M & E officer

Qualifications and Experience:

Essential:

• Degree in Statistics, Demography, Mathematics or any other relevant quantitative relevant discipline; with minimum of 4 years post-graduation.
  
• Demonstrable contextual knowledge of local issues, community priorities, social and cultural constraints and realities related to community assessment, project design, evaluation and implementation.
  
• Cognate experience in M&E of community-based interventions is highly desirable.
  
• Experience in managing HMIS and familiarity with Nigerian public sector health systems as well as community-level programme implementation will be added advantages.
  

• Plan and implement M&E activities in the approved work plan under the guidance of the PM.
  
• Lead the set up and maintenance of a project database and linkages with the national DHIS version 2 (and NMEP Data Repository) platform for reporting.
  
• Lead the state-level ICT4D/digitalization support for SMC implementation.
  
• Ensure high quality data are available in useable format on a regular and timely basis for programmatic decision making by facilitating data collection and entry from:
  • Community Distributor’s tally sheet.
    
  • Health Facility’s daily summary form and end-of-cycle reporting form.
    
• Plan regular data quality assessments, and ensure the completeness, consistency and validity of distribution data.
  
• Ensure the timely submission of high-quality programmatic Progress Update and the validation of such at the end of each cycle according to the microplan and targets.
  
• Work with Supply Chain Officer, Cluster Supervisors and Field Officers to facilitate the documentation of activities in form of reports and ensure proper archiving of such for easy access and reference.
  
• Plan and coordinate monitoring visits to project supported sites and provide supportive supervision every SMC cycle.
  
• Provide direct technical assistance and capacity building for state and LGA level implementers in the design and implementation of SMC M&E activities.