- Company: Extension Africa
- Location: Abuja
- Job type: Contract
- Salary: Competitive salary commensurate with qualifications and experience
- Deadline: Not specified
About the role
Extension Africa (EXAF) is a data-driven agritech platform providing private extension services to value chain actors. We are looking for an Evaluation Officer to bring technical depth to project implementation. This is a 12-month renewable contract based in Abuja or Kano, with up to 20% field travel required. The role focuses on ensuring that Extension Africa’s Research & Evaluation Framework, which draws on UNDP and OECD-DAC criteria, is applied consistently across all assigned projects.
Responsibilities
- Design and deliver needs assessments, baseline, midline, and endline evaluations.
- Conduct impact assessments to generate reliable evidence for clients, donors, and government partners.
- Apply recognized evaluation standards, including UNDP guidance and OECD-DAC criteria, in practice.
- Manage mixed-methods research, including sampling design, survey analysis, and qualitative interviewing.
- Utilize digital data collection tools and statistical packages for data analysis and reporting.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Agricultural Economics, Economics, Statistics, Development Studies, Sociology, Rural Development, Public Health, or a closely related field; a Master’s degree is an advantage.
- Minimum of 3 years’ experience in monitoring and evaluation, with at least 2 years leading or substantially contributing to baseline, mid-line, end line, or impact evaluations.
- Demonstrated experience applying recognized evaluation standards such as UNDP evaluation guidance or OECD-DAC criteria.
- Strong mixed-methods capability, including sampling design, survey analysis, and qualitative interviewing and coding.
- Practical experience with digital data collection tools (KoboToolbox, ODK, SurveyCTO, CommCare, or similar).
- Proficiency in at least one statistical package (SPSS, Stata, R, or Python) and advanced Excel.
- Excellent English report writing skills.
- Willingness to travel frequently to rural project locations.
- Experience in agriculture, rural development, or agri-fintech programmes in Nigeria is an advantage.
- Familiarity with Power BI or Tableau is an advantage.
How to apply
Interested and qualified candidates should click here to apply online.
