Monitoring and Evaluation Analyst

The Monitoring and Evaluation Analyst position is located in the Crisis Response Division of UNOCHA and focuses on strengthening accountability, transparency, and effectiveness of the Nigeria Humanitarian Fund (NHF). The role involves programmatic monitoring, data management, partner capacity strengthening, and supporting humanitarian financing decisions to improve outcomes for conflict-affected populations in northeast Nigeria.

Responsibilities

• Support the development and regular updating of the NHF programmatic monitoring plan in alignment with assurance priorities and projects implementation schedules, NHF monitoring SOPs, and operational guidelines.
• Conduct regular and systematic monitoring (including remote monitoring) of NHF-funded projects to assess implementation progress, verify reported results, and ensure compliance with approved project proposals and grant agreements.
• Prepare monitoring reports with actionable recommendations following monitoring activities.
• Ensure timely communication and sharing of key findings, concerns, project implementation status updates, and agreed follow-up actions with relevant HFU staff, partners, and other stakeholders.
• Provide technical guidance and capacity strengthening support to NHF partners during and following programmatic monitoring activities to improve data quality, reporting accuracy, documentation standards, and compliance with NHF and CBPF requirements.
• Support the design, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of NHF-related data, assessments, surveys, monitoring datasets, and analytical products to strengthen evidence-based reporting and operational decision-making.
• Ensure accurate and timely documentation and updating of project monitoring records, supporting evidence, results tracking information, and related recommendations in the Grant Management System (OneGMS).
• Contribute to the preparation and development of NHF annual reports, analytical and information products, success stories, lessons learned, and other knowledge management materials.
• Support data analysis, prioritization exercises, and evidence-based decision-making processes to inform NHF allocation planning and strategic prioritization.
• Support the design and implementation of NHF partners' technical capacity strengthening initiatives.
• Support strategic and technical reviews of NHF projects ensuring alignment with allocation strategies, sector priorities, technical standards, and CBPF guidelines.
• Support the quality assurance of NHF project narrative reports and provide technical inputs during project revisions, reprogramming, and grant adjustment processes.
• Support review and clearance of requests for Due Diligence ensuring all required documents have been completed and uploaded in OneGMS.
• Conduct programmatic internal capacity assessments (ICAs) of NGOs in line with NHF eligibility and ICA SOPs/guidelines.
• Support the design and implementation of national NGO capacity strengthening initiatives throughout NHF eligibility and partnership processes.
• Support the planning, coordination, and participation in field missions with NHF stakeholders including donors, Advisory Board members, OCHA management, and other relevant stakeholders.

Requirements

• Advanced university degree (Master's degree or equivalent) preferably in Statistics, Political or Social Science, Development Studies, International Studies, Public Administration, or other relevant science is required.
• A relevant first-level university degree in the above fields in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
• A minimum of 2 years of relevant progressively responsible experience in emergency humanitarian programming, crisis/emergency relief management or other related areas, preferably with a UN organization or an NGO is required.
• Experience in a humanitarian context within the UN Common system or in a comparable international organization is required.
• Experience in programmatic monitoring and results reporting on donor-funded projects is desirable.
• Experience in data management, analysis, and report writing skills, with experience in proposal development and review and knowledge of logical frameworks, workplans, and monitoring plans is desirable.
• Experience in production and knowledge management of donor-funded information products is desirable.
• Experience with Pooled Funds (NHF and/or CERF) either directly or as a partner is desirable.
• Experience in working in the BAY States (Borno/Adamawa/Yobe) is desirable.
• Fluency in English is required.
• Knowledge of Hausa and/or Kanuri is required.

Skills

• Emergency Humanitarian Programming
• Crisis Relief Management
• Programmatic Monitoring
• Results Reporting
• Data Management
• Data Analysis
• Report Writing
• Proposal Development
• Logical Frameworks
• Workplan Development
• Monitoring Plans
• Donor-funded Project Management
• Knowledge Management
• Partner Capacity Building
• Humanitarian Financing
• Experience with Pooled Funds
• Experience in BAY States

Languages

English, Hausa, Kanuri