Monitoring and Evaluation

• Provide high quality technical leadership, support and capacity building on MEAL to the project implementation team.
• Ensure that the project delivers on all internal and external MEAL requirements in a timely manner and with high quality information.
• Develop robust MEAL plans, systems, processes and tools for the project in line with SCI and donor requirements.
• In collaboration with the programme & technical team, develop and implement project MEAL plans, quality benchmarks, research, assessments and evaluations to support evidence and learning agenda as well as a process for knowledge sharing between SCI, stakeholders and partners in the state.
• Support project staff to track quality benchmarks, collect good quality monitoring data in a timely manner and collate/organize data received for reporting purposes.
• Lead project data review meetings to identify performance trends and support the project team to identify areas for improvement or adaptation.
• Ensure relevant data is entered in SCI’s Project reporting Information Management & Evidence (PRIME) system in a timely manner.
• Participate in designing and implementation of project assessment, evaluations, and research. In coordination with the project team, technical advisors and Research Manager, design study terms of reference, provide briefings to consultants and provide logistical support, review reports to ensure studies are in line with SCI & donors’ standards.

Accountability

• Ensure that all project staff fully understand and promote accountability in general and to children in particular through training and coaching.
• Ensure the project is implementing the 3 pillars of Accountability – Information sharing, participation and feedback & reporting and providing relevant documentation.
• Ensure project participants are involved in every stage of the programme cycle.
• Design and implement appropriate feedback mechanisms that are contextual, effective, accessible and safe for beneficiaries, and that ensure that feedback is reported, reviewed and acted upon. ·
• Ensure the development of regular trend analysis of feedback received and sharing for wider learning and improvement.

Knowledge Management & Learning

• Support the integration of adaptive learning approaches into routine project processes, such as regular pause and reflect meetings, data review meetings, and the use of continuous quality improvement processes.
• Coordinate with project team, country technical advisors and Knowledge management & Learning lead to ensure that lessons learned are properly documented and are incorporated into programme implementation and design.
• Contribute to the sharing of good practices in the implementation of immunization activities in the States by following and highlighting successful examples through “success stories.”
• Ensure project MEAL documents are adequately stored in SCI Resource Centre.

Safeguarding

• Include questions about safeguarding and safe programming issues in MEAL tools.
• Ensure volunteers and partners have the understanding, skills, and capacity to inform communities to discuss how SEA and other forms of abuse will be prevented in the course of the program or project.

Ensure risk assessment are done before any data collection than involves children. Staff Management & Coaching

• Coaching and mentoring of direct reports to achieve project deliverables.
• Support implementation of the SCI performance management system, by supporting, supervising and reviewing performance of direct reports.
• Working together with direct report to identify learning and development needs and develop specific plans to address these needs.

General

• Comply with SCI policies and practice with respect to child protection, code of conduct, health and safety, equal opportunities and other relevant policies and procedures.
• Any other reasonable duty as may be assigned that is consistent with the nature of the job.
  

  Requirements: 

• B. Sc or equivalent in social science/management sciences and another related discipline.
• 5 years of experience in M&E positions and/or program experience in field data collection and analysis in hard-to-reach areas.
• Project management skills will be an added advantageSKILLS & EXPERIENCE
• Experience with immunization programs, including immunization data, at the sub-national level.
• Experience in coaching, supervision, or building capacity in data entry, management, and use.
• Skilled in data quality assurance methods and data analysis using spreadsheets (Excel), Access, SATA, SPSS, and GIS applications).
• Experience in data visualization and use, including demonstrated ability to interpret data and recommend programmatic actions to take .
• Experience implementing research or evaluations, including experience conducting qualitative research.
• Excellent communication skills, including verbal and written communication.
• Willing to travel within Nigeria and within implementation communities
• Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills including influencing, negotiation, and coaching.
• Excellent time management and planning capacity.