Program Quality, Evidence & Learning Director
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Prosper Global is recruiting a Program Quality, Evidence & Learning Director to be based in Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria. The role is proposed in anticipation of new humanitarian funding and will focus on strengthening program performance, accountability, learning, and coordination across multi-sectoral life-saving interventions in Northeast Nigeria. This is a full-time position in a complex, high-risk operational environment.
- Full-time director-level role based in Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria
- Focused on program quality, evidence, learning, and accountability
- Supports multi-sectoral humanitarian programming in Northeast Nigeria
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Prosper Global is recruiting a Program Quality, Evidence & Learning Director to be based in Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria. The role is proposed in anticipation of new humanitarian funding and will focus on strengthening program performance, accountability, learning, and coordination across multi-sectoral life-saving interventions in Northeast Nigeria. This is a full-time position in a complex, high-risk operational environment.
- Full-time director-level role based in Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria
- Focused on program quality, evidence, learning, and accountability
- Supports multi-sectoral humanitarian programming in Northeast Nigeria
- Position is contingent upon donor funding
- Involves frequent contact with participants and high accountability
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- PreferredPractical evidence in security, internship, entregadorThe tags and summary point to skills connected with this role.
- RequiredAvailability to work in MaiduguriThe vacancy is associated with this location.
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Original source description
**Contingent upon Donor Funding**
Maiduguri, Nigeria
Position Status:
Full Time
Risk Level:
☐
Level 3
☐
Level 2
☐
Level 1
(Level 3: Frequent contact with participants, direct contact with children, access to sensitive data, and/or high level of accountability.
Level 2: Some contact with participants; unplanned non-direct contact with children.
Level 1: Likely to have no contact with participants or sensitive data.
About Prosper Global
Barely enough is not enough for anyone. Prosper Global is a humanitarian organization working alongside communities facing conflict, climate change, and economic hardship to meet urgent needs and create the conditions for lasting progress. Today's challenges demand new solutions, so we pair local knowledge with global resources to help communities build what's needed, test what's possible, and scale what's proven so that people everywhere can pursue a full life on their own terms. In 2026, we changed our name from Mercy Corps to Prosper Global, to reflect our belief that when every community can prosper, all of humanity moves forward.
Program Summary
Prosper Global has been implementing multi-sectoral life-saving humanitarian programming across several Local Government Areas (LGAs) in Northeast Nigeria, particularly in Borno State, reaching vulnerable host communities and internally displaced persons (IDPs). Our interventions span Nutrition, WASH, Food Security, Cash Assistance, shelter & settlements, Protection, and early recovery, delivered through coordinated, community-centered approaches.
Prosper Global is now anticipating additional humanitarian funding, which will require rapid start-up and immediate scale-up of quality life-saving interventions. This funding will demand strong systems for program performance, accountability, learning, and coordination to ensure timely, effective, and high-quality delivery in a complex and high-risk operational environment.
The anticipated program will build on Mercy Corps’ established presence, partnerships, and technical expertise in Northeast Nigeria, strengthening community resilience while ensuring principled, accountable, and impactful humanitarian action.
General Position Summary
The Program Quality, Evidence & Learning Director position is proposed in anticipation of potential funding to support life-saving humanitarian programming in Northeast Nigeria, particularly in Borno State. This role will be critical in strengthening systems and ensuring high standards of program quality, community accountability, learning, and strategic communication across the portfolio.
He/she will oversee the PaQ unit in Nigeria, ensuring the establishment and implementation of organization-wide systems that promote consistent standards, processes, and best practices in program management. The position will play a central role in fostering evidence-based programming and adaptive management, while building a strong culture of training, coaching, and technical rigor to improve program effectiveness and efficiency.
A key expectation of the role is to institutionalize strong Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning (MEAL) systems, including robust Community Accountability and Response Mechanisms (CARM). The PaQ Director will ensure that program data, research, assessments, and field learning are systematically captured, analyzed, and integrated into ongoing and future program design.
In addition, the position holder will be responsible for producing high-quality learning documents, reflection briefs, case studies, and best-practice notes. These outputs will be strategically communicated to donors, state stakeholders, and partners to showcase Mercy Corps’ approaches, achievements, innovations, and impact in humanitarian response. The PaQ Director will strengthen program visibility and external positioning by translating field-level results into clear, evidence-driven narratives that support donor engagement and future resource mobilization.
Essential Job Responsibilities
STRATEGY & SYSTEMS STRENGTHENING
Provide strategic leadership to ensure clearly defined roles, accountability structures, and alignment with life-saving humanitarian priorities in Borno State.
Lead the integration of program data, context analysis, and evidence into country and sector strategies to ensure evidence-based, adaptive programming.
Establish and institutionalize systems that strengthen program quality, monitoring, learning, reporting, and community accountability mechanisms across the portfolio.
Develop processes that ensure cross-program learning is systematically captured and integrated into program adaptation and future design.
In collaboration with other departments, strengthen cross-team coordination to ensure coherence, technical rigor, and operational efficiency across all sectors.
PROGRAM QUALITY, PERFORMANCE & ACCOUNTABILITY
Lead the design and oversight of robust MEL, research, reporting, and Community Accountability and Response Mechanisms (CARM) systems aligned with humanitarian standards and donor expectations.
Ensure technical excellence and quality assurance across all sectors (WASH, Nutrition, Food Security, Cash, Protection, Shelter, etc.), including participation in start-up reviews, quality audits, field spot checks, and program close-outs.
Promote adaptive management by ensuring real-time data informs operational decisions in rapidly evolving humanitarian contexts.
Ensure efficient and transparent data capture systems that support evidence-based decision-making and timely internal and external reporting.
Support proposal development processes by integrating lessons learned, sector evidence, and strong accountability frameworks into program design.
LEARNING, KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT & STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION
Lead the production of high-quality learning products, including evaluation briefs, lessons learned reports, case studies, reflection notes, and best-practice documentation.
Translate field-level evidence and results into clear, compelling narratives that showcase Mercy Corps’ approaches, innovations, and impact to donors, government stakeholders, and coordination platforms.
Ensure timely, high-quality internal and external reporting that demonstrates accountability, results, and value for money.
Institutionalize mechanisms for capturing impact stories, evidence, and operational insights to strengthen donor engagement and future resource mobilization.
Ensure high-quality evaluations and internal data quality assessments to demonstrate measurable outcomes and accountability.
GENDER, SOCIAL INCLUSION & COMMUNITY ACCOUNTABILITY
Strengthen and institutionalize Community Accountability and Response Mechanisms (CARM), ensuring communities can safely and effectively provide feedback.
Ensure compliance with Gender and Social Inclusion (GESI) standards, including SADD data minimum requirements and protection mainstreaming.
Promote inclusive, gender-sensitive, and protection-aware programming across all life-saving interventions.
Support the integration of Do No Harm and safeguarding principles throughout the program lifecycle.
LEADERSHIP & TEAM MANAGEMENT
Build and lead a high-performing PaQ team with a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
Provide supervision, coaching, and performance management to ensure technical excellence and alignment with strategic objectives.
Ensure effective internal communication and coordination between field offices, sectors, and support departments.
Recruit, orient, and develop team members to strengthen mission-wide program quality and learning capacity.
REPRESENTATION & EXTERNAL ENGAGEMENT
Represent Prosper Global in donor engagements, coordination forums, and technical working groups related to program quality, learning, and accountability.