African Development Bank (AfDB) Job in Nigeria for a Technical Assistant

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African Development Bank (AfDB) established to strengthen

dialogue between the Bank and the Government, is recruiting to

fill the below position:

Job Title: Technical Assistant – Monitoring and

Evaluation

Grade: TA

Position N°: NA
Location: Nigeria

Reference: No ADB/15/044


Objectives

Role of the Department and Objective of the position:

• With its Ten Years Strategy (TYS) for 2013-2022, the
  
  African Development Bank, (the Bank hereafter) has positioned
  
  itself as a partner of choice to support Africa in its
  
  development. The Water and Sanitation Department (OWAS) is
  
  actively engaged in the water and sanitation sector in Africa,
  
  in ever increasing magnitude, on programs and projects geared
  
  towards meeting the MDGs and the Africa Water Vision and
  
  pointing towards the forthcoming SDGs.
  


• The Department’s prime objective is to ensure the
  
  definition and implementation of sustainable solutions across
  
  the water and sanitation value chain including strategy;
  
  policy-making; institutional reform; advisory services at
  
  governmental and regional levels; capacity building,
  
  fundraising; project/program identification, preparation,
  
  appraisal, implementation and monitoring. Interventions
  
  specifically focus on: (i) Sector governance
  
  and knowledge management (ii) Sustainable
  
  infrastructure and inclusive services for water security and
  (iii) Sector collaboration and coordination
  
  for Integrated Water Resources Management and Development
  
  (IWRM&D). In doing so the Water and Sanitation Department
  
  strives to contribute to the two pillars of the Bank’s
  
  strategy: achieving inclusive growth and transitioning to green
  
  growth in Africa.
  


• OWAS, with the support of technical assistance funded by
  
  the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), has
  
  developed a new M&E strategy that aims at:
  

1. Improving the Bank’s capacity to monitor and evaluate its
   
   own interventions and their corresponding results (outputs and
   
   outcomes) in the WASH sector;
   


2. Helping Regional Member Countries to strengthen their
   
   M&E capacities in the WASH sector;
   


3. Contributing to the globally driven processes of developing
   
   overall standards, guidelines and principles for the creation
   
   of a shared monitoring framework of WASH.
   

Duties and Responsibilities

• Under the supervision of the Department Director, the
  
  Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist will support the
  
  implementation of the M&E strategy, the 2015-2017 action
  
  plan covering its three tiers (within the Bank, with Regional
  
  Member Countries and at global level) by taking a leading role
  
  and assisting Management, OWAS staff both in headquarters and
  
  in Field Offices and other Bank Departments and Institutions in
  
  activities related to M&E and result measurement.
  

At Bank level (1st tier):

• Design and manage training activities for OWAS staff on
  
  M&E (results frameworks, indicators, Bank’s M&E tools,
  
  statistical capacities, reporting, and documentation, etc.)
  
  applying the theory of change approach;
  


• Support OWAS efforts to generate evidence through the
  
  design of impact evaluation studies; Assist task managers to
  
  realize the planned impact evaluations including dissemination
  
  of findings;
  


• Assist staff and senior Management in the analysis and
  
  dissemination of relevant information;
  


• Spread knowledge and awareness on measurement and
  
  evaluation to foster a culture of management for results at
  
  OWAS, particularly in relation to the implementation of the
  
  Bank’s Long Term Strategy and mainstreaming of the post-2015
  
  global monitoring framework;
  


• Support knowledge management and development of knowledge
  
  products, capturing, documenting and sharing experiences from
  
  projects in OWAS and beyond to feed into new OWAS
  
  projects/interventions;
  


• Contribute to the further development and implementation of
  
  the Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Initiative (RWSSI) hosted
  
  by the OWAS / AfDB on matters pertaining to M&E;
  


• Provide technical support to AfDB project teams on
  
  measurement and evaluation issues in all phases of the project
  
  cycle, particularly in supporting the development of results
  
  frameworks, evaluation designs, data collection, use of Bank’s
  
  monitoring tools, take part in field missions;
  


• Support OWAS to complement the already developed WASH
  
  outcome indicators by selecting and defining indicators on
  
  water resources management, waste water management and cross
  
  cutting topics such as climate change, fragile state/context,
  
  private sector participation and gender; aligning framework
  
  with post 2015 SDG targets;
  


• Other M&E-related support including Focal point for
  
  Questions/Answers related to M&E methodology; leading the
  
  OWAS M&E Task Force; assisting in the selection and
  
  management of consultants hired to perform M&E related
  
  activities; Liaising with the African Water Facility and key
  
  Bank departments on issues relating to results measurement and
  
  M&E.
  

At country level (2nd tier):

• Advocate in Regional Member Countries (RMCs) to prioritize
  
  sector M&E activities;
  


• Cooperate with RMCs in designing and implementing
  
  interventions to strengthen the country WASH M&E frameworks
  
  and improving coordination amongst stakeholders;
  


• Assist joint RMC and Bank project/programme development
  
  implementation teams in the management and implementation of
  
  the M&E interventions approved during the previous/first
  
  phase of implementing the M&E Strategy and prepare new
  
  M&E interventions in additional countries;
  


• Foster peer learning across countries on WASH M&E
  
  outside of project implementation and after project completion
  
  of AfDB-funded projects;
  


• Support exchange in other M&E related platforms at
  
  national sector level;
  

At global level (3rd tier):

• Contribute to global M&E initiatives as required (e.g.
  
  GLAAS, JMP and AMCOW reporting);
  


• Represent the Bank and actively contribute to the
  
  activities of the SWA task team on harmonization and
  
  standardization.
  

Selection Criteria

Including Desirable Skills, Knowledge and Experience:

• A Master’s Degree or equivalent in Economics, Social
  
  Sciences, Civil Engineering, International Development or
  
  related field;
  


• Demonstrated experience in evaluation methodology,
  
  statistical analysis, sampling methodology and data collection/
  
  analysis;
  


• Demonstrated experience in the use of analytical software
  
  packages as well as computer literacy (MS office applications
  
  and web-based management information systems);
  


• Proven experience in building organisational capacity and/
  
  or training individuals in monitoring and evaluation;
  


• Strong facilitation and team management skills;
  


• Excellent written and verbal communications in English
  
  and/or French, a working knowledge of the other language is an
  
  advantage.
  


• Minimum of six (6) years'; professional experience in the
  
  monitoring and evaluating of water and sanitation sector
  
  projects;
  


• Preferably experience of working within the context of
  
  water and sanitation sector development in Africa;
  

How to Apply

Interested and qualified candidates should:

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online

Application Deadline  6th May,

2015.