MEL Education Specialist at DevTech Systems Incorporated

DevTech Systems, Inc. (DevTech) is an international consulting firm and small business dedicated to development, 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. We are a data driven organization that specializes in informing policy making by delivering focused data-driven evidence-based analysis products and services. DevTech core practice areas include: Economic and Data analysis, Monitoring and Evaluation, Education and Youth Development, Gender and Inclusive Development, and Public Financial Management.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: MEL Education Specialist

Location: Nigeria

Overview

The Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) specialist provides technical support to USAID and its implementing partners (IP). Under the guidance of the Senior MEL Specialists and the Chief of Party (COP), the specialist will work with the MEL Activity’s Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) and other USAID technical staff to develop methods and systems required to meet the deliverables required for MEL tasks.
S/he will be responsible for reviewing evaluation scopes of work, managing evaluations, analyzing and interpreting the results of surveys and gathering and analyses for assessments, evaluations, baselines, data quality assessments and other M&E data gathering efforts. The specialist will also provide key expertise in the design and analysis of results, and capacity-building related to the Mission’s goal of furthering collaboration, learning and adapting (CLA) internally and with its partners.

Specific Duties & Responsibilities

Expertise with USAID policies and practices for performance monitoring including developing activity-level MEL plans, indicator development to track outcomes and closely monitor indicators, among other areas of education-specific expertise.
Expertise in qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis, data quality assessments, statistical methods and performance monitoring and reporting.
Expertise in the design, management, and implementation of evaluations of development interventions, including experimental and quasi-experimental methods.
Excellent team work, inter-personal skills, verbal and written communication, and facilitation skills.
Expertise in tailoring blended learning and presentations to a variety of audiences, including USAID, implementing partners, and government stakeholders.
Ability to ensure the timely delivery of quality reports and other deliverables related to M&E and performance management.

Qualifications & Experience Requirements

A minimum of a Master’s Degree in Development Studies, Education, Educational Research, Evaluation, Statistics, or another relevant technical subject.
Minimum of 5 years’ of progressively responsible professional experience in M&E including experience tracking learning outcomes
Minimum of 5 years’ experience in international development in education focused on access to education (returning out-of-school children to classrooms), early grade reading, formal and/or non-formal learning centers
Minimum of 5 years in project management, preferably with USAID
Minimum of 5 years’ experience working in northern Nigeria; preferably the northeast with an understanding of education in crisis or conflict-affected environments.
Excellent analytical skills and the ability to summarize multiple data sources in a clear and concise manner
Excellent data collection, cleaning and management skills applied to data drawn from multi-year, multi-site, multi-level education projects; with experience presenting these data for use in programmatic decision-making
Ability to create organizational work plans based on higher-level goals
Ability to lead and coordinate multiple offices through multiple step processes without being a direct supervisor (although appropriate authority will be given)
Skills in supporting staff with a variety of levels of knowledge and capabilities
Strong organizational skills to balance competing priorities
Ability to work independently to efficiently meet deadlines
Oral and written communication skills to deal effectively with mid and high-level partner contacts, the host government, and the local communities.
Ability to apply Agency regulations and procedures to daily work requirements
Professional fluency in English, written and spoken.
Professional fluency in Hausa, written and spoken.