Program Evaluation Specialist

Job title : Program Evaluation Specialist

Job Location : Abuja Deadline : January 10, 2025 Quick Recommended Links Position Description

• Navanti is seeking a Program Evaluation Specialist responsible for providing technical support to the team leader and the evaluation. The program evaluation specialist will ensure a rigorous and high-quality evaluation process in the methodology and approach of the evaluation. Under the guidance of the MEL Support Activity, the team leader is expected to work closely with the USAID/Nigeria-HPN team. The specialist is expected to have done a similar evaluation in sub-Saharan Africa, or other countries with similar context.
• The Program Evaluation Specialist will be supported by the team leader, subject matter expert, a malaria program specialist, and a senior program evaluation specialist. The Program Evaluation Specialist will consult with and facilitate input from all team members throughout the evaluation.
• The team will use a combination of literature review, mixed methods through focus group discussions, and in-depth interviews to gather insights to answer the evaluation questions. The team is also expected to propose an evaluation methodology/approach as required to respond to the evaluation questions.

Locations (Evaluation Coverage):

• Akwa Ibom, Benue and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT)

Responsibilities The Program Evaluation Specialistmust demonstrate good knowledge evaluation, malaria programming, health services delivery at primary and secondary healthcare levels, and health service planning and programming. The Program Evaluation Specialist will:

• Participate in the evaluation kick-off session with USAID/Nigeria.
• Support desk review of the activity and support malaria service, SBCC, and service delivery contextual issues and social inclusiveness understanding of the evaluation.
• Work with the senior program evaluation specialist and other team members to design the data collection instruments and ensure they address all evaluation objectives.
• Support stakeholder analysis with particular attention to malaria service, SBCC, and service delivery
• Support the interpretation and analysis of qualitative and quantitative data.
• Support in preparing reports of research findings.
• Work with the team leader and other team members in planning, developing, coordinating, and administering research tools.
• Support to perform quality assurance reviews of both quantitative and qualitative data.
• Support the team leader and other team members in writing or editing technical reports and summaries of findings.
• Work with the team leader and other team members to perform desk reviews and identify additional information required for analysis.
• Work with the Team Leader and other team members in preparation and presentation of the In-brief and Out-brief to USAID/Nigeria and other stakeholders as requested.
• Support the team leader and other team members in developing the draft Evaluation report with support from the team members, taking into consideration feedback from the Out-brief presentation.

Qualifications The candidate is expected to have the following qualifications :

• S/he will have a minimum of 5 years of professional experience in the evaluation of large and complex health programs and development projects including baseline/mid-term studies of integrated/malaria health programs in Nigeria.
• Advanced graduate degree in a relevant field: Public Health, Economics, Demography/Population Studies, Sociology, or any other relevant social science field.
• A demonstrated experience in qualitative survey methods of data collection such as Focus Group Discussion (FGD) and key Informants/ In-depth Interviews (KII/IDI) with advanced skills in quantitative data analysis with the use of software such as Stata and R.
• S/he must have skills in manipulating and exporting data from the District Health Information System (DHIS2) analytics and pivot tables.
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• S/he should demonstrate excellent ability to communicate in English, both verbally and in writing.