Manager, Field Operations, MLE, West & Central Africa

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

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Sep 21, 2026, 6:18 AM

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Evidence Action's mission is to fill the gap between what is effective in global health and development and what is implemented at scale. One of our flagship programs is the Deworm the World Initiative, which envisions a world where all at-risk children have improved health, increased access to

Education

Job Title: Manager, Field Operations, MLE, West & Central Africa

and better livelihoods potential as a result of being free of intestinal worms.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Location: Abuja

Direct reports: Country Field operations leads (ranging from Senior Associates to Associate Managers, MLE, Field Operations)

The Role

This is an exciting position that involves overseeing program research and learning activities, coordinating MLE support for programs within the sub-region, leading the development and review of monitoring plans, supporting research and learning projects and coordination between MLE and government stakeholders and other implementing partners as needed.

A critical part of achieving this is managing systems to ensure that the quality of data for all Evidence Action sub- regional programs meet a high level of standard.

Please note that this is a contract position for a duration of one year.

The Manager, Field Operations is responsible for supporting all Evidence Action's monitoring and evaluation field operations for programs within the West and Central Africa Sub-region (Nigeria, Liberia and Cameroon).

Responsibilities

• Planning and Coordination of MLE Support for Programs within the Sub-region:
• Collaborate with the MLE Strategy and Delivery teams to ensure unified understanding of sub regional programs data needs to ensure that the MLE team deliver program needs on time
• Coordinate MLE support to state and national partners and government stakeholders
• Establish and manage strategic partnerships with M&E vendors, where needed, to achieve program MLE goals
• Support MLE Strategy team's research and learning projects to address specific gaps in knowledge about the programs within the sub-region, including the design (methods and sampling), draft and pilot of surveys and survey protocols analysis plans, data collection, cleaning and analysing data, and reporting.
• Improve on and streamline MLE activities ensuring they are comprehensive, cost-efficient, and well-designed to meet program goals. Adopt the most cost effective (and quality) means and ways available in the execution of the budget
• Make contributions towards the MLE newsletter, sub regional, regional, global, internal and external publications
• Ensure adequate representation of MLE team in meetings with program teams, partners and government stakeholders (as required and appropriate)
• Conduct site visits to ensure MLE activities are being implemented as appropriate, meet local context, and deliver support with MLE activity implementation as required.
• Oversee the sourcing for vendors required to support MLE activities within the programs in the sub-region and manage budget, timelines and deliverables by vendors
• Review and track program MLE results and support the interpretation and application of the results, facilitating data-driven decision-making by program teams in the sub-region
• Data Collection Activities for all Evidence Action programs in the Sub region:
• Development of efficient logistical tools for field teams, basic standards and best-practices for collecting data; including conducting back-checks/spot-checks and documentation of field activities
• Lead the development and maintenance of relevant databases for tracking and managing program information
• Coordinate with the program team to ensure free flow of information for planning data collection, and maintain ‘instant feedback' information systems as well as share information with the program team as required
• Review process monitoring reports shared by the Data Learning team and provide context-based input, capturing and disseminating lessons learnt from monitoring activities as well as tracking improvements in those significant areas over time to ensure that learnings are translated to program improvements
• Manage country teams and resources to achieve all data collection objectives- both quantitative and qualitative, to ensure relevant and reliable data is collected for MLE plans
• Field Operation Team Management:
• Support the development of MLE best practices within the organisation and facilitate lesson sharing across Evidence Action geographies
• Manage country MLE team efforts ensuring compliance to and the high-quality implementation of all M&E activities and that they meet all set deliverables
• Manage and contribute to innovative systems and tools to train staff as stipulated in the MLE staff training protocol
• Manage the annual MLE team work plans in line with defined scope of work and priorities for the programs in the sub region. Track activities against the work plan, ensuring monitoring and reporting timelines are met
• Working with Program and MLE teams, identify areas for capacity development, professional development and skill building and develop plans to address those areas for improvement for MLE teams within the sub-region
• Coordinate the need assessment, recruitment and onboarding of MLE staff in the sub region in collaboration with the MLE leadership, HR Manager and the necessary representatives from program teams
• Establish and maintain clear and comprehensive reporting templates and timelines to meet internal and external reporting needs
• Draft annual program MLE budgets for scope of work defined by the MLE Strategy Leads to properly budget for planned MLE activities for all programs in the sub-region. Oversee MLE expenditures as approved in the budget, and, routinely, check that actual expenditures vs allocated budget are within a sustainable range
• Other:
• Perform any other monitoring, evaluation and learning duties as may be required and assigned by the supervisor to support the team's shared objectives.
• Key Performance Indicators
• Timely submission of activity progress reports i.e. every Monday of a new week
• Efficient and effective management of budgetary resources with strict adherence to the finance policy
• Make learning resources available to program team for review and decision making after monitoring activities
• Timely collection of monitoring data for all programs in the sub region
• Field Operation's teams have the right equipment and materials to conduct their activities and proper accountability is maintained
• All country programs collect and report data electronically on available systems e.g. CTO, DHIS2
• Continuous iteration and improvement of developed systems, protocols, procedures and sharing of relevant feedback to enhance quality training
• Field Operation team members' professional development goals are met annually within reason
• Data collation vendors meet the data collection obligation as contracted
• Maintenance of standards and best practices for survey roll out from design to training, data collection and reporting
• Sustain and/or improve the quality of data collected for program monitoring and evaluation
• Continuous growth in team building, collaboration and leadership skills as evidenced by feedback from direct reports, supervisors, external stakeholders and other support teams
• Surveys and other data collection assignments are designed collaboratively with MLE-S

Requirements

• Inspired by Evidence Action's mission to bring proven interventions to scale, improving the lives of millions;
• Strong technical skills and capacity, with at least 4 years of practical

Experience

managing and working directly with large teams to implement data collection protocols

Master's Degree in a relevant field with strong public health, development economics, statistics background;

Proficiency in speaking in French and English language is a key requirement. We encourage French speakers to apply, as their language skills are especially relevant to this role's nature and

using electronic data collection platforms, specifically survey CTO

7+ years of

of M&E programs in the West and Central Africa region particularly ( Nigeria, Liberia and Cameroon)

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Demonstrable

working with teams in different countries to implement surveys, support program implementation and other data collection assignments

Naturally inquisitive and curious, detail-oriented and organised;

Willing to travel on short notice, to multitask, to work in ambiguity and to respond to instruction from multiple sources.

Fluency "able to express oneself easily and articulately" writing and, reading

Working conditions:

This position will require coordinating closely with the M&E team members within the West and Central Africa region and global offices with varying time differences, languages and work culture. It also requires travel across country programs.

Position

Location: This role will be based in either of the WCA countries that is (Nigeria or Cameroon) ( depending on the candidates nationality and work status)

We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of any employment visa at this time.

Applicants must be legally authorized to work in Nigeria or Cameroon for roles based in these countries.

Benefits

Performance Bonus.

Private Health Insurance

Training & Development

Paid Time Off

Pension Plan

How to Apply

Interested and qualified candidates should:

Click here to apply online

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