. IBTCI has served governments, private sector companies and several donor agencies in the practice area of Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) across many sectors including health, education, environment & economic development and crisis, conflict & governance.

We are recruiting to fill the position of:

Job Title: Senior Monitoring & Evaluation Specialist - Analysis

Location: Nigeria

Position Description

• IBTCI is currently seeking a Senior M&E Specialist for Analysis to support the implementation of a 48 month contract to provide Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning services to USAID/Nigeria.
• This Contract will provide continuous, on- the-ground, on-demand and systematic support to USAID and its partners on performance monitoring, data verification, impact and performance evaluations, organizational learning, capacity building and knowledge management.
• This contract will create the conditions to enable USAID/Nigeria to become a more adaptive, modern and effective development organization, by creating a learning and adaptation strategy, and ensuring continued alignment among all Mission activities within the objectives outlined in the CDCS.
• This contract will result in strengthened Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) systems at USAID/Nigeria and enhanced M&E capacity of local entities to improve accountability and the increased use of empirical evidence for programming, learning and adapting.
• This position is contingent upon award.

Responsibilities
The responsibilities of the Senior M&E Specialist - Analysis include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Oversee the enhancement of the performance reporting system
• Lead the design and application of econometric methodologies in all aspects of the monitoring and evaluation program
• Lead the application of econometric or other quantitative approaches to the Mission’s data gathering and analyses for assessments, evaluations, baselines, data quality assessments and other M&E data gathering efforts
• Provide key expertise in the design and analysis of results which will be a core aspect of the Mission’s Collaboration, Learning and Adapting component
• Build capacity in these areas of responsibility in the Mission and its implementing partners
• Participate on teams as a qualitative researcher.

Qualifications 
Education:

• A minimum of a Master's Degree in Development, Economics, Knowledge Management or related fields.

Desired Experience:

• Progressively responsible professional experience in monitoring and evaluation with monitoring and evaluation activities within complex international development contexts in the areas of Health, Democracy, Governance and Conflict, Economic Growth, Education and/or agricultural development
• Excellent team work, inter-personal, verbal and written communication, presentation and facilitation skills
• Ability to conduct field work in areas with hardship conditions, in remote areas, for extended periods of time
• Fluency in English, written and spoken
• Strong quantitative, analytical background in cost-benefit analysis, econometric methodologies, or statistical systems