M&E DIRECTOR AT FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL (FHI 360)

About Company:

Family Health International (FHI 360) is a nonprofit human development organization dedicated to improving lives in lasting ways by advancing integrated, locally driven solutions. 

Job Description:

• Lead the development and refinement of the MEL strategy, ensuring alignment with the programme’s theory of change, logframe, and payment metrics.
• Collaborate with the third-party evaluator to design rigorous, context-sensitive evaluation protocols, including pre-post testing and benchmarking approaches.
• Design and oversee monitoring systems for placement, retention, and learning outcomes across both out-of-school and in-school components.
• Operationalise digital data platforms and dashboards to support real-time tracking, adaptive management, and transparent reporting.
• Ensure monitoring systems are participatorily reviewed with the programme team and implementing partners on an ongoing basis.
• Manage relationships with the independent evaluator, ensuring timely and accurate verification of results.
• Oversee spot checks, data audits, and triangulation processes to maintain data quality and credibility.
• Facilitate regular learning and reflection sessions using MEL data to inform programme refinement and course correction.
• Promote a culture of evidence-based decision-making and continuous improvement across the consortium and government stakeholders.
• Lead the production of MEL reports and contribute to donor reporting, including quarterly and annual submissions.
• Ensure data is accessible and actionable for programme staff, government counterparts, and other stakeholders.
• Build MEL capacity across the programme team, implementing partners, and LASUBEB counterparts.
• Support alignment with national EMIS and assessment frameworks, contributing to system-level strengthening and sustainability.

Requirements:

• Demonstrated experience in outcomes-based financing, payment-by-results, or performance-based contracting, with a strong understanding of how MEL systems drive programme success.
• Proven expertise in quantitative and qualitative evaluation methods, including pre-post testing, benchmarking, and use of tools such as EGRA, EGMA, and NALA.
• Experience designing and managing digital data systems and dashboards for real-time performance tracking and adaptive management.
• Strong track record of working with third-party evaluators, managing verification processes, and ensuring data integrity and compliance with ethical standards.
• Familiarity with Nigeria’s education data systems, EMIS frameworks, and national learning assessment policies.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills, with experience working collaboratively with government agencies, donors, and implementing partners.
• Ability to lead MEL capacity strengthening initiatives across diverse teams and partners.
• Oral and written fluency in English required.

Qualifications and Skills:

• Advanced degree (Master’s or higher) in education, evaluation, statistics, economics, international development, or a related field.
• Minimum of 12+ years of progressively responsible experience in monitoring, evaluation, and learning for large-scale education programmes in low- and middle-income countries, preferably in Nigeria or West Africa.

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