MEL Specialist-PREP

Job Title: MEL Specialist

Project: Plastics Recycling Programme in Nigeria (PReP)

Location: Abuja, Nigeria

Reporting to: MEL Manager

TechnoServe Background:

Everyone deserves the opportunity to build a better future. This simple idea has been at the heart of TechnoServe’s work around the world for over 50 years. TechnoServe is a pioneer in leveraging the power of businesses and markets to create sustainable pathways out of poverty.

The low-income communities in which we work are full of enterprising people. Their small-scale farms and businesses are the keys to economic development. But they face many challenges: low literacy, lack of access to jobs and markets, unpredictable political dynamics and, increasingly, the effects of climate change. For many women and young people, the challenges are even more daunting. Working with TechnoServe staff, people around the world are lifting themselves out of poverty. The results are amazing when incomes increase, and living conditions for families get better, they are able to access health care and education previously out of reach. Communities and even whole countries are better off.

Job Summary:

Under the overall guidance of Monitoring Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Manager, the MEL Specialist will support the implementation of the proper systems and procedures that generate timely, high-quality data and analysis that enables adaptive management within the PReP project. He/she will perform the technical activities related to monitoring & evaluation and serve as a key point of contact for data collection and aggregation that supports project reporting and will provide inputs to inform project decision-making.

Program Overview:

Nigeria’s 200 million population generates an estimated 32 million metric tons of waste annually, with plastic accounting for 2.5 million metric tons. The Plastics Recycling Program in Southern Nigeria (PReP), started as the Nigeria Plastic Solutions Alliance Program (NPSAP), a two-year project funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Coca-Cola Foundation. However, in year 2, USAID pulled out and the project transitioned to PReP with a revised scope of work. Building on the successes of PReP, the project is expanding to PReP 2.0, now encompassing an additional location: Kano State. The objective of the project is to reduce plastic waste by increasing the volume and quality of recycled PET plastics. This objective will be achieved through inclusive, market-driven interventions along the value chain and an enabling environment that will improve the competitiveness, sustainability, and profitability of collectors, aggregators, and recyclers.

Primary Functions & Responsibilities:

Support the MEL approach for the project, including:

• Execute a work plan for data capture and reporting against project performance indicators and emergent project information needs.
• Implement an appropriate information-gathering approach to inform emergent knowledge gaps that are relevant for project decision-making such as processor market share data, stakeholder engagement mapping, and tracking of Strategic Fortification Partner (SFP) collaboration objectives.
• Support the design of additional input forms, feedback surveys, and data gathering mechanisms that may be required to enhance the centralized database.
• Support efforts to develop and manage regular data quality assessments, data cleaning and data analysis to produce data visualization sets for reporting and presentations.
• Contribute to the building and maintenance of a dynamic country-level dashboard of the project.
• Support the MEL Manager to regularly review and revise the project’s logical framework, ensuring it’s updated in accordance with knowledge gained during implementation.
• Support the flow of information across the program team through the sharing and analysis of new information.
• Support the project learning agenda by facilitating appropriate data collection, analysis and reporting under the guidance of the MEL Manager.

Required skill and experience:

• A Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field, such as Computer science, Data science or other relevant field and a minimum of 3 years of experience in program management or implementing multidisciplinary and results-based M&E systems OR a Master's degree with at least 1 years of similar experience.
• Experience utilizing M&E methods and methodologies (including qualitative, quantitative, and participatory methods as well as the use of causal logic in designing, planning, implementing, and evaluating projects).
• Knowledge of and capacity to learn data collection and analytical software (e.g. Commcare, Looker Studio, Excel, or others).
• Strong written and oral communication skills and experience producing clear and concise reports. Capacity to translate research, methodologies, and data into accessible formats for colleagues with non-technical backgrounds.
• Expertise in data management, analysis, and interpretation, skilled at data visualisation.
• Takes an inquisitive and creative approach to problem-solving.
• Management skills, such as project management, personnel management, work plan management, and/or financial management.
• Willingness and availability to undertake field visits.

Preferred Qualifications:

• M&E experience with environmental based projects.
• INGO Sectoral experience.

Required Languages Proficiency in English.

Travel: Moderate

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Strong attention to detail.
• Good leadership skills in commitment, excitement and ability to create new opportunities for the team.
• Good communication skills with ability to share ideas and positions.
• Ability to embrace complex challenges and opportunities for getting work done for timely delivery.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision.

Supervisory Responsibilities – None

Closing Statements:

We encourage all qualified individuals who share TechnoServe's vision of improving the lives of others through proven business solutions to apply.

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