MEL Program Officer, Kano at Pathfinder International
Pathfinder International is driven by the conviction that all people, regardless of where they live, have the right to decide whether and when to have children, to exist free from fear and stigma, and to lead the lives they choose.
Experience: 5 years
Location: Kano.
Job Purpose
- Support project Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning activities. Implement methodologies and scope of work for project monitoring, evaluating, and learning in collaboration with all project staff.
Key Performance Areas
Major Activities / Responsibilities
- Strategic and Annual Plan Implementation
- Implement the MEL plan for projects.
- Support teams to establish quality assurance teams in target project sites.
- Assessment, Measurement, and Evaluation
- Ensure monitoring data are integrated within the overall project monitoring framework.
- Training Design, Development, and Delivery
- Conduct learning sessions and provide regular coaching and support during the action period for implementing and testing changes.
Key Performance Areas
Major Activities / Responsibilities
- Strategic and Annual Plan Implementation
- Implement the MEL plan for projects.
- Support teams to establish quality assurance teams in target project sites.
- Assessment, Measurement, and Evaluation
- Ensure monitoring data are integrated within the overall project monitoring framework.
- Training Design, Development, and Delivery
- Conduct learning sessions and provide regular coaching and support during the action period for implementing and testing changes.
- Adapt training materials and tools. Develop and build the capacity of key staff and skills for coaching.
- Improvement Status Reports and Documentation
- Prepare and communicate quality assurance and quality improvement program reports.
- Maintains an inventory of successful strategies and approaches.
- Work to define documentation management
- needs and record retention requirements.
- Best Practices Data and Reports
- Collaborate with project team to disseminate successful related change ideas and solutions from project sites.
- Meeting and Forum Participation.
- Support national-level quality technical working groups to frame the future of quality intervention in the assigned country.
- Share program experience and lessons.
- Project Management and Participation
- Participate in cross-functional project teams
Minimum Education and Work Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in management, public health, business, marketing, social science or related discipline.
- 5 years program monitoring & evaluation experience working in international development, preferably in implementing programs in Nigeria.
- Experience working in international non-profit
Competencies/Attributes:
Minimum Education and Work Experience:
Bachelor’s degree in management, public health, business, marketing, social science or related discipline.
5 years program monitoring & evaluation experience working in international development, preferably in implementing programs in Nigeria.
Experience working in international non-profit
Prefer: Experience in project design,
Prefer: Experience living or working in the Northwest part of the country and understanding of program context, field realities, and technical needs.
Community Relations: Intermediate skills in facilitating working relationships between project teams, donors, partners, government officials, and communities.
Minimally Required Job-Specific Competencies:
- Foundational knowledge of the countries’ public health systems.
- Foundational knowledge of family planning and reproductive health principles, practices, and services of programs, including program strategies and indicators, and the latest professional developments in SRHR, including special challenges faced in the developing world, and related measurement issues.
- Proposal Development: Foundational knowledge and skills in proposal development from concept to full proposal and resource mobilization.
- Proven ability to plan, conduct, evaluate, and deliver research findings and recommendations in reproductive health.
- Good knowledge and ability to apply quantitative and qualitative research methods.
- Foundational knowledge of data integrity and collection methods.
- Proven ability to apply statistical software applications.
- Foundational skills in program and project management and planning to fulfill performance objectives, including the timely implementation, and reporting of donor-funded program activities.
- Proven ability to train diverse groups.
- Foundational skills in facilitating work relationships between partners, government officials, and communities.
- Ability to write reports for diverse audiences.
Minimally Required Organizational Competencies:
- Good knowledge of MS Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Outlook.
- Good project planning and project management skills.
- Ability to influence others, including donor agencies and local partners, through diplomacy and proven oral and written communication skills.
- Demonstrated writing and speaking skills using local language and English language.
- Passion for Sexual and Reproductive Health: Commitment to family planning, reproductive health services, gender, maternal, child health services, climate change, and women economic empowerment.
- Ability to thrive in a matrixed organization.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality on work-related matters.
Other Information:
Travel required (up to 30%)
Assist if any in the processing of new hires for the program or project and participate in new hire orientation program.
Serve as the program/project or functional area’s first point of contact for internal and external stakeholders.
Equal Employment Opportunity Policy
Pathfinder International provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.
Safeguarding and Protection
Pathfinder is committed to the safeguarding and protection of the people we serve and our staff. We have zero tolerance for any type of behavior that inflicts harm on children, young people, adults, our staff and partners including sexual abuse, harassment, bullying, and exploitation.
- We do everything possible to ensure that we recruit only those who are suitable to work with for us and expect that everyone we hire will abide by our safeguarding and related policies and will report any suspected or known violations.
- This job is subject to a range of vetting checks as legally permitted in the country where they are being hired.
Important Notice:
- We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace, and we encourage qualified women to apply.
- Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
- Deadline to receive application is Monday March 24, 2025.
- Please submit an updated resume with your application
Pathfinder Nigeria DOES NOT PAY RELOCATION ALLOWANCE
How to Apply
Interesting applicant can apply via this link:
Follow us on our WhatsApp Channel Now for more Updates !
