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Job Description
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OVERVIEW OF THE FUNCTIONS OF THE POST
Under the overall authority of the Head of UNESCO Office, the direct supervision of the Education Programme Specialist in the UNESCO Abuja Office and in close collaboration with the National Project Coordinator, the incumbent shall contribute to the monitoring and evaluation of the Expand, Integrate and Strengthen Systems (EISS) to Build teachers’ capacity and resilience project implementation. The Monitoring and Evaluation Officer is a core member of the project management team at the federal level and in the six project states of Adamawa, Bayelsa, Enugu, Katsina, Oyo and Plateau. S/he will work with the project team and partners to develop a robust Monitoring & Evaluation system including logical frameworks and ensure tracking of the programme’s results at different levels (activity, output, and outcome impact).
Specifically, the incumbent will:
Monitoring and Evaluation procedures
- Support with the development of M&E workplans following the logical frameworks.
- Develop M&E dashboards and data visualization for the project to ensure that updated and accurate results (including data analysis) are accessible internally and for external sharing (e.g. EU, UNCT, EDPG, NEG etc…)
- Support the development of a standardized reporting mechanism to be used by all Implementation Partners.
- Develop a Feedback Mechanism for the intervention.
- Continuously strengthen and recommend further improvements in the existing M&E system, processes, and tools.
- Ensure that the project team and partners at the Federal and State levels have clear understanding of the M&E system, processes, and tools.
- Support the process of Annual School Census and the collection of Education data at the Federal and State and levels.
- Support beneficiary states to achieve timely and quality reporting to the Education Management System in Nigeria.
- Work with partners, particularly TRCN, UBEC, NEMIS to ensure up to date documentation of data on teachers as it concerns the project states and at the National level.
- Support UNESCO Education programme and projects assessment and evaluation process in Nigeria.
- Monitor contextual updates, keep abreast of new M&E approaches and tools and engage in relevant coordination/information-sharing meetings as required to inform the project.
- Participate in relevant M&E Working Groups (e.g. UN M&E Group, UNSDCF Result group on Education and Data; and FME Data Repository group etc) and other required internal and external meetings.
- Ensure timely entering of UNESCO Education data in the UNinfo portal.
Monitoring and reporting
- Review monthly/periodic progress reports of Implementation Partners and ensure they have evidence to back-up and provide feedback to the respective Implementation Partners.
- Provide further M&E guidance/capacity building to Implementation Partners and UNESCO team on the M&E system, processes and tools.
- Update the M&E dashboards with accurate data on a regular basis.
- Flagging of operational issues and risks requiring timely actions.
- Support third party monitoring efforts.
- Support the Expand, Integrate and Strengthen Systems (EISS) to Build teachers’ capacity and resilience project with provision of inputs, information, and statistics for quarterly, annual, and other reports.
- Ensure disaggregated data (such as by Sex, Age, Disability) are consistently adhered in program delivery including reporting and project design.
- Perform any other duty deemed necessary by the Head of Office or Head of the Education Sector.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
Education
- Advanced University Degree in Economics, Statistics, Education, Research methods, or any related field with a minimum of 2 years’ experience. Or;
- A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree
Work Experience
- At least 2 years of work experience in the areas related to teachers training, curriculum development, Education planning and administration.
- Experience in project management in the fields of education.
- Experience in implementing projects and programmes in partnership with government, particularly Ministry of Education, UBEC, SUBEB, Teachers Union, and civil society partners.
Skills and Competencies
- Demonstrated ability in conducting mid-term/final evaluations, data quality assessments, data verification, spot checks, managing data, etc.
- Good computer and other IT skills. Excellent skills in MS Office.
- Strong strategic and analytical skills.
- Ability to interact with a wide range of high–level partners.
- Ability to work in result-oriented teams.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to effectively liaise with diverse stakeholders.
- Familiarity with project management principles and the ability to coordinate multiple activities.
- Proficient in data collection, analysis, and reporting.
- Knowledge of the education system and policies in Nigeria, especially at the basic education level.
Languages
- Excellent knowledge (spoken and written) of English.
- Knowledge of any of the three Nigeran Major Languages (Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba) .
Source: https://careers.unesco.org/job/Abuja-MONITORING-&-EVALUATION-PROJECT-OFFICER/801377002/
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