M&E Consultant – RCCE Job At Breakthrough ACTION Nigeria

M&E Consultant - RCCE

Breakthrough ACTION Nigeria

M&E Consultant – RCCE Job Vacancy At Breakthrough ACTION Nigeria

An M&E Consultant – RCCE job vacancy is currently available at Breakthrough ACTION Nigeria. Applications are hereby invited from suitably qualified individuals who possess all the below-listed criteria.

Breakthrough ACTION ignites collective action and encourages people to adopt healthier behaviours-from using modern contraceptive methods and sleeping under bed nets to being tested for HIV-by forging, testing, and scaling up new and hybrid approaches to social and behaviour change (SBC).

Firmly grounded in proven practices, Breakthrough ACTION works in partnership with governments, civil society, and communities around the world to implement creative and sustainable SBC programming, nurture SBC champions, mainstream new techniques and technologies, and advocate strategic and sustained investment in SBC.

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REPORTS TO: Director, Research/Monitoring and Quality Assurance

LOCATIONS: North Central, North East, North West, South East, South-South

Breakthrough ACTION/Nigeria is a five-year, USAID-funded project. The goal of Breakthrough ACTION/Nigeria is to increase the practice of 17 priority individual and household level behaviours and five provider targeted behaviours in the areas of malaria; maternal, newborn, child health and nutrition; family planning and reproductive health (RH); and tuberculosis, while increasing the capacity of national and sub-national entities to coordinate and oversee quality SBC programming. Implementation will vary by health area across eleven states.

Summary

This position will support the overall data management system of the country office by conducting data collection, entry and cleaning, and providing technical support for research activities in assigned state(s).

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

The incumbents will maintain regular communication with state-level partners and volunteers to offer data-required support.

The M&E Consultant will also enter and clean state-level activity data, monitor the paper flow of data collection forms and check for data accuracy.

M&E Consultant – RCCE Responsibilities

  • Perform data entry and cleaning, and assist in the management of quantitative data sets
  • Support program monitoring and evaluation tasks, including the implementation of M&E systems (data collection, paper flow management, data management and results reporting)
  • Participate in the training of staff/partners and consultants in M&E data collection and processing
  • Actively contribute to and support project implementation activities
  • Participate in the development of work plans and budget for project M&E activities
  • Contribute to the preparation of tables, charts and figures for internal and external publications
  • Contribute to the preparation of literature searches and bibliographies
  • Provide administrative support as needed
  • Carry out other tasks as assigned to support the project efforts

Education and Experience Requirements

  • HND or Bachelors degree with at least 4 years work experience in monitoring and evaluation of health programs
  • Experience with word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation software
  • Working knowledge of data processing computer packages (e.g.  EpiInfo, Epidata)
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills in English
  • Applicants MUST demonstrate knowledge and requisite experience in monitoring and evaluation of Risk communication and community engagement (RCCE) or infectious disease and related areas. Epidemic experience will be an added advantage.
  • Ability to verbally communicate in at least one Nigerian language
  • Well-organized, with the ability to track multiple projects and deadlines
  • Ability to work successfully in a cross-cultural, team-based environment
  • Experience in providing administrative support to work teams
  • Ability and willingness to travel as required within and between project states
  • Ability to work legally in Nigeria
  • MUST have experience with database management

How To Apply for M&E Consultant – RCCE Job

Interested and qualified candidates should forward PDF copies of their CVs to hiring@ba-nigeria.org The subject of the email should be the job title and location e.g., ‘Senior Program Officer – Malaria (PBC & Media), Abuja’.

The application deadline is 16th March 2022.