MEAL Officer at Global Village Healthcare Initiative for Africa (GHIV Africa)

Job Summary

The Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning (MEAL) Officer will manage information and reporting processes and products to ensure professional, high-quality communication in an organization's activities and results. He/she will play an important role in improving information management and data quality, and in strengthening knowledge sharing and learning across the organization.

He/she will also be responsible for full-cycle monitoring and evaluation of programs, developing appropriate methodologies and tools to design evaluations.

Duties and Responsibility

• Facilitate design of “SMART” objectives, logic models, monitoring frameworks, and evaluation plans during annual work-planning process
• Ensure the alignment of MEAL activities with program goals.
• Contribute to the development of annual work plans to identify project targets and ensure inclusion of MEAL activities.
• Maintain existing indicator tracking tools; develop additional databases and tracking tools as needed to demonstrate the effectiveness of project interventions.
• Ensure adherence to specific monitoring and reporting requirements.
• Analyze data for accuracy, flag validation or quality issues, and contribute to system fixes.
• Generate indicator reports for tracking progress against key indicators as needed.
• Create and integrate graphics in reports and information products to help visualize data in a meaningful way.
• Edit content and presentation of all reporting and deliverables before submittal to ensure superior quality and professionalism.
• Contribute to developing and reporting of project reviews, assessments, surveys, and other analytic or evaluation processes and products.
• Ensure a unified approach to partner self-assessment and programmatic close-out reporting.
• Conduct field visits for data validation and to monitor the quality and completeness of data sets; coordinate data collection at project sites to monitor program development and ensure timely compilation and reporting of data; capture and document lessons learned; and champion the scaling up best practices.
• Provide technical leadership and support to project and partner staff in planning and implementing MEAL systems and activities, data-based program decision-making, and results reporting; provide training as needed.
• Support the development, design, and writing of proposals and concept notes for related programming information management and reporting.
• Cultivate and strengthen relationships with local partner organization, donors, private sectors partners, and national authorities.
• To carry out any other related duties assigned.

Requirement:

• A minimum of HND, BSc or bachelor’s degree in Statistics, Information Management/technology, Public Health, International Development, Public Policy, or a related field.
• At least two years’ experience in – program monitoring and evaluation which includes database development and management, remote monitoring, assessments, and situation analysis in emergency settings.
• Proven success in designing, implementing, and operating M&E systems from project initiation to close out.
• Experience in strategic planning and performance management, including indicator selection, target setting, reporting, database management, and developing M&E and performance monitoring plans.
• Knowledge of the major evaluation methodologies (qualitative, quantitative, mixed method, and impact), data collection and analysis methodologies
• Ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously in a fast-paced environment, set priorities, and meet deadlines.

Experience and technical competencies: (include years of experience):

Essential:

• Computer skills, especially in Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Excel
• Experience in Electronic Data Collection.
• Previous track record monitoring nutrition projects across the BAY states, most especially UNICEF & WFP projects.
• Experience in planning and managing surveys, developing, and refining data collection tools, and with data quality assessments and oversight.

Desirable:

• Proficiency in the use of Kobo toolbox and research.
• Proficient using analysis tool (Excel, SPSS, or Power BI)
• Proven success in designing, implementing, and operating M&E systems from project initiation to close out.
• Experience in strategic planning and performance management, including indicator selection, target setting, reporting, database management, and developing M&E and performance monitoring plans.
• Knowledge of the major evaluation methodologies (qualitative, quantitative, mixed method, and impact) and data collection and analysis methodologies
• Willingness and ability to travel.
• Experience in planning and managing surveys, developing, and refining data collection tools, and with data quality assessments and oversight.
• Proven success in designing, implementing, and operating M&E systems from project initiation to close out.
• Experience in planning and managing surveys, developing, and refining data collection tools, and with data quality assessments and oversight.
• Ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously in a fast-paced environment, set priorities, and meet deadlines.
• Ready to travel to deep field for monitoring project activities.
• Communication skills (English, Hausa and Kanuri is added advantage).
• Carryout any other related duties assigned to.