Senior MEL Manager - Nigeria IHP Job at Palladium Group

Palladium is a global leader in the design, development and delivery of Positive Impact - the intentional creation of enduring social and economic value. We work with foundations, investors, governments, corporations, communities and civil society to formulate strategies and implement solutions that generate lasting social, environmental and financial benefits.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Position: Senior MEL Manager - Nigeria IHP
Ref.: req8026
Job Location: Abuja

Required Qualifications
The State level Senior Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Manager must be a proven leader in the field, with senior-level experience in the management of MEL for public health programs. The Manager will have expertise and up-to-date knowledge and skills in implementing project-level M&E and MIS for health systems and healthcare provision. S/he should have experience with complexity aware monitoring and demonstrated experience in promoting the use of data for decision-making. S/he must be intimately familiar with the context in Nigeria and have in-country experience with USAID programs. Additional qualifications include:

• A Master's  degree in Demography, Statistics, Social Sciences, Public Health, Health Information Management or related field, PhD, preferred.
• At least 10 years of progressively responsible experience in designing and implementing monitoring, evaluation and learning tasks for complex health and/or development projects.
• Experience with USAID/global indicators and standard measurement tools in the areas of reproductive health/family planning, maternal and neonatal health and other relevant technical areas.
• Experience at organizing and facilitating systems strengthening, capacity development and mentoring processes
• Competency in MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, and ACCESS, and a statistical software package (SPSS, EPI-INFO, STATA, SAS or similar).
• Demonstrated analytical and communication skills.
• Demonstrated experience conducting analysis of large data sets, data management and data use skills.
• Experience working with government partners, USAID, other donors, and implementing partners.
• Strong verbal, listening, writing, and intrapersonal skills essential for effective coordination among several institutions and staff involved in a broad range of activities.
• Fluent in English (written and oral communication) and Hausa.