Widows and Orphans Empowerment Organization (WEWE) is a Nigerian Non Governmental Organization (NGO). WEWE’s goal is to empower communities to access health care, safe water, good nutrition, micro credits for income generating activities and education. WEWE is governed by a board of trustees.
- Experience 10 years
- Location Abuja
Key Duties and Responsibilities are as follows:
- To implement robust, dynamic, and effective Strategic Information and procedures that capture relevant, high quality, timely, and evidence-based data that measure performance against target, and quality of services, and are used for program decision-making.
Performance Management:
- S/he will oversee all the activities of strategic information, monitoring evaluation, research, and learning (MERL) in the organization.
- S/he will provide leadership for the strategic information and MERL team
- S/he will develop organizational and project performance
- S/he will ensure high-quality data reporting that is valid and reliable for accountability, management
- S/he will create an evidence-based and effective feedback mechanism
- S/he will conduct Data Collection, Collation, Analysis and Reporting
- S/he will be responsible for the review of data entered into Databases
- S/he will conduct routine monitoring of program CSO activities
- S/he will compile and submit monthly, quarterly, and Annual SI reports to the Executive Director, Donors, and WEWE Board
- S/he will lead and supervise period Quarterly Data Quality Assessment (DQA)
- S/he will lead and supervise Site Improvement Monitoring System (SIMS) exercises
- S/he will develop and manage the project database
- S/he will conduct routine mentoring and support supervision to the Strategic Information team in WEWE and CSOs
- S/he will mentor the CSO SI team on MER Custom Indicators and other data collection tools
- S/he will ensure the mentoring of the CSO SI team on DQA procedures
- S/he will supervise the collection, verification, collation, and submission of IR to the Ministry of Social Welfare and rehabilitation
- S/he will support the generation and sharing of data analysis of achievement to stakeholders during a Review meeting
- S/he will supervise Joint Monitoring of CSO program activities with Ministry M&E to ensure quality services are being provided
- S/he will generate a Database of WEWE beneficiaries
Structures and Systems:
- S/he will assist in ensuring that WEWE standard operation procedures on strategic information and MERL.
- S/he will assist in ensuring that the Information Technology team has internal and external capacity for information management and regularly back up staff data in hard and electronic systems.
Organizational Management:
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- S/he will assist in ensuring that the strategic plan is fully implemented in the area of the resulting framework.
- S/he will assist in ensuring that management meets, discusses, and reflects on strategic issues, proceedings are documented, and decisions taken are fully implemented.
Resource Mobilization:
- S/he will assist in resource mobilization strategies, develop the plan, and engage, and supervise the resource mobilization team, especially in the area of writing the narrative of the strategic information and MERL sections.
Qualifications and skills:
- A Bachelor’s and master’s degree in a relevant course.
- A doctorate in a relevant course will be an added advantage.
- A minimum of Ten (10) years of experience in managing strategic information and MERL for a United States Agency for International Development (USAID) or Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and managing
- A minimum of 10 years of experience managing the PEPFAR Monitoring, Evaluation, and Reporting (MER) Indicator Reference Guide
- Experience submitting reports on USAID and CDC databases e.g. Data Import and Exchange Resources (DATIM)
- Experience in using data collection tools especially electronic data collection tools e.g.
- Data entry software programs e.g phones and tablets
- Experience setting up and managing staff of a Strategic Information and MERL team
- Experience in analyzing data is required.
- Experience carrying out simple or operational research.
- Knowledge of quality improvement approaches is strongly desired.
- Ability to develop monthly, quarterly, and annual reports
- Excellent ability to prepare presentations on PowerPoint and PREZI presentation software
- Excellent writing and verbal communication skills
- Good analytical skills.
- A high proficiency in the use of computers, particularly in MS Excel, MS Word, and Excel
Method of Application
Interested and qualified applicants should send their comprehensive curriculum and cover letter in ONLY one attachment (MS Word document) explaining suitability for the jobSend your application to dsiandmerl@weweng.org