Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Specialist- SAY WEE Project

at  Technoserve

JOB DESCRIPTION/REQUIREMENTS

Job Title: Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Specialist
Project: Skilling Adolescents and Young Women for Entrepreneurship and Employability (SAY-WEE)
Location: Kano State, Nigeria
Reports to: Program Manager
About TechnoServe:
Everyone deserves the opportunity to build a better future. This simple idea has been at the heart of work around the world for over 50 years. TechnoServe is a pioneer in leveraging the power of business and markets to create sustainable pathways out of poverty.
The low-income communities in which we work are full of enterprising people. Their small-scale farms and businesses are the keys to economic development. But they face many challenges: low literacy, lack of access to jobs and markets, unpredictable political dynamics and, increasingly, the effects of climate change. For many women and young people, the challenges are even more daunting. Working with TechnoServe staff, people around the world are lifting themselves out of poverty. The results are amazing…when incomes increase and living conditions for families get better, they can access health care and education previously out of reach. Communities and even whole countries are better off.
Job Summary:
Under the overall guidance of the Program manager and a dotted to the Senior MEL Specialist, the MEL Specialist will perform activities related to monitoring, evaluation and learning for the project, including organizing and implementing data collection and analysis for the project. He/she will serve as a point of contact for data collection and aggregation that supports project reporting and will provide inputs to inform project decision-making and adaptive management.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

These are the requirements that any qualified candidate must meet. Typically includes

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business management, agribusiness, project management, social sciences or related discipline with 3 years’ experience (alternatively Master’s Degree + 1 years’ experience) in monitoring and evaluation with at least 1 year in donor funded programming.
• Experience utilizing M&E methods and methodologies (including qualitative, quantitative, and participatory methods as well as the use of causal logic in designing, planning, implementing, and evaluating projects).

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

Additional qualifications that would make a candidate more desirable.

• Experience working on FCDO/UN funded projects in Nigeria.
• Has worked in project(s) with award over $1 million.
• Experience working with an INGO.
• Experience working on an entrepreneurship donor funded project.
• Demonstrable critical skills in data collection, analysis and reporting, and performance monitoring of donor funded projects.
• In-depth knowledge and understanding of the enterprise development landscape in Nigeria.
• Ability to work in a multicultural context as a flexible and respectful team player.
• Proficient in MS Office: MS Word, MS PowerPoint, MS Excel.

Required Languages Excellent written and spoken English
Travel Willingness to travel to field locations
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

This section should highlight the competencies that would make a candidate successful in the role such as

• Strong interpersonal skill
• Expertise in data management, analysis, and interpretation, skilled at data visualization

Supervisory Responsibilities – None

• Strong interpersonal skill
• Expertise in data management, analysis, and interpretation, skilled at data visualizatio