Job Title: Monitoring & Evaluation Manager

Department: Program

Location: Abuja

Reports to: Program Operation Lead

Application Closing Date: 16 July 2025

Who we are:

Population Services International (PSI) is the world’s leading non-profit social marketing organization. We are a diverse group of over 5,000 entrepreneurial development professionals located in over 40 countries committed to making it easier for all people to lead healthier lives and plan the families they desire. PSI is using its global presence and 50+ years of experience to help reimagine healthcare. We are working to shape market systems, shift policy and funding, and strengthen global capacity to better support consumer empowered healthcare.

Join us!

We are seeking a dedicated and experienced Monitoring & Evaluation Manager to join our dynamic team. The Monitoring & Evaluation Manager will play a key role in strengthening PSI Nigeria’s monitoring and evaluation systems, ensuring high-quality data collection, analysis, and reporting to enhance program effectiveness. The incumbent will support the development and implementation of M&E frameworks, facilitate learning and adaptive management, and ensure alignment with donor and organizational requirements.

Your contribution

You will be responsible for the following:

Monitoring & Data Management:

• Lead the design and implementation of M&E plans and frameworks, ensuring alignment with program objectives and donor requirements.

• Oversee routine data collection, validation, and analysis for program performance monitoring.

• Lead development and roll out of data collection tools, dashboards, and databases to track program progress.

• Conduct periodic data quality assessments (DQAs) to ensure the reliability and accuracy of program data.

• Conduct periodic field visits to provide technical assistance and support for strengthening program monitoring efforts.

• Support the deployment and maintenance of digital data collection platforms and ensure their effective utilization.

• Coordinate program evaluations, including baseline, midline, and end-line assessments.

• Conduct statistical analysis and interpret data to generate insights for program improvement.

• Develop knowledge management and learning agenda strategies to facilitate evidence-based decision-making.

• Organize and facilitate learning workshops, presentations, and stakeholder engagements.

Reporting & Compliance:

• Prepare high-quality reports for donors, government agencies, and internal stakeholders, ensuring timely submission.

• Generate, analyze and disseminate monitoring data to inform program decisions for adaptive implementation.

• Support program teams in developing performance indicators and targets.

• Ensure compliance with ethical standards and best practices in data management and research.

Capacity Building & Technical Support:

• Provide technical assistance and mentorship to field staff and implementing partners on M&E best practices.

• Develop and deliver training sessions on data collection, analysis, and visualization.

• Strengthening the M&E capacity of program teams and partner organizations through targeted coaching.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Build and maintain strong, collaborative relationships with government stakeholders, donors, and development partners to advance program M&E objectives at all levels.

What are we looking for?

We are looking for someone with:

• Master’s degree in public health, Epidemiology, Statistics, Social Sciences, or a related field.
• At least 5-7 years of experience in M&E roles, preferably in health and development programs.
• Strong proficiency in data analysis tools such as STATA, SPSS, R, or Power BI.
• Experience working with digital data collection platforms such as DHIS2, CommCare, or ODK.
• Excellent understanding of research methodologies, impact evaluation, and data visualization.
• Familiarity with donor reporting requirements.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to work in multi-disciplinary teams.
• Ability to travel to program implementation sites within Nigeria as required.
• Strong self- starter with a strategic mindset
• Information Technology skills will be an added advantage
• Proficiency in the use of Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• Language skills: Fluency in English, working knowledge of local languages in the geopolitical zone
• Reference will be required
• The successful candidate will be required to pass a background check.

The candidate we hire will embody PSI’s corporate values:

• Measurement: You use hard evidence to make decisions and guide your work. You set clear goalposts in advance and explain clearly if you need to move them.
• Pragmatism: You will strive to deliver the best possible result with the resources available. You will not be paralyzed by a need to make things perfect.
• Honesty: You own your mistakes and are open about your shortcomings – it is the only way you will learn and improve.
• Collaboration: You will quickly establish a mental map of whom you can rely on for what, on your team, at headquarters, and in our country offices – if you try to do it all yourself, you will not succeed.
• Trust: You accept limits to your sphere of control and give colleagues the benefit of doubt.
• Commitment: You are in it for the long-haul and want to grow with the organization, just like PSI serves its consumers and partners with host-country governments through thick and thin.

*Applications shall be reviewed on rolling bases.

All interested and qualified candidates should send their comprehensive resume with a cover letter as ONE PDF/Word document to the e-mail address jobs@psinigeria.org using the position title as the subject of the e-mail.

