Manager, Monitoring & Evaluation at Alan & Grant

Alan & Grant - Our work is focused on creating innovative HR and Organizational Development Solutions aimed at Performance Improvement & Business Growth. We currently serve clients across various sectors of the Economy from locations in Jos, Port Harcourt and Lagos.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Manager, Monitoring & Evaluation

Location: Gombe
Job Type: Full time
Industry: Health Care

Job Description

• Accelerating Nutrition Results in Nigeria (ANRiN) Project aims to increase utilization of quality, cost-effective nutrition services for pregnant and lactating women, adolescent girls and children under five years of age.
• The organization aims to deliver nutrition services at the community level as an effective strategy because this mode of service delivery: i) reduces the physical, cultural and financial barriers to access; ii) can encourage households to utilize facility-based services (e.g., ante-natal care); and iii) can serve to change cultural norms that are holding back behavior change.

Objective

• To increase access to and utilization of a community-based BPNS in defined geography of ANRiN states according to established and agreed targets (for quality and coverage) to reduce the level of malnutrition in Nigeria.

Scope of Work

• The project will, in an equitable and sustainable manner and through a mix of counseling and service delivery, promote increased access to and utilization of the following services under BPNS:
• Knowledge of mothers/care-givers of children 0-23 months of age on improved behaviors related to maternal, infant and young child feeding, notably early, exclusive and continued breastfeeding, appropriate complementary feeding, and early stimulation
• Fifteen sachets of micronutrient powders per month among children 6-23 months to improve the quality of complementary feeding
• At least 90 iron-folic acid (IFA) tablets by pregnant women by specifically addressing barriers that inhibit women from taking a full course of IFA tablets during pregnancy through counseling during ante-natal care sessions
• At least three doses of intermittent preventive treatment for malaria during ante-natal care by pregnant women
• At least four sachets of zinc/oral rehydration solution (ORS) per year for treatment of diarrhea among children 6-59 months of age
• Semi-annual vitamin A supplementation among children 6-59 months of age
• Semi-annual deworming among children 12-59 months of age

Requirements

• Master's Degree in Statistics, Economics, Demography, Anthropology, Development Planning, Social Work, Epidemiology or related subjects of similar scope
• At least 5 years of progressive experience of monitoring and evaluation in public health/nutrition or any large social sector programs
• In-depth knowledge of M & E techniques and methodologies including knowledge of conducting operations research, household surveys and qualitative assessments; data analysis, interpretation and reporting
• Proficient with analytical tools and software such as Stata, SPSS, MS Excel, etc. Knowledge of other Nigerian languages will be an asset

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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