MEL Specialist- WAFPUR
MEL Specialist- WAFPUR
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Job Description
Job Title: MEL Specialist
Project: West African Fortified Parboiled Unpolished Rice (WAFPUR)
Location: Kano state Nigeria.
Reports to: Project Manager
About TechnoServe:
Everyone deserves the opportunity to build a better future. This simple idea has been at the heart of TechnoServes 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 incomes increase and living conditions for families get better they are able to 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 Project Manager the Monitoring Evaluation and Learning Specialist will perform activities related to monitoring evaluation and learning (MEL) 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.
Program/Practice/Department Overview:
The West African Fortified Parboiled Unpolished Rice (WAFPUR) project aims to transform Nigerias nutritional landscape by increasing the production availability and consumption of whole grain fortified and nutritious foods. This 18-month initiative leverages institutional feeding programs such as school feeding to promote the consumption of Parboiled Unpolished Rice (PUR) commonly known as whole grain brown rice as a nutritious alternative while also enhancing the livelihoods of local rice millers in Kano and Ogun States. The project seeks to subsequently introduce and scale its fortified variety Fortified Parboiled Unpolished Rice (FPUR) towards enhancing the nutritional well-being of school children. The initial rollout will be through the School Feeding Programs in both states.
Primary Functions & Responsibilities:
The MEL specialist will support MEL implementation for the project including:
- Coordinate data collection from primary data sources to final reporting and reporting against project performance indicators and emergent project information needs
- Support application of qualitative and quantitative methods to inform knowledge gaps
- Contribute to the design of forms surveys and indices as well as the data management system
- Work with the impact team to develop new database while maintaining existing database structures and conducting routine data hygiene.
- Perform regular data quality assessments data cleaning and data analysis
- Conduct field visits to understand the context and identify additional data needs
- Provide ongoing technical assistance and training to project technical staff on their role in performing data collection basic analysis and data review and use
- Coordinate the projects learning agenda through data collection analysis and reporting and in the mobilization of consultants and other experts for specific learning questions
- Ensure that projects monitoring system captures impact of project activities on women and other disadvantaged groups
- Become familiarized with the applicable donor rules and regulations including the donors evaluation guidelines and indicator handbook
- Understand the specific MEL deliverables that the project is contractually responsible for and manage their development
Provide inputs to data-driven decision-making:
- Assist in the process of adaptive management in the project using project MEL data
- Support the documentation of best practices and production of information to capture and share lessons learned
- Support information flows across the implementation team and the sharing and analysis of new information
- Actively engage with project staff on areas for course correction serving as a collaborative and reflective source of information to inform project progress.
- Assist in the development of all project reports.
Participate in the broader MEL ecosystem at TechnoServe:
- Attend capacity building meetings and other relevant events related to MEL as directed
- Collaborate with the Global MEL teams to ensure organizational standards and annual impact reporting are met
Basic Qualifications:
These are the requirements that any qualified candidate must meet. Typically includes
- Bachelors Degree in Business Management Agribusiness project management social sciences or related discipline with 3 years experience (alternatively Masters Degree 1 years experience) in monitoring and evaluation and also donor-funded
- 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) Technical skills required to do this job.
- Competence in managing and analyzing datasets
Preferred Qualifications:
Additional qualifications that would make a candidate more desirable.
- Experience working in Nigeria
- Experience working with an INGO
- Experience working on an entrepreneurship donor funded projects
Required LanguagesExcellent written and spoken English
TravelWillingness 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
- Ability to work in a multicultural context as a flexible and respectful team player.
- Proficiency in working with Comcare is an advantage.
- Proficient in MS Office: MS Word MS PowerPoint MS Excel.
- 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 Minimum years of experience.
Supervisory Responsibilities None.
Closing Statements:
We encourage all qualified individuals who share TechnoServesvision of improving the lives of others through proven business solutions to apply.
With our commitment to diversity we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer andaffirmative action employerand do not discriminate on the basis of gender race color ethnicity religion sexual orientation gender identity age HIV/AIDS status protected veteran status disability and all other protected classes.
We are also proud of our commitment to protecting staff partners and beneficiaries from abuse and exploitation and thoroughly vet all final candidates through rigorous background and reference checks.
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Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
Employment Type
Full-Time
