Manager, Field Operations, MLE, West & Central Africa at Evidence Action – Abuja / West & Central Africa

Evidence Action is recruiting a Manager, Field Operations, MLE, for a one-year contract supporting monitoring, learning and evaluation across Nigeria, Liberia and Cameroon.

Role overview

• Coordinate monitoring, learning and evaluation (MLE) field operations across the West and Central Africa programmes.
• Provide technical and operational leadership to country field operations leads and strengthen programme data quality.
• The appointment is a one-year contract. The role involves regional and global collaboration, cross-country travel and work across different time zones.

Planning, research and monitoring

• Develop and refine cost-effective MLE plans, budgets, work plans, measurement systems and programme reporting.
• Interpret MLE findings with programme teams and government partners to inform implementation and improvement.
• Support research design, survey protocols, sampling, piloting, analysis plans, data cleaning and publication or learning outputs.
• Coordinate vendors and strategic research partners, overseeing deliverables, quality, budgets and timelines.
• Conduct field visits, maintain monitoring standards, organise back-checks and spot-checks, and strengthen data collection logistics.

Team leadership and data quality

• Manage quantitative and qualitative field collection across country programmes, including electronic reporting through tools such as SurveyCTO and DHIS2.
• Oversee databases, feedback systems, process-monitoring reviews and dissemination of lessons learned.
• Manage country teams, recruitment support, professional development and training protocols.
• Monitor resource use, equipment accountability, reporting schedules and consistent implementation of MLE standards.

Requirements

• A master’s degree in a relevant discipline with a public health, development economics or statistics background.
• At least seven years’ experience in monitoring and evaluation programmes in West and Central Africa, especially Nigeria, Liberia and Cameroon.
• At least four years’ direct experience leading large teams implementing data-collection protocols.
• Professional proficiency in French and English, including communication and written reporting.
• Experience coordinating cross-country teams, surveys and electronic data collection, particularly SurveyCTO.
• Strong analytical, organisational, stakeholder and interpersonal skills, with willingness to travel on short notice.
• Applicants must be authorised to work in Nigeria or Cameroon; visa sponsorship is not available.