SPARC Is Recruiting (Hurry Up And Apply) – Nigerian Job Vacancy

The State
Partnership for
Accountability,
Responsiveness and Capability (SPARC) is the main
governance programme of the Department
forInternational Development (DFID) in
Nigeria. SPARC commenced in 2008 and runs
through until July 2015. Its overall purpose is to
enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of
selected state level governments' use of public
resources, and it focuses on policy, strategy
and monitoring and evaluation; public financial
management (PFM) and public
service management. For more information about
SPARC, please visit www.sparc-nigeria.com. SPARC
are looking to recruit a Long Term M&E Advisor to
join the SPARC team. The M&E Advisor will be
based in the Abuja office but will also be required
to make visits to the states supported under
the programme as required. The M&E Advisor will
be responsible for support to and coordination of
both elements of the programme's M&E work-
stream:
(i) 'Internal' performance management system,
and
(ii) 'External' state-level development and
application of M&E.
The M&E Adviser will report to the SPARC
National Programme Manager, work under the
technical guidance of the
M&E Programme Development Group (PDG)
member and be supported in carrying out their
responsibilities by the Senior M&E Technical
Officer.
Monitoring & Evaluation Adviser
Terms of Reference
1. Internal performance management system.
• Developing and managing the central M&E
work plan and budget, including managing the
implementation of annual SPARC evaluation
studies under the technical guidance of the
SPARC Programme Management Unit (PMU) and
PDG.
• Management of the
M&E Management Information System (MIS),
ensuring that it is effectively and regularly
maintained and updated, including oversight of
MIS operation by state and programme teams and
preparation of regular M IS
performance management reports.
• Coordinating the review, adjustment and
quality assurance of programmeand state
logframes as part of the annual work planning
process, including the frameworks used to measure
performance against log frames.
• Coordinating the preparation, submission and
quality assurance of quarterly log frame progress
updates and RAG assessments by
2. External state-level development and
application of M&E.
• Quality assurance (Q/A) of programme and
state M&E work plans, TORs,consultancy reports
and technical outputs as per SPARC Q/A
Procedures.
• Support to M&E Technical Stream Leads (TSLs)
in carrying out their functions, including organizing
regular TSL meetings to review progress in
implementing work plans.
• Provision of backstopping support to states as
required – remote or onsite as security
arrangements permit-in the absence of TSLs.
Profile Required
Based on the above terms of reference, the expert
should have the following profile:
• Advanced University Degree (MSc/MA/PHD) in a
directly relateddiscipline.
• Minimum of 10 years relevant professional
experience, including at least 5 years combined
experience of: (a) leading or managing the M&E
function within international development projects
or organizations, and (b) government M&E capacity
development
• At least 5 years working in a developing country
context. Experience in the M&E of governance
programs and working experience in Nigeria or
Sub-Saharan Africa would be an advantage.
• Excellent knowledge of a broad range of M&E
concepts (e.g. log frames, rhesus
based management, performance measurement,
mixed method evaluations).
• Good working knowledge
of management information systems and their use
in supporting performance management.
• Excellent analytical, writing
and computer literacy skills, including
spreadsheets, databases and statistical analysis
applications (e.g. SPSS).
Method of Application
If you have the required skills and experience,
please email your CV along with a 2-page brief on
how you match each of the requirements, your
experience of delivering the key tasks above.
Applications must reach the Human Resources
Manager at
ht@sparc-nigeria.com before noon on Friday 3rd
January. 2013. Only shortlisted candidates will be
contacted.
Sent From David Aniemeka