Deadline: Ongoing
Location: Abuja, Nigeria
Panagora Group is seeking to fill the position of Evaluation and Research Advisor.
Panagora Group specialises in monitoring, evaluation, and learning, global health, and international development.
Responsibilities
- Work in close collaboration with the monitoring advisor and the learning and institutional capacity advisor to ensure that the MEL-related needs of USAID/Nigeria are met, including planning and budgeting for each assigned activity
- Under the direction of the deputy chief of party, lead evaluation and research activities, including planning and management, leading evaluation and assessment teams, and conducting activities to build capacity for USAID/Nigeria and implementing partners in monitoring and evaluation methodology
- Work with relevant USAID/Nigeria staff and implementing partners in the design and application of evaluation and assessment methodologies to meet the deliverables required under the MEL activity
- Identify and execute appropriate agreed-upon methodology, field work, research, reporting and deliverables
- Act as lead analyst for interpreting the results of surveys and other field data and be responsible for report preparation and finalisation
- Present updates, findings, and final reports to USAID/Nigeria and other stakeholders for MEL activity evaluations and assessments
- Supervise long and short-term technical staff engaged in evaluations and research
Requirements
- Minimum of a master’s degree in Development, Social Sciences, Statistics, Economics, or a related field
- Seven years, minimum, of progressively responsible professional experience in designing, implementing, managing, and analysing the results of both evaluations and assessments for donor-funded mechanisms (experience in working with USAID monitoring and evaluation mechanisms strongly preferred)
- Five years, minimum, of relevant experience and technical expertise in a specialised field
- Demonstrated ability to conduct field work and data collection in non-permissive environments, areas with hardship conditions, remote areas, and conflict-affected areas for a long time
- Skilled in remote and in-person quantitative and qualitative data collection, data analysis, and report writing
- Advanced knowledge of statistical analysis and software such as STATA, NVIVO
- Excellent teamwork, interpersonal, verbal and written communication, presentation and facilitation skills with a minimum of three years of supervisory experience of staff and/or consultant teams
- Meaningful professional experience in Nigeria a strong advantage
- Fluency in English (written and spoken)
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