Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Officer at Save The Children

Ref Id: 190000TB
Location: Ogoja, Calabar
Employee Status: Fixed Term

Role Purpose

• Ensure implementation of the M&E plan for the all programmes including monitoring progress against planned activities, critical milestones and targets as well as providing support and guidance to program officers, Program Specialist and consortium CSO/government counterparts to ensure that the data collection, data management and reporting, are of the highest possible quality.

Scope of Role:

• Reports to: Head of MEAL
• Staff directly reporting to this post: None

Key Areas of Accountability
Objective 1 - Coordinate Data Collection, Data Quality Management, Analysis and State level Reporting:

• Participate in the design of programme monitoring and evaluation tools (registers, reporting templates, data bases, etc.) to track progress of projects
• Ensure timely data collection, compilation and reporting according to programme M&E plan
• Conduct monthly data analysis and prepare monthly programme IPTT monitoring reports
• Ensure the programme database is updated regularly
• Support programme feedback meetings to communities, facilities and authorities
• Support the MEAL CO team to conduct data quality assessments according to the M&E plan
• Support the field team in data management for rapid assessments, situational analysis, surveys, evaluations and other research as required
• Plan, forecast and facilitate the production and supply of M&E tools and materials to supported sites

Objective 2 - Support Programme Supervision, Monitoring and Evaluation:

• Support the field office to monitor child protection, WASH, Education and other projects across all target communities and communicate provide findings and progress to Program Managers
• Participate in evaluation of projects, focusing on data management of evaluation datasets.
• Support the dissemination and use of evaluation and research reports.

Objective 3 - Support Documentation, Reporting, Knowledge Sharing and Effective Feedback Mechanism:

• Support coordination of projects monthly, quarterly, biannual and annual reviews and reports as required.
• Participate in dissemination of program information to communities, children, and other stakeholders through a regular feedback mechanism
• Support the management of the beneficiary complaints and feedback mechanism database
• Update shared drive and project team space with program monitoring documents regularly.

Skills & Experience
Administrative & General Skills:

• 2-3 years previous experience with local and international NGOs in WASH, child protection & Education
• Previous experience with consortium protection and Education projects including identification and child protection issues
• Proficiency in the use of MS Excel or other statistical package e.g. SPSS,
• Fluency in English
• Ability to work in partnership with government and development partners
• Good interpersonal skills
• Ability to work within a team setting
• Independence, adaptability and flexibility
• Excellent communication skills including report writing.

Skills and Behaviours (our Values in Practice)
Accountability:

• accuracy and timeliness in all areas of responsibility
• Ability to do basic data tabulation for report development.
• high level of accuracy in work, and ability to analyse complex sets of relationships and situations
• holds self and others accountable

Ambition:

• Future-orientated, thinks pro-actively

Collaboration:

• Working effectively with stakeholders to achieve common goals
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, members and external partners
• Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to

Creativity:

• Designing more effective admin and data management systems
• Willing to take disciplined risks

Integrity:

• Honest, encourages openness and transparency, demonstrates highest levels of integrity.