OVERVIEW:
Founded in 2013, Partners for Global Research and Development Group, LLC (PGRDG), is an 8(a) certified small business that specializes in the provision of services in international development, monitoring and evaluation, training and technical assistance, and medical research. Built upon formal Small Business Administration (SBA) and USAID-approved mentor-protégé agreements, PGRDG is an SBA-approved joint venture that supports three USAID contracts around the globe.
PGRDG uses evidence-based methods in evaluation, capacity building, gender, and policy development to achieve results in public health, governance, and natural resource management for our clients. Adept at identifying and recruiting exceptional talent to field assignments in the United States and abroad, PGRDG maintains a database of subject matter experts whose breadth of technical expertise has supported USAID-funded activities on five continents. PGRDG’s expert staff and consultants include experienced local partners providing maximum knowledge and responsiveness to local issues and cultural considerations.
CAMRIS International, a member of PGRDG, seeks a qualified Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Specialist, Democracy and Governance candidate for an upcoming multi-year USAID-funded contract for conducting Mission wide monitoring and evaluation services in Nigeria. The position is contingent upon funding from USAID.
The purpose of the contract is to provide monitoring, evaluation and learning support services to improve development effectiveness. The intention is to enhance the Mission’s monitoring, evaluation, and learning capability and to ensure empirical evidence for programming, learning and adapting.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
The M&E Specialist, Democracy and Governance will serve as the M&E expert, as well as training and capacity development lead for M&E activities related to USAID/Nigeria DO 3: Strengthened Good Governance. The M&E Specialist, Democracy and Governance will:
- Design and implement impact and performance evaluations, surveys, analyses, and assessments focused on democracy and governance programming in Nigeria.
- Present findings, recommendations and conclusions to USAID, implementing partners and other stakeholders.
- Review, revise, and maintain the USAID/Nigeria Mission Performance Management Plan (PMP), project M&E plans, and activity M&E plans related to DO 3: Strengthened Good Governance.
- Manage the process of high quality performance monitoring by project staff and implementing partners including: data collection, monitoring, reporting, dissemination, and related tasks.
- Integrate gender, disability-inclusive, and conflict sensitive measures into M&E activities, ensuring that they align with established standards, are consistently and systematically tracked and reported in accordance with USAID data reporting requirements.
- Serve as primary point of contact for USAID/Nigeria DO 3, Democracy and Good Governance.
- Lead, facilitate and participate in M&E workshops, training and capacity building activities with USAID, implementing partners, and other stakeholders.
- Conduct data quality assessments in the field.
- Attend local, regional and international meetings, as required.
- Travel throughout Nigeria as needed.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Advanced degree in the field of international relations, economics, political science, public policy or other relevant fields.
- Minimum of seven years of experience in monitoring and evaluation.
- At least five years of M&E experience of elections, democratic governance, civic engagement, advocacy, and conflict programming. Direct programming experience in these fields a plus.
- Familiarity with USAID’s objectives, approaches and operations, particularly as they relate to monitoring, evaluation, and learning.
- Experience developing and facilitating M&E training and capacity development.
- Familiarity with Nigerian landscape: culturally, linguistically, historically, and economically. Prior work experience in Nigeria is preferred.
- Experience using technological innovations when conducting monitoring, such as tablets, smartphones, evaluation-related software applications, etc.
- Expertise in complexity theory as it relates to M&E of democracy and governance programming a plus.
- Professional fluency in English. Professional working proficiency in Hausa preferred.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint required.
- Proficiency in qualitative analysis software such as NVivo or ATLAS-ti preferred
Nigerian nationals are encouraged to apply.
