Nov 15, NRC Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Manager Jobs in Nigeria

Context

Since 2015, NRC Nigeria has been working to help displacement affected communities meet their basic needs, improve their livelihoods, access essential services, and enhance their resilience to future shocks through our six core competencies: water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), Shelter, Education, Information, Counselling and Legal Assistance (ICLA), Livelihoods and Food Security (LFS), Camp Management, and Protection. NRC provides immediate assistance during the onset of emergencies through the rapid response mechanism (RRM). In 2021, NRC reached over 269,000 people with assistance.

The crisis in Nigeria is marked by brutal violence against civilians causing acute humanitarian needs and displacement. In the north-east, the 13-year conflict has shattered lives, infrastructure, basic services, and social fabric.

Two million people are internally displaced across Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states. Approximately half of these are living within local communities, putting increasing pressure on scarce resources. Access to food is limited, particularly in Borno state where most families are already facing crisis levels of food insecurity. Civilians, including aid workers, continue to be the target of deadly attacks by non-state armed groups and transport corridors are persistently insecure.

In the north-west and north-central regions, violence and displacement are rooted in disputes over land and resources, which has been worsened by climate change. Criminality is on the rise.

Livelihood opportunities are scarce, and children face an uncertain future, unable to access quality education. Many families have either lost identity papers while fleeing or never obtained them, hindering their ability to access essential services

What you will do:

The role of the Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Manager is to lead the strategic direction and quality assurance of monitoring and evaluation in the country office. The MEL Manager should design and implement a strategy, SOPs, and budget for MEL which ensures the CO is meeting and exceeding MEL minimum standards. Plan for and generates the evidence and learning required to feed into programme and strategic decision making.

Responsible to develop the CO monitoring, evaluation and learning strategy, responding to contextual challenges but also ensuring alignment with the regional strategy and global MEL framework, policy and strategy.

Design, lead, and manage Country Office and program level monitoring and evaluation systems ensuring the learning is integrated, accurate and relevant. Ensure the findings and M&E systems are institutionalized.

Lead the process of developing the country evaluation plan, and ensure that evaluations are completed as per the NRC Evaluation Policy and evaluation handbook and encourage absorption of lessons and recommendations being provided by various CO events: evaluations, assessments, technical visits, learning reviews; and that monitoring data feed into management decisions.

Maintain and improve the beneficiary feedback and complaints mechanism (as the current cornerstone of Nigeria’s accountability framework), ensuring staff capacity building where needed.

Update and maintainCO specific MEL SOPs responding to contextual challenges, according to NRC’s MEL minimum standards ensuring necessary resources

Technical input to programme monitoring and evaluation plans, including methodological guidance and resource planning

Ensuring the roll out and use of global and regional MEL developments at the CO level. Also leading new technical developments to respond to MEL needs in the context.

Lead the development, rollout, and updating of Nigeria specific MEL SOPs

Contribute to fundraising through ensuring robust TOCs, MEL plans, log frames, MEL activities, budgets and staffing are incorporated into programme and project proposals

Provide technical MEL support, guidelines and capacity building across the CO.

Line manage CO MEL staff and capacity building for area office MEL staff and Programme Teams

Ensure planning and quality control of all monitoring and evaluation activities throughout the PCM cycle, including technical support for Theory of Change, MEL plans, indicator reference sheets, data quality assessments and evaluation processes.

What you will bring:

5-7 years of demonstrated management experience in design, implementation, and oversight of monitoring, evaluation, and research for large to mid-scale international projects or programmes

Advanced degree in economics, research methods, social sciences or a related field

Technical competency and prior experience implementing various programme evaluation methodologies and approaches

Excellent analytic, communication, interpersonal, writing, collaboration, problem-solving, planning/organizing, and facilitation skills;

Advanced experience in qualitative and quantitative data analysis and tools

Fluency in spoken and written English.

Experience within supporting MEL for one of NRC’s core competencies is an asset

How to Apply

For more information and job application details, see; NRC Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Manager Jobs in Nigeria

Find Latest Jobs in Nigeria Today – Recruitment in Nigeria Job – Nigerian Jobs – in Nigeria – Job Vacancies in Nigeria

Search our career portal & find the latest Nigerian job positions, career opportunities & jobs in Nigeria.

Jobs in Nigeria – banking jobs in Nigeria, IT jobs in Nigeria, accounting jobs in Nigeria, NGO jobs in Nigeria, business administration in Nigeria, ICT jobs in Nigeria, UN jobs in Nigeria, procurement jobs in Nigeria, education jobs in Nigeria, hospital jobs in Nigeria, human resources jobs in Nigeria, engineering jobs in Nigeria, teaching jobs in Nigeria, and other careers in Nigeria.

Oil and Gas job vacancies in Nigeria, MTN jobs in Nigeria, job vacancies in Nigeria for fresh graduates.

Federal government jobs in Nigeria, job vacancies in Nigeria Federal Civil Service.

Find your dream job from 1000s of vacancies in Nigeria posted and updated daily – click here!