The Niger Delta Local Development Programme in its efforts to improve in a sustainable way the quality of life of the inhabitants of the Niger Delta. It is important to strengthen institutions of local governance and enhance their responsiveness to peoples needs. The key elements of the strategy are:
- Support to the creation of a social dialogue framework integrating at institutional level all relevant stakeholders.
- Support to the implementation of a local participatory planning and budgeting procedure for achieving transparent use of resources.
- Creation of a local development fund to support local development investments (in public infrastructure and social services, income generation, livelihood and natural resources management and HIV/Aids) in an effective, sustainable and participatory manner.
- Capacity development programme enhancing the capacity of local governance institutions to respond to local needs as well as plan, finance, implement and maintain public infrastructure and services.
- Creation of a system for both institutional and participatory monitoring and evaluation of investments.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Design and implement participatory monitoring and evaluation.
- Technical assistance and capacity development.
- Document lessons, promote networking and knowledge sharing.
- Design and implement participatory monitoring and evaluation.
- Applicants would be working closely with other members of the project team, a participatory monitoring and evaluation system for the pilot States, local government and community levels involving a complete system of quantitative and qualitative surveys and reports (including baseline, mid-term and impact surveys).
- Applicants would assist with implementation of a programme planning, monitoring and evaluation system covering work planning, assessment of organizational performance (delivery of inputs, implementation of activities and achievement of outputs) and monitoring and review of indicators of development effectiveness.? In this connection, assist with preparation of annual and quarterly progress reports and documentation for the mid-term review and project evaluation.
- Applicants would develop and maintain easily accessible/user friendly databases to record and analyze data on project performance and broader development indicators, for purposes of internal management, transparency and accountability vis-a-vis stakeholders, and evaluation and audit.
- Applicants would give technical assistance and capacity development.
- Applicants would provide technical assistance to States, local government and communities to support their monitoring, evaluation and reporting (methods, techniques, tools, reports).
- Applicants would design, develop and help deliver training programmes on monitoring and evaluation tailored to the needs and knowledge/skill levels of State Governments in the pilot States, relevant local governments and communities.
- Applicants would document lessons, promote networking and knowledge sharing.
- Applicants would identify, assess or evaluate and document lessons learnt, disseminate them broadly and ensure their integration in the planning and implementation of the programme.
- Applicants would identify and develop a network of practitioners involving individuals in Government (State and local), academic, research, technical institutions and CSOs and NGOs with current or potential capacity to participate in the monitoring and evaluation of the programme.
REQUIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:
EDUCATION:
- Applicants should have master's or higher degree in social sciences.
- Applicants should have good computer, data and web based applications.
EXPERIENCE:
- Applicants should have minimum of five years experience in setting up and implementing monitoring and evaluation systems.
- Applicants should have knowledge of and practical experience with the design and implementation of both quantitative (sample surveys) and qualitative (participatory research and evaluation) data gathering/research methodologies.
- Applicants should have strong analytical and conceptualization skills including ability to analyze and report on quantitative and qualitative data using applications such as SAS, SPSS or STATA.
- Applicants should have proven ability to design and deliver training; Knowledge of result-based management (RBM) will be an advantage.
LANGUAGE REQUIREMENT:
- Excellent writing and oral skills in English is a fundamental requirement
LOCATION:
Port Harcourt, NIGERIA
APPLICATION DEADLINE:
29-Oct-10
TYPE OF CONTRACT:
Service Contract
POST LEVEL:
SB-4
LANGUAGE REQUIRED:
English
STARTING DATE:
(date when the selected candidate is expected to start) 12-Dec-2010
DURATION OF INITIAL CONTRACT:
1 year with possiblity of yearly renewal
EXPECTED DURATION OF ASSIGNMENT:
1 year with possiblity of yearly renewal
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