Options Consultancy Services was established in 1992 as a wholly owned subsidiary of the international social business, Marie Stopes International. Our initial work centred around providing technical expertise, programme design monitoring and evaluation support to DFID as the Resource Centre in Population and Reproductive Health. Improving access to reproductive and maternal health services remains a core area of our work.
The Millennium Development Goals placed a strong emphasis on maternal and child health, and improving the health of women and girls has remained central to Options’ mission. Our work has grown to encompass expertise across the health sector in order to build effective and equitable health systems.
Monitoring and Evaluation Officer
Details:
We are seeking an experienced Monitoring and Evaluation Officer, based in Nigeria, who will play a key role in our Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health programme’s M&E, including supporting the Human Centred Design process and building M&E capacity of civil society organisations.
Responsibilities:
Our programme is aimed at improving the sexual and reproductive health (SRH) of adolescents, including reducing unsafe-abortions and preventing unwanted pregnancies. With current plans of implementation in Nigeria, Kenya, and South Africa, its objective is to ensure young women are able to access quality comprehensive sexual and reproductive services and will support civil society organisations (CSOs) to shift social norms and build girls’ agency.
The M&E Officer will use their skills and expertise to lead on monitoring progress against selected indicators, be the focal point for Nigeria programme M&E, actively support HCD, and lead on participatory and qualitative formative approaches to evaluation. The role will also involve capacity building of CSOs on M&E processes and systems to improve their performance measurements and grants reporting.
The M&E Officer will use their skills and expertise to actively support HCD as an approach to our ASRH programme through coordination of key stakeholders, lead on participatory approaches to evaluation and use results to develop a robust programme design. The role will also involve conducting routine programme M&E to measure progress, and capacity building of CSOs on appropriate organisational M&E processes and systems.
Person specification:
To succeed in this role, you will have:
- Strong proven experience in monitoring and evaluation of grants / donor-funded projects
- Significant experience of qualitative and quantitative data analysis and management
- Experience of working in sexual and reproductive health programmes
- Experience of working with CSO grantees, including building their M&E capacity.
- Ability to work with remote teams and with high sensitivity to cultural and social diversity
Method of Application
Application process:
- To apply, please send your CV with a cover letter detailing how your skills and experience meet the requirements of the role to Jess Hopf at [email protected]. Candidates should state the role (Monitoring and Evaluation Officer) and their name in the email submission subject header.
- Closing date for applications is: 20th March 2019
- Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted for interview.
Other information:
Options is an equal opportunities employer.
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and post holders to share this commitment.
More Information
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