About

Preston Associates for International Development is a non-governmental organization that is Nigerian-owned and woman-led. Established and duly registered with the Corporate Affairs Commission in 2013, Preston provides evidence for improved development outcomes through research, in Nigeria. We specialize in offering technical support to our clients in the areas of Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning across the development sector spectrum. Over the past eight years, we have deployed our expertise mostly in the Health, Governance, Education, Gender, as well as the Child and Youth development sectors. Our engagements include evidence generation and use for system optimization through Performance Management, Program and System Evaluations, Impact Assessments, Governance systems (including Accountability Mechanisms and Inter-Sectoral Coordination frameworks) and Cost Model Analyses. Our Financial management systems and processes are in accordance with the International Financial Reporting Standard. Preston’s unique strength lies in the ability to work concurrently in multiple states within the country while ensuring prompt and quality deliverables to our clients. We have undertaken projects in both rural and urban settings (including marginalised and displaced populations) spanning the six geopolitical zones in the country.

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Purpose:
We are a fast-growing development sector consultancy firm that provides evidence
for improved development outcomes through research and specialized MEL support
services. We work with international and domestic non-governmental organizations,
national and state-level government agencies/parastatals as well as bilateral and
multilateral organizations.

Major Duties:
Under the... direct supervision of the MEAL Technical Advisor and in collaboration with
other core staff members, He/She will:
• Present and analyze data based on information needs of the project team and
partners and support in database management.
• Analysing of data, report development, and submission of M&E reports
• Provide support to improve monitoring and reporting mechanisms through
revised monitoring and reporting framework, through collaboration with the
program team.
• Review of reporting made against indicators
• Develop and update project monitoring plans and monitor the indicators of
projects.
• Recommend further improvement of the logical framework.
• Develop monitoring and impact indicators for project success.
• Monitor and evaluate overall progress on achievement of results.
• Monitor the sustainability of the project's results.
• Provide feedback to the Technical Advisor on project strategies and activities.
• Identifying and documenting lessons learned; collecting information for case
studies; writing and preparing success stories, and facilitating periodic reviews,
and prepare presentation on programme achievement.
• Assisting in preparing quarterly and annual progress reports.

KPI:
• Quality of the information
• Degree of reporting improvement based on MEAL
• Degree of impact
• Completeness, connectedness, congruency, perspective and purpose
• Numbers of best practices identified
• Degree of accurate Data
• Support rating
• Statistics of awareness
• Employee satisfaction
• Frequency of updates on standard operating procedures based on new lessons
• Involvement of MEAL in improving the business processes
• Auditing and reporting
• Research and development
• After Action Review
• Lessons learned process
• Content management
• Decision-support systems
• Does the Monitoring, Evaluation Accountability & Learning Officer have input into the
strategic plan and implementation?
• Is the Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability & Learning Officer making value-added
contributions to the bottom line?
• Is the information generated by the Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability & Learning
Officer accurate, timely and actionable?
Skills/Knowledge
Job Qualifications:
• B.Sc in Statistics, Economics, Public Health or any related field (M.Sc is an
advantage)
• 3-5 years M&E related NGO work experience (familiarity with
health/education/governance projects is an advantage)
• Possess professionalism, motivation, flexibility, and culturally sensitivity
• Previous experience in indicator tracking matrix
• Excellent communication (oral, written and use of graphics) and analytical skills.
• Proven ability to create program support systems for large amounts of data
within a complex program.
• Proven experience in designing and leading capacity building and training for
national and/or sub-national teams.
• Proficiency in data collection, collation, analysis and report writing (experience
& expertise with data analysis software – SPSS, NVivo, R, tableu, etc. is an
advantage)
• Knowledge and experience in using database-specific software, e.g., SQL, MS
Access
• Demonstrated experience with IT troubleshooting
• Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Office programming (Access,
Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, and Word).
• Proven expertise in quantitative and qualitative methodologies, research,
reporting, data quality assessments, data analysis, and presentation.
• Strong understanding of M&E, policy, and compliance requirements.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English including excellent
facilitation skills and demonstrated technical writing skills for publication.
• Ability to work effectively with diverse national and international teams.
• Ability to work in a complex environment with multiple tasks, short deadlines,
and intense pressure to perform.
• Ability to travel nationally
• Ability to nurture and maintain relationships and communications with critical internal
and external stakeholders.
• Ability to think strategically and to rapidly analyze diverse information from varied
sources.
• Ability and the necessary organizational skills to take initiative, personal ownership,
and accountability to meet deadlines, work under pressure, balance competing
demands and achieve agreed-upon results.
• Ability for teamwork in a multicultural environment.
• Adept skills in project cycle management
gchrinfo@prestonassociate.com more
  • Development sector
  • M&E
  • Quantitative and Qualitative data analysis
  • Quality data collection procedures and Management
  •  Data collection and presentation
  • MONITORING
  • EVALUTION
  • ACCOUNTABILITY AND LEARNING
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