Senior Associate, Field Monitoring, North West, Nigeria

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field with strong Public Health, Biology, Microbiology, Nutrition, Monitoring and Evaluation, Health Economics, Statistics, or Mathematics;
  
• A master's degree will be of significant advantage.
  
• 6+ years of program M&E experience in Nigeria, specifically related to public health programs.
  
• Strong technical skills and capacity, with at least 4 years of practical experience managing and working directly with large teams for data collection;
  
• Strong IT skills related to data collection and management using data collection platforms and software such as Spreadsheets, Stata, R , Power BI, Google forms, Google Sheets, SPSS, etc
  

Data Collection and IM/Research Firm management

• Support the sourcing of independent monitoring. Research firms to provide data collection service to Evidence Action during baseline, midline, and endline surveys in Kebbi and Sokoto States.
  
• Support the drafting of the scope of work with the rest of the operation department during bidding process and RFQ
  
• Support the review of technical and financial proposals leading to the selection of suitable vendors for contracting.
  

Programs Support

• Support state program planning with M&E-related tasks during stakeholder meetings, review meetings, supportive supervision and dissemination meetings,to ensure data is correctly captured, collected and documented.
  
• Coordinate with the zonal program teams to ensure the review program reports, ensuring that data informs program decisions
  
• Collaborate with the program team to fully understand program needs for data and translate that back to the necessary MLE delivery team/members for necessary action.
  

Training and Field Monitoring

• Provide oversight for IM firms during the recruitment, training, and deployment of enumerators during field activities.
  
• Ensure all training materials are updated and aligned with the SQLNS/MMS survey protocol prior to training both states.
  
• Supervise the training of independent monitors by IM firms in Bauchi and Gombe, States.
  

Data Reporting (IM data & Treatment data)

• Share timely quarterly reports with progress report on KPIs, with the program team at the states
  
• Ensure timely and accrual data reporting Health facilities and other aggregate levels by conducting routine data checks
  
• Liaise with program data management and analysis teams to ensure timely data cleaning.