Program Quality, Evidence & Learning Director - Nigeria at Prosper Global – Maiduguri, Nigeria

The Program Quality, Evidence & Learning Director position for Prosper Global (formerly Mercy Corps) is contingent upon donor funding and will be based in Maiduguri, Nigeria. This full-time role is crucial for strengthening systems and ensuring high standards of program quality, community accountability, learning, and strategic communication across Prosper Global's multi-sectoral life-saving humanitarian programming in Northeast Nigeria, particularly Borno State. The organization works with vulnerable host communities and internally displaced persons (IDPs) in areas such as Nutrition, WASH, Food Security, Cash Assistance, shelter & settlements, Protection, and early recovery.

The Director will oversee the Program Quality (PaQ) unit in Nigeria, establishing and implementing organization-wide systems that promote consistent standards, processes, and best practices in program management. Key responsibilities include fostering evidence-based programming and adaptive management, while cultivating a strong culture of training, coaching, and technical rigor to enhance program effectiveness and efficiency. A central expectation of the role is to institutionalize robust Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning (MEAL) systems, including strong Community Accountability and Response Mechanisms (CARM). The position holder will ensure that program data, research, assessments, and field learning are systematically captured, analyzed, and integrated into ongoing and future program design.

- Proven ability to oversee and strengthen systems for program quality, community accountability, learning, and strategic communication in humanitarian contexts.
- Demonstrated experience in establishing and implementing organization-wide systems that promote consistent standards, processes, and best practices in program management.
- Expertise in fostering evidence-based programming and adaptive management.
- Capacity to build a strong culture of training, coaching, and technical rigor to improve program effectiveness and efficiency.
- Extensive experience in institutionalizing robust Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning (MEAL) systems, including Community Accountability and Response Mechanisms (CARM).
- Ability to ensure systematic capture, analysis, and integration of program data, research, assessments, and field learning into program design.
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