Deadline: Ongoing
Location: Abuja, Nigeria
Quod Erat Demonstrandum (QED) Group is seeking to fill the role of Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Sector Specialist.
QED is a global consulting firm with more than 20 years of experience providing data-driven and insightful solutions in close to 100 countries.
Responsibilities
- Support monitoring and evaluation planning, design, and implementation processes for the MEL activity
- Support the design, dissemination, implementation and supervision of new methodologies for the USAID/Nigeria mission and its implementing partners
- Collect and process quantitative and qualitative data to support internal and external source data management
- Collaboratively develop strategies to creatively incorporate data, analytics, and data visualisation into various content and product delivery
- Coordinate knowledge capturing, sharing, and strategic learning
- Plan, write, edit, format, and produce content for reports, events, success stories, and other communication products
- In collaboration with other MEL activity staff, plan and implement dissemination activities for sharing research results, other programme assessments, and findings of monitoring and evaluation activities
- Guarantee the quality of MEL activity deliverables
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Public Policy, Political Science, Public Health, International Development, or Social Science that emphasises research methods
- Five years, minimum, of experience managing monitoring, evaluation and learning activities for donor-funded mechanisms, preferably with USAID experience
- Five years, minimum, of relevant work experience and expertise in the education field
- Five years, minimum, of experience in applying mixed methods evaluation approaches, conducting field-based and third-party monitoring of development programming and/or conducting applied research
- Demonstrated ability to conduct field work in non-permissive environments, areas with hardship conditions, remote areas, and conflict-affected areas for extended periods of time
- Advanced knowledge of statistical analysis and software such as STATA and NVIVO
- Excellent teamwork, interpersonal, verbal and written communication, presentation and facilitation skills
- Fluency in English (written and spoken)
- Fluency in Hausa, Yoruba, or languages native to Nigeria (desirable)
- Professional experience in Nigeria and Nigerian citizens preferred
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