Location: Nigeria - various locations/remote support

Navanti supports a Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Support Activity program that assists USAID/Nigeria in advancing its broader organizational learning and development efforts. This program strengthens the Mission's capacity and performance in programmatic monitoring, evaluation, learning, collaborating, and adapting. The MEL Support Activity closely aligns with USAID/Nigeria's Country Development Cooperation Strategy (CDCS) and provides a broad range of specialized technical assistance, training, data gathering and analysis, field-based monitoring, evaluations and assessments, facilitation of organizational learning and adaptation initiatives, and short-term technical assistance.

Project Objective:

The purpose of this five-year project is to support USAID/Nigeria staff and partners to implement more efficient, effective, and transparent activities by improving: (1) USAID and Implementing Partner's (IP) capacity to achieve expected results; (2) USAID's understanding and tracking of activity and project performance; and (3) Mission and activity ability to collaborate, learn, and adapt (CLA).

Opportunity Description:

Navanti is seeking a Short-Term Technical Assistance Experts in various fields and topics who will contribute to the implementation of activities for this project in support of USAID/Nigeria's technical offices with a focus on Economic Growth & Environment.

Desired Skills:

Advanced degree in a relevant field.
Demonstrated experience in MEL activities including MEL plans at the activity and project level, monitoring activities, data quality assessments, evaluations, MEL training and capacity building, implementing learning agenda activities, as well as other MEL technical activities.
Demonstrated technical expertise in either of the above-mentioned technical fields in Nigeria and experience conducting relevant MEL activities.
Strong qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis skills; proficiency in relevant software such as SPSS, Stata, NVivo, or others preferred.
Experience working with USAID and local stakeholders in evaluation processes.
Knowledge USAID program cycle and evaluation policy.
Excellent communication, writing, facilitation, and presentation skills.

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Short-Term Technical Assistance Expert - Economic Growth & Environment (Nigeria)