Vacancy for a Field-Based Monitor at DevTech Systems, Inc
Employment Nigeria
07-Oct-2017
ABUJA ,
Administrative
DevTech Systems, Inc. (DevTech) a consulting firm with over 30 years of experience providing advisory services and technical assistance to government, private sector, and civil society stakeholders in more than 100 countries.
POSITION : Field-Based Monitor
Description
USAID/Nigeria contracted Devtech Systems, Inc. on a four-year activity called the Learning Program, which is designed to provide USAID and its implementing partners with continuous, on-the-ground, on-demand and systematic support on performance monitoring, data verification, impact and performance evaluations, project and activity level monitoring, evaluation and learning plans, organizational learning, capacity building, and knowledge management.
The Learning Program seeks the participation of Nigerian-national Field-based Monitors. The purpose of the project is to verify, monitor and support USAID/Nigeria funded activities. Nigerian Field-based Monitors (NFMs) will form a critical set of monitoring and verification staff who will provide real-time information through independent monitoring of the implementation of, and progress in achieving, results and compliance with donor policies, regulations and guidelines.
Responsibilities
- Undertake periodical field checks in the activity implementation areas to check if there are any unforeseen adverse environmental impacts that could be occurring, and
- Produce high-quality independent project performance and compliance monitoring to USAID/Nigeria and the Learning program.
- Demonstrate complete understanding of the technical area to which you are assigned (democracy and governance; education; HIV/TB; health, population and nutrition; or economic growth and environment)
- Develop weekly schedules for site visits; liaising with USAID technical teams
- Conduct routine, on-the-ground project monitoring and data-based verification of implementation and its effects, providing situation reports on the operating environment within which activities work, and conditions that could impact the implementation and effectiveness of Mission projects.
- Ensure up-to-date understanding of guidance, policies, procedures, and good practices with a goal of quality and timely written reports
- Provide evidence of program impact via an NFM information management system that will collect and report accurate information about project and activity performance, and compliance with donor regulations and contract conditions
- Demonstrate understanding of USAID policies and procedures.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree required
- 5 years’ demonstrated experience in handling complex reporting, contact, monitoring, and analytical duties, and coordination of functions with other field monitors
- Prior experience writing activity-status reports.
- Strong English writing skills is essential.
- Prior work analyzing and furnishing data for program and monitoring plans designed to ensure effective oversight and management of assigned project activities
- Experience producing progress reports to describe results achieved, and provide recommendations regarding corrective action on under-performing areas, under project activities
- Evidence of understanding measures and indicators of portfolio impact; prior experience with collecting data against donor-approved indicators may be required, but not a must.
- Strong interpersonal and presentation skills for interacting with team members and prospective clients.
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