Country: Niger
Closing date: 07 Jan 2018
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CARE seeks a Senior Monitoring & Evaluation Advisor to be based in Niger for an anticipated Food for Peace (FFP) Development Food Security Activity (DFSA). USAID has a goal of improving food and nutrition security and economic well-being in vulnerable populations in Niger by assisting Nigerien people to identify and take advantage of transformational opportunities to learn, mitigate, adapt, invest and thrive. The position location will be in Niamey.
This position is open to both Nigerien and international candidates. Niamey is an accompanied post. This position is subject to project award and funding.
The Senior M&E Advisor will assume responsibility for full-cycle monitoring and evaluation of this program, developing a methodology and tools to design an evaluation. S/he will also ensure timely and accurate reporting as required on program indicators on a quarterly and annual basis. S/he will demonstrative expertise and leadership to generate and analyze quality evidence and data through monitoring, assessments, and evaluations. The Senior M&E Advisor is a technician with demonstrated experience in building or strengthening monitoring systems, quantitative and qualitative analysis, and effectively promoting evidence-based program management.
Primary responsibilities:
· Develop the overall framework for the project’s M&E systems, in collaboration with USAID and senior project staff, including requirements, reporting, baseline, and evaluation surveys. Develop and monitor the project’s PMP to systematically document project performance for project technical leads and leadership team.
· Facilitate state-of-the-art knowledge management practices and real-time, applied and collaborative learning processes. Generate robust evidence for project and programmatic learning that leads to action, decision-making and influence.
· Ensure the alignment of M&E activities with program goals and contribute to the development of annual work plans to identify project targets and ensure inclusion of M&E activities.
· Monitor project activities and tracking these activities against the results framework.
· Conduct field visits for data validation, to monitor the quality and completeness of data sets. Coordinate data collection at project sites to monitor program development and ensure timely compilation and reporting of data. Capture and document lessons learned; champion the scaling up best practices.
· Generate monthly indicator reports and tracking progress against key indicators.
· Ensure timely and accurate submission of project activities to donor, including progress against targets set in the award agreement and annual work plan, quarterly, and annual reports. Collaborate with the Chief of Party and other senior team members to compile and submit reports to the donor.
· Provide technical leadership and support to project and partner staff in planning and implementing M&E systems and activities, data-based program decision-making, and results reporting. Supervise, mentor, and build capacity of the project’s M&E team.
· Develop and implement effective monitoring tools and approaches to demonstrate the effectiveness of project interventions.
Required Skills:
· Master’s degree in a quantitative field (economics, agricultural development/ economics, statistics, bio-statistics, nutrition, applied sociology, anthropology or other relevant subject) with significant training in quantitative methods plus eight years relevant experience. Alternatively, a PhD in any of the stated fields of study above, with at least six years relevant work experience is required.
· Experience leading the M&E function of a large project is required.
· Previous experience working on a DFAP, MYAP, or Title II program is required.
· Demonstrated experience and expertise in developing and operationalizing a comprehensive monitoring and evaluation plan (please see the FFP Policy and Guidance for Monitoring, Evaluation, and Reporting for the components of an M&E plan).
· Strong conceptual knowledge about ToCs, logic model, food and nutrition security indicators, M&E plans, data quality assurance, data utilization, and gender integration into M&E.
· Demonstrated expertise and experience in developing and operationalizing routine monitoring systems designed to track both output and outcome indicators.
· Demonstrated expertise in designing annual monitoring surveys including probabilistic sampling strategy and estimating sample size, developing appropriate weights, and analyze quantitative data.
· Demonstrated expertise in designing qualitative studies, in-depth knowledge about qualitative sampling, and experience in using interview and interactive tools to generate qualitative information and analysis.
· Demonstrated experience in developing data quality assurance strategies, data management, and data visualization.
· Demonstrated expertise and experience in data utilization strategies and ability to think creatively about active data sharing techniques.
· Excellent oral and written communication skills in English and French.
· Ability to travel within project areas of Niger as needed and as security allows.
How to apply:
For application instructions, please visit: https://chp.tbe.taleo.net/chp02/ats/careers/requisition.jsp?org=CAREUSA&cws=1&rid=3933