*Due to high volume of applications, only finalists will be contacted.

PSI is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages applications from qualified individuals regardless of actual or perceived race, religion, colour, sex, age, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, personal appearance, matriculation, political affiliation, family status or responsibilities, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, childbirth, related medical conditions, breastfeeding or disability.

We are seeking a dedicated and experienced Monitoring & Evaluation Manager to join our dynamic team. The Monitoring & Evaluation Manager will play a key role in strengthening PSI Nigeria’s monitoring and evaluation systems, ensuring high-quality data collection, analysis, and reporting to enhance program effectiveness. The incumbent will support the development and implementation of M&E frameworks, facilitate learning and adaptive management, and ensure alignment with donor and organizational requirements.

Your contribution

You will be responsible for the following:

Monitoring & Data Management:

• Lead the design and implementation of M&E plans and frameworks, ensuring alignment with program objectives and donor requirements.

• Oversee routine data collection, validation, and analysis for program performance monitoring.

• Lead development and and roll out of data collection tools, dashboards, and databases to track program progress.

• Conduct periodic data quality assessments (DQAs) to ensure the reliability and accuracy of program data.

• Conduct periodic field visits to provide technical assistance and support for strengthening program monitoring efforts.

• Support the deployment and maintenance of digital data collection platforms and ensure their effective utilization.

Evaluation & Learning:

• Coordinate program evaluations, including baseline, midline, and end-line assessments.

• Conduct statistical analysis and interpret data to generate insights for program improvement.

• Develop knowledge management and learning agenda / strategies to facilitate evidence-based decision-making.

• Organize and facilitate learning workshops, presentations, and stakeholder engagements.

Reporting & Compliance:

• Prepare high-quality reports for donors, government agencies, and internal stakeholders, ensuring timely submission.

• Generate, analyse and disseminate monitoring data to inform program decisions /for adaptive implementation.

• Support program teams in developing performance indicators and targets.

• Ensure compliance with ethical standards and best practices in data management and research.

Capacity Building & Technical Support:

• Provide technical assistance and mentorship to field staff and implementing partners on M&E best practices.

• Develop and deliver training sessions on data collection, analysis, and visualization.

• Strengthen the M&E capacity of program teams and partner organizations through targeted coaching.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Build and maintain strong, collaborative relationships with government stakeholders, donors, and development partners to advance program M&E objectives at all levels.

What are we looking for?

We are looking for someone with:

• Master’s degree in public health, Epidemiology, Statistics, Social Sciences, or a related field.
• At least 5-7 years of experience in M&E roles, preferably in health and development programs.
• Strong proficiency in data analysis tools such as STATA, SPSS, R, or Power BI.
• Experience working with digital data collection platforms such as DHIS2, CommCare, or ODK.
• Excellent understanding of research methodologies, impact evaluation, and data visualization.
• Familiarity with donor reporting requirements.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to work in multi-disciplinary teams.
• Ability to travel to program implementation sites within Nigeria as required.
• Strong self- starter with a strategic mindset
• Information Technology skills will be an added advantage
• Proficiency in the use of Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• Language skills: Fluency in English, working knowledge of local languages in the geopolitical zone
• Reference will be required
• The successful candidate will be required to pass a background check.

The candidate we hire will embody PSI’s corporate values:

• Measurement: You use hard evidence to make decisions and guide your work. You set clear goalposts in advance and explain clearly if you need to move them.
• Pragmatism: You will strive to deliver the best possible result with the resources available. You will not be paralyzed by a need to make things perfect.
• Honesty: You own your mistakes and are open about your shortcomings – it is the only way you will learn and improve.
• Collaboration: You will quickly establish a mental map of whom you can rely on for what, on your team, at headquarters, and in our country offices – if you try to do it all yourself, you will not succeed.
• Trust: You accept limits to your sphere of control and give colleagues the benefit of the doubt.
• Commitment: You are in it for the long-haul and want to grow with the organization, just like PSI serves its consumers and partners with host-country governments through thick and thin.

*Applications shall be reviewed on rolling bases.

All interested and qualified candidates should send their comprehensive resume with a cover letter as ONE PDF/Word document to the e-mail address jobs@psinigeria.org using the position title as the subject of the e-mail.

*Due to high volume of applications, only finalists will be contacted.

PSI is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages applications from qualified individuals regardless of actual or perceived race, religion, colour, sex, age, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, personal appearance, matriculation, political affiliation, family status or responsibilities, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, childbirth, related medical conditions, breastfeeding or disability.