The Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) through the Ministry of Budget
and National Planning, plans to recruit qualified candidates for the
services of:
Job Title: Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist
Location: Nigeria
Project: ISEMDP
Background/Project Objectives
The Government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria has received a Loan
from the African Development Fund to finance the Institutional Support
for Economic Management and Delivery Project (ISEMDP). The Ministry of
Budget and National Planning, the International Economic Relations
Department of the Federal Ministry of Finance, and the Bureau of Public
Procurement, each being responsible for their respective component under
the Project, in line with their statutory mandates shall be the
implementing Agencies for the Project.
The principal objective of this Project is to strengthen economic and
financial governance for achieving a stable macroeconomic environment,
inclusive and sustained growth, and effective implementation and
delivery of the national development plan. The specific objective of the
Project is to develop institutional capacity in macroeconomic
management, revenue mobilization, procurement, monitoring and
evaluation, and performance and portfolio management and delivery.
The Project has four mutually reinforcing components: (a) enhancing
economic management, (b) enhancing performance management and delivery,
(c) strengthening domestic revenue mobilization and effectiveness in
public procurement, and (d) project management support.
For effective management of this Project, a Project Steering Committee
(PSC), Project Implementation Teams (PITs) within the various
Components, and a Project Management Unit (PMU) will be set up. The PSC
will be responsible for strategic oversight and policy guidance and
monitoring portfolio performance. The PITs, to be appointed for each
project component and/or subcomponents, will spearhead the day-to-day
implementation of their respective Project activities in collaboration
with the PMU. The PMU will coordinate project implementation services
including manage procurement and financial management processes. and act
as a secretariat to the PSC.
The Role
- His/Her role is to support data collection, analysis, and
learning activities to help ensure accountability and efficiency from
the start to finish of the project.
- The M&E Specialist will provide technical leadership to
develop the project framework, plans and indicators to capture project
performance results and provide effective, accurate and timely
monitoring, evaluation and reporting of all project activities.
- The M&E Specialist will work closely with the Project
Implementation Teams (PIT) to design, implement and supervise the
project’s monitoring and evaluation activities, ensuring that lessons
learned are integrated into project implementation to continuously
improve quality of interventions and outcomes.
- Under the supervision of the Head of the Project Management
Unit, the Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist will facilitate the
collection of quality data in order to produce monthly, quarterly and
annual progress reports.
- The reports will follow up on project expenses and indicators.
The M&E Specialist will also be responsible for documenting end
disseminating project successes and challenges to the Key Project
Stakeholders.
Requirements
Education and Experience:
- Postgraduate Degree in a development field, Social Science, Economics, or relevant discipline.
- Minimum of five (5) years of progressively responsible
professional experience in a performance monitoring and/or evaluation
role with an international development organization.
- Specialized courses monitoring and evaluation, management, and various specialized databases and computer programs.
- Demonstrated ability in data analysis, project design, monitoring and evaluation of development activities.
- Experience developing results frameworks, logical frameworks, or similar tools for project design is required.
- Experience developing and/or using performance management plans or similar tools is required.
- Demonstrated knowledge of and experience in monitoring and
evaluating programs including indicator development, study design, and
data analysis - in multiple sectors.
- Experience using knowledge management software or database is
highly desired. Experience managing grants or contracts is also highly
desired.
Desired skills and abilities:
- Excellent analytical skills and the ability to summarize disparate information in a clear and concise manner
- Excellent research and data collection methodology skills
- Ability to create organizational work plans based on higher-level goals.
- Ability to lead and coordinate multiple offices through
multiple step processes without being a direct supervisor (although
appropriate authority will be given)
- Ability to apply Agency regulations and procedures to daily work requirements
- Excellent computer skills, including word processing, spreadsheet programs and data base management.
- Demonstrated sound understanding of the challenges in public
procurement and project development projects funded by Development
Partners.
Eligibility Criteria:
- Establishment of the short-list and the selection procedure
shall be in accordance with the African Development Banks “Procurement
Framework for Bank Group Funded Operations”, dated October 2015. which
is available on the Bands website at http://www.afdb.org
Working Condition
The assignment which is expected to commence in May/June2019,
will be for a period of 36 months, subject to good performance
assessed annually.
Application Closing Date
16:00 hours; 10th May, 2019.
How To Apply
Interested and qualified candidates/consultants should send their
Expressions of Interests, enclosed with detailed Curriculum Vitae,
Copies of relevant certificates and names and contact details of three
traceable referees to the address below:
The Permanent Secretary,
Federal Ministry of Budget and National Planning,
C310310 Adekunle Fajuyi Street,
Central Business District,
Abuja, FCT, Nigeria.
Attention: Director, Macroeconomics Analysis Department
And
All submission of the hard copy should be accompanied by full electronic
submission of the application and accompanying materials to be mailed
as attachment in PDF to the email address:
f_ofam@yahoo.com Using the Job Title as the subject of the mail e.g - "Application for the Post of ISEMDP Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist".
Note
- Interested consultants may obtain further information at the
address above during office hours from Monday to Friday, between 08.00
a.m to 5.00 p.m.
- Only shortlisted applicants will he acknowledged.