Job Title: Senior Technical Officer, Monitoring and Evaluation
Req ID: 3060
Location: Bauchi, Nigeria
Type: Nigerian National Only
Organisation: FHI 360 – Nigeria
Sector: Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO)
Basic Function:
The Zonal Senior Technical Officer (M&E), under the supervision of the Zonal Manager, and with technical oversight from the Director of Monitoring and Evaluation, is responsible for the design and implementation of monitoring and evaluation for the zonal office. S/he will work with others in the zonal office and local implementing partners to ensure that zonal monitoring and evaluation activities are appropriate and meet the donor and project's M&E needs.
Duties and responsibilities:
1. Provide leadership to the zonal and field level M&E program and provide overall guidance on program/project monitoring and evaluation and on US Government and Government of Nigeria reporting requirements. Provide support to the sites in the state, including interacting with site Program Managers, Implementing Agencies and local research groups on needs and ensuring that locally employed Monitoring and Evaluation staff, consultants and FHI partners understand and can support these requirements.
2. Manage the zonal office's reporting cycle to ensure high quality and complete datasets are sent to the country office on a periodic basis, or when required.
3. Work with local partners to develop their project monitoring and evaluation plans and support the correct implementation and use of routine data collection tools.
4. Conduct monthly routine monitoring visits to project sites and provide supportive supervision.
5. On a monthly basis, ensure that high quality analyzed facility-level data is disseminated to relevant staff at facilities and decision-makers. Ensure that data is used to highlight important programmatic gaps and coordinate with facility management and other departments in addressing these gaps.
6. Coordinate regular data quality assessments, undertaken in a participatory manner, with facility staff and ensure the completeness, consistency and validity of routine data.
7. Ensure that the quality of program/project Monitoring and Enhanced Evaluation in the sites is of international standard and quality by supporting the development and implementation of appropriate mechanisms to ensure quality.
8. Provide direct technical assistance and capacity building in the design and implementation of the program/project Monitoring and Enhanced Evaluation components of the activities in the communities served.
9. Build capacity of local partners in project monitoring and with program staff and local partners, use program/project monitoring data to modify existing programs and design new programs.
10. Provide technical support in evaluation research (including sampling strategies, analysis and presentation of data) to the local research groups working on the Secure the Future project.
11. Participate in project assessments, evaluations and design teams.
12. Document lessons learned and best practices in monitoring and evaluation, according to USAID and PEPFAR guidelines.
13. Represent FHI and makes presentations at professional meetings and conferences related to Monitoring and Evaluation research.
14. Remain informed of current issues regarding Monitoring and Evaluation of programs in the HIV/AIDS/STI fields by review of current literature; is alert to any implication of such research for project and program activities.
15. Help ensure that the quality of program/project activities adheres to SOPs by supporting the development and implementation of appropriate mechanisms to ensure quality of all Global Health program interventions.
16. Assist in the development and maintenance of the computerized data capture of program activities and provides technical assistance and training to the staff at the zonal offices responsible for data entry and management. Provide technical assistance to M&E officers of NACA/NASCP, SACA/SASCP, NTBLCP/STBLCP and NMCP/SMCP in integrating FHI data into the national HMIS.
17. Perform other duties as assigned.
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