Chief of Party/Monitoring and Evaluation at ICF International

Location: Abuja, Nigeria
Last Date: September 30, 2010
Email: IHDDJobs@gmail.com

Chief of Party/Monitoring and Evaluation, Abuja, Nigeria

About ICF International

ICF International (NASDAQ:ICFI) partners with government and commercial clients to deliver professional services and technology solutions in the energy and climate change; environment and infrastructure; health, human services, and social programs; and homeland security and defense markets.
The firm combines passion for its work with industry expertise and innovative analytics to produce compelling results throughout the entire program life cycle, from research and analysis through implementation and improvement. Since 1969, ICF has been serving government at all levels, major corporations, and multilateral institutions. More than 3,500 employees serve these clients worldwide. ICF's Web site is www.icfi.com.

Job Description:
ICF Macro (formerly Macro International Inc., acquired by ICF in 2009) is seeking a Chief of Party/M&E specialist for a proposal we are preparing to provide monitoring and evaluation services for DFID’s New State Level Programmes. The programs focus on accountability and governance, health, education, and economic growth and employment in Kano, Kaduna, Jigawa, Lagos, and Enugu.

Key Responsibilities:
• Design an M&E system to monitor programme-level, state-level, and national-level indicators.
• Assess current logframes, revise as needed, and establish procedures to collect and collate data.
• Serve as liaison with state programme heads and relevant Government of Nigeria offices.
• Build capacity within state programmes and relevant government offices to develop protocols and data collection tools, and data processing guidelines.
• Help develop and implement a strong data quality audit protocol to ensure that data collected to inform the M&E plan is of high quality.
• Produce reports based on monitoring and evaluation data
• Conduct sector-analyses

Basic Qualifications:
• Advanced degree in public health, education, economic development, or related field.
• Minimum 10 years’ experience in monitoring and evaluation of international programs – including development of logical frameworks and reporting systems, verifying data quality, and facilitating the use of data
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in financial and staff management internationally.
• Ability to work with government officials
• Strong data analysis and proficiency in standard statistical packages, including SPSS, STATA, SAS, Epi-info.
• Excellent verbal, interpersonal and written communication skills.
• Fluency in English.
• Ability to work with minimum supervision.
• Long-term experience in Nigeria.

To apply, please send an updated CV, cover letter, and list of references (with telephone and e-mail addresses) to IHDDJobs@gmail.com.