Deadline: Ongoing
Location: Abuja, Nigeria
Palladium is seeking to fill the role of Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Advisor.
Palladium is a child-safe organisation that works with foundations, investors, governments, corporations, communities and civil society to formulate strategies and implement solutions that generate lasting social, environmental and financial benefits.
Responsibilities
- Provide strategic guidance, vision and management for successful monitoring and evaluation activity
- Supervise MEL staff and ensure the strategic and functional integration of all MEL activities as well as active collaboration with sub-awardees and USAID
- Oversee all MEL activities, provide technical direction and support, and ensure the accurate reporting of results for programme activities
- Provide technical leadership to capture and communicate programme results, as well as ensure high-quality, timely, valid and verifiable data collection, reporting and analysis
- Ensure a process of continual learning and adaptation resulting from applied political economic analysis of various sectors and government levels
- Harmonise monitoring and evaluation data collection and reporting systems with USAID policies and indicators
- Monitor and report on activities required to communicate programme results and improve implementation, which includes establishing systems to gather, report and analyse performance data for impact and sustainability of project implementation
- Oversee preparation of monthly, quarterly and annual progress reports on the status of project implementation; contribute to other project reports such as annual work plans
- Review and update the project’s MEL plan on an ongoing basis
Requirements
- Progressively responsible experience in designing, managing and implementing results-based MEL activities
- Demonstrated relevant technical skills in analysing quantitative and qualitative data
- Extensive knowledge of reporting procedures, best practices, guidelines, and tools for MEL
- Strong knowledge of USAID rules and regulations, as well as best practices in monitoring and evaluation
- Strong organisational skills and oral/written communication skills in English
- Experience with USAID-funded governance programmes (desired)
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