Director for MERL at the Management Sciences for Health (MSH) in Abuja
Organization:
- the Management Sciences for Health (MSH)
Job Location:
- Abuja
Employment Type:
- Full-time
Date Posted:
Job Description
Main Position Objective
- MSH is looking for a Director for MERL in Nigeria. The Monitoring, evaluation, research and learning Director will support to the strategic Monitoring and evaluation targets of the project in Nigeria, operating in close partnership with participants which includes Government of Nigeria (and its agencies) at national and sub-national levels, development associates, specialist associations and civil society.
- The Monitoring, evaluation, research and learning Director will be in charge of the M&E, analysis, and learning parts of this project.
- The Monitoring, evaluation, research and learning Director will formulate M&E and learning (MEL) operational structures and design analysis.
- The Monitoring, evaluation, research and learning Director will be in charge of the entire management of the M&E, and analysis system for the project.
- The Monitoring, evaluation, research and learning Director will ensure smooth process and excellent output of technical endeavors and site initiatives by managing and monitoring quality programmatic status updates, quality of data governance, and strategic information.
- The Monitoring, evaluation, research and learning Director is in charge of top the development and execution of a strategy to track development, assess performance, and circulate outcomes, in addition to monitoring processes, analysis, and other data evaluation to coordinate evidence-based enhancements in project effectiveness and expand comprehension and lessons learned.
- The Monitoring, evaluation, research and learning Director will guarantee alignment to the supervising of project initiatives using conceptualize resources and indicators.
- The Monitoring, evaluation, research and learning Director documentation to the Project Director, engages in the project executive guidance team, team up with the Technical Directors and delivers direct oversight to other specialists.
Main Duities and Duties
- Offer in-country engineering guidance, and assist for M&E, and expertise management. These duty comprise of, among others:
- Ensure the consolidation of Monitoring and evaluation initiatives into all project parts.
- Collect, documentation and evaluate information on project initiatives.
- Guarantee promptness and finalize status updates from in-country carrying out associates by authorized MSH and MSH status updates data layouts.
- Track and assess advancement towards yearly work strategies, anticipated results, which includes selecting and supervising advancement in meeting indicators.
- Assist the development and routinely modify thorough yearly work strategies and selection of indicators and yearly execution strategies with a view toward the project’s Monitoring and evaluation qualifications.
- Organize the project setup of all every quarter advancement documentation, yearly project documentation, inception documentation, as-needed technical documentation, and success stories for donor financing in line with the necessary data layouts.
- Collect data for the yearly Monitoring and evaluation strategy and use those data to enhance project effectiveness.
- Adjust and execute resources and methods to enhance the quality and use of data for strategic judgment.
- Assemble information on lessons learned and proficiency within and outside the project.
- Offer capacity-building initiatives on Monitoring and evaluation to selected participants and sub-service providers engaging in project initiatives, which includes Federal and State Governments, Local Government Governing bodies, Ward Development Council, etc.:
- Offer skills development, which includes status updates and management use of periodically collected health information, Data accuracy Guarantee, DHIS2, and LQAS through every month seminars, practical development, training, and mentoring.
- Head the design and execution of business analysis.
Credentials
- MSC in Management, Monitoring and evaluation, health sciences, community health, or associated subject with a minimum of 10 years of applicable professional background in Monitoring and evaluation donor-financed community health programs in Nigeria or West Africa: donor expertise necessary, and Monitoring and evaluation development and capacity-building expertise necessary.
- Demonstrated expertise establishing data accuracy guarantee operational structures with software apps connected with project organizing and supervising.
- Expertise designing and carrying out processes analysis.
- Exhibited capability to head Monitoring and evaluation employees and advisors within a consortium of international and local sub-service providers to attain measurable outcomes within an combined health initiatives.
- Demonstrated expertise in compelling Monitoring and evaluation employees of the organizer country government, civil society entities, international development entities, and Nonprofit organizations to assist project execution and/or to offer complementary assets.
- High levels of diplomacy, dispute management, team building, documented and spoken communication information exchange, and bargaining ability.
- Fluency in documented and spoken English, and exhibited capacity to productively convey and record, which includes the drafting excellent quality documentation and thorough evaluation of strategic information. Fluency in a local language is a distinct advantage.
Application Due Date
- Monday 25th Aug, 2025
Steps To Apply
Interested and eligible applicant should: Click here to submit application online