Youth Development and Empowerment Initiative (YEDI) is a not-for-profit organization that delivers evidence-based programs, in schools and communities, designed to build young people’s assets, facilitate their access to health services, and promote their adherence to healthy behaviours. Since its inception in 2011, YEDI has benefitted over 220,000 young people in schools and community sites in Lagos, Abuja, Akwa-Ibom, and Ogun State.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Learning Officer
Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time
Job Description
- Oversee the development and maintenance of a comprehensive project data management system, including the effective, efficient, and secure flow of data from collection through compilation, storage, analysis, and reporting.
- Systematize data quality into all MERL activities to ensure validity, reliability, precision, integrity, and timeliness of data, including through Routine Data
- Quality Assessments (RDQA) and implementation of corrective actions to improve data quality and accountability of staff and partners.
- Integrate participatory MERL methods for promoting local ownership and sustainability.
- Ensure data use for decision-making through routine review and interpretation of data, packaging and disseminating findings in a meaningful way, and making recommendations for adaption.
- Produce comprehensive MERL reports for internal and external stakeholders.
- Support the MERL Lead in tracking programme performance, success stories and adaptations for effective reporting to the programme leadership.
- Prepare regular progress MERL-related briefs for programme management and client utilisation.
- Develop effective monitoring and evaluation tools and processes for measuring the success of the program.
- Supervise the MERL team and ensure strategic and functional integration of all MEL activities as well as active collaboration with donors, other implementing partners, and local counterparts.
- Produce consolidated progress MEL reports.
- Oversee research and evaluation activities related to urban adolescent health and family planning in collaboration with local partners.
- Manage and guide program learning to inform decision marking and adaptation.
- Organise and provide training in monitoring and evaluation for program staff and volunteers.
- Represent YEDI at various relevant MEL forums.
- Perform any other relevant duties as assigned by the supervisor.
Application Closing Date
26th May, 2024.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: [email protected] using the Job Title as the subject of the mail.
