Data-Driven Insights Coordinator

Context of the Position


The Evidence & Insights team is a crucial component of Girl Effect. This team conducts essential research, monitoring, and evaluation to aid the organization in designing and developing initiatives that maximize impact for girls. They collaborate closely with programs and social behavior change (SBC) teams to assess and evaluate our work against specific objectives and showcase our impact to current and potential donors, as well as other stakeholders like governments and community partners. The team plays a vital role in ensuring we are a learning organization by gathering and utilizing data and insights to understand how we can optimize our reach and impact, and feeding that knowledge back into the organization. As Girl Effect expands its implementation in Nigeria across various areas including HPV vaccination, Nutrition, Sexual reproductive health, and Economic empowerment, we have an exciting and diverse portfolio of research, monitoring, and evaluation planned. Consequently, we are seeking an experienced monitoring, evidence, research, and learning manager to join our team and oversee the delivery of this range of work in Nigeria.


Key Responsibilities


Spearhead the design, implementation, and synthesis of high-quality research, evaluations, and learning agendas to generate actionable insights that inform strategic decisions, program enhancement, and policy influence.
Collaborate with local and global teams to execute the market research and knowledge-building strategy that effectively informs, monitors, and evaluates the design and delivery of the Nigeria program portfolio.
With support from the Evidence and Insights team, oversee research projects across Girl Effect Nigeria's product portfolio, including tool design, data collection, data management and analysis, and report writing.
Champion data-informed storytelling and Impact Measurement that guides strategic decisions, program improvements, and policy influence.
Create and maintain program dashboards and scorecards to visualize performance and progress.
Foster a culture of learning and adaptive management to ensure programs remain flexible, responsive, and evidence-driven.
Collaborate closely with programs, SBCC, create managers, and communications teams throughout the research process to ensure MERL meets their needs and that findings are shared in engaging and impactful ways.
Work with SBCC/Create and Programs to transform insights into user-friendly knowledge products such as briefs, infographics, and blogs.
Organize quarterly pause and reflect sessions with program teams to discuss findings, make course corrections, and inform future strategies.
Develop and maintain an evidence and learning agenda aligned with strategic priorities and donor expectations.
Oversee the research budget and prioritize resources to maximize the value of research and evidence generation activities.
Assist in commissioning research projects and manage research agencies to conduct research activities; draft requests for proposals and Terms of Reference for studies, review research tools, advise on sampling strategies and methodologies, and review analysis and reporting.
Ensure quality assurance during fieldwork through regular supportive supervisory visits and maintain data quality and consistency across sources used in external presentations and reports.
Provide technical expertise to research, monitoring, and evaluation projects, collaborating with our global MERL team as needed. Advise on appropriate designs, suggesting qualitative and/or quantitative methodologies or other approaches (e.g., using digital methods or secondary data sources) as suitable.
Uphold Girl Effect's ethical and safeguarding standards, and ensure that field implementation is conducted to the highest standards through training and oversight of field research partners.
Guarantee that research outputs are accessible, easily understandable, and useful, ensuring they are utilized to their full potential.
Establish research partnerships with local and international research organizations to maximize opportunities for cost-sharing and joint learning.


This list should not be considered exhaustive; the post holder will be expected to perform other duties relevant and appropriate to this position.



Organizational Accountabilities


Exemplify Girl Effect's values and professional standards.
Drive the achievement of organizational and team goals.
Actively seek opportunities for continuous improvement within your areas of responsibility.
Stay informed of and adhere to all relevant policies and regulations.


Qualifications & Experience Required


Extensive experience with increasing responsibility in public health, social sciences, statistics, applied research and/or monitoring and evaluation in Nigeria, or a postgraduate degree in a relevant field combined with several years of progressive work experience focused on gender-transformative programming, preferably in the global health or development sector.
Passionate about working with adolescent girls and young women and genuinely supporting their growth in challenging environments.
Proven experience in implementing high-quality qualitative and quantitative research design, fieldwork, data analysis, and reporting.
Experience in commissioning and managing research agencies throughout projects, ensuring deliverables are completed on time and meet organizational needs.
Strong qualitative and quantitative data analysis skills; proficient with digital adaptations.
Demonstrated ability to uncover new insights and translate these into exciting, engaging reports and research outputs.
Experience in strategic planning and knowledge management.
Excellent communication skills; able to work effectively across functions and countries.
Outstanding organizational and project management skills; capable of developing and driving research processes and timelines.
Strong cultural awareness and sensitivity regarding the cultures within which Girl Effect operates.
Creative and inquisitive mindset with strong communication and organizational skills.
Commitment to realizing the potential of girls and to the vision and values of Girl Effect.
Fluent in English, with a high level of proficiency in both writing and speaking. Proficiency in another Nigerian language is advantageous.


Desirable Qualities


Expertise in working with girls on sensitive issues in Nigeria.
Experience with participatory engagement approaches.
Technical/theoretical knowledge in one or more of Girl Effect's thematic areas (e.g., gender, sexual and reproductive health, mental health, or economic empowerment)
Background in evaluating programs related to women and girls.
Hands-on experience in applied research in emerging markets or developing contexts.
Experience in training and mentoring others in research methods, data analysis, and reporting.