Monitoring & Evaluation Officer

Association of Religious Leaders Living With or Personally Affected by HIV/AIDS [NINERELA+] is an interfaith network working with other national stakeholders and coalitions to achieve the set goals within the National HIV response. Pursuant to NINERELA+ mission, it seeks the services of an experienced and committed officer with experience in the HIV and AIDs programming to work as a team supporting the network activities at the National Secretariat:

Job Title:  Monitoring & Evaluation Officer

Location: FCT Abuja, Nigeria

Job Profile:
Reporting to the National Coordinator, the desired candidates will ensure that routine tracking, data collection and documentation are utilized to showcase progress on success of project indicators and interventions.

• S/He will ensure that data collected from state level implementation are collated and entered expeditiously in data base and summaries included in all field activity quarterly report submissions.
• S/He will be required to build the capacity of NINERELA+ state chapter project, partner organisations, CSOs/CBOs and other stakeholders to implement M&E.
• S/He will take the lead in implementing and National surveys in the States.
• S/He must be able to analyse datasets to provide data to inform programme decisions.
•  Engage in other duties as may be assigned by the National Coordinator.
• S/He will also, oversee the tracking, analysing and reporting of data on the various components of the organization’s project.
• The successful candidate will equally track project performance indicator data related to relevant states, and disseminate M&E data and information regularly to stakeholders.

Qualifications/Experience:
Minimum Academic/Professional Qualifications required for the position:

• Must possess a Bachelor degree in Sciences/Behavioural/Social Sciences or its equivalent in a relevant field.
• Ability to report accurately and timely.
•  Ready to and capable of working both independently and as part of a team
• Ability to work with minimum supervision and exercise of sound judgment and flexibility to achieve agreed outcomes
• Well-developed writing and analytical skills and an ability to express ideas clearly and concisely
• Effective presentation and interpersonal communication skills and ability to develop and maintain effective stakeholder relations
• Ability to contribute to the effectiveness of a team, including supporting others and managing priorities
• Ability to communicate fluently in English and other local dialects
• Residence in the FCT is an added advantage
• Must have minimum of 3 years’ experience in implementing monitoring and evaluation of health and related programmes.
• Must have considerable expertise in mixed-methods (qualitative and quantitative) M&E and research. S/He must possess.
• Ability to analyse and interpret both quantitative and qualitative data to inform programming.
• Experience with conducting monitoring visits utilising checklist and other tools, including ability to develop M&E tools as needed.
• Must be proficient in MS Word, Excel, Power Point and Access.