MEAL Officer (Service Provider) at CARE

Employment Type: Contract - Service Provider 

Location: Nguru, Yobe State.

JOB SUMMARY

The Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) Officer for the Project will be responsible for designing, coordinating, and implementing the monitoring and evaluation framework of the project. The role includes managing the collection, analysis, and reporting of data to measure the performance and impact of project activities. The M&E Officer will work closely with project staff, partners, and stakeholders to ensure the effective implementation of the project's M&E plan, provide feedback on project strategies, and contribute to the continuous improvement of project outcomes. The position will coordinate & monitor activities in 4 LGAs of Yobe State (Karasuwa & Nguru) and Jigawa State (Hadejia & Jahun LGAs)

RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS:

Job Responsibility #1: Monitoring and Evaluation of activities

• Develop and implement the M&E framework and system for the Project.
• Coordinate and conduct regular data collection, ensuring data quality and integrity.
• Analyse data and generate timely and accurate reports on project performance and impact.
• Work collaboratively with project teams to integrate M&E findings into project planning and decision-making.
• Collect and collate field level data needed for reporting output and outcome and impact indicators.
• Support the MEAL Coordinator to implement the Data Quality Assurance system including the conduct of data quality assessments according to the M&E plan.
• Support in conducting assessments as needed, facilitate focus groups and other qualitative data collection exercises.
• Facilitate routine field visits to project sites, collect project data, track key performance indicators against targets, and engage project participants and stakeholders in MEAL activities.

Job Responsibility #2: Data System Management

• Responsible for record keeping and maintaining MEAL team updated data for the project.
• Develop and implement robust data management systems and databases tailored to the needs of the Project.
• Support the MEAL Coordinator in data management for assessments, analysis, surveys, evaluations, and other research as required.
• Conduct assessment, including endline data collection to assess project impact.
• Analyse quantitative and qualitative data to evaluate the effectiveness of interventions.
• Maintain a harmonized project database and automated indicator tracking sheet to ensure data quality and ease of reporting.
• Ensure the data management system is user-friendly and accessible to all relevant project staff and stakeholders.
• Carryout collection, entry, and maintenance of data, ensuring accuracy and consistency.
• Train staff and enumerators on data collection tools and processes.
• Implement data quality assurance processes, including regular data audits, to ensure the reliability and validity of data.

Job Responsibility #3: Accountability & Compliance 

• Lead Feedback and Accountability mechanisms assessments with the community to ensure efficient use of preferred feedback channels by the community.
• Maintain regular contact with beneficiaries, community leaders, municipality representatives and other (I)NGOs, inviting them to participate in monitoring and assessment processes and sharing the results with them.
• Inform target beneficiaries of their rights, the intended results and impact of the project, the monitoring and evaluation processes, and the feedback and accountability Mechanism of CARE Nigeria 
• Conduct community visits, feedback and accountability assessments, AAP activities including focus group discussions with project participants and stakeholders on project activities.
• Participate in dissemination of program information to communities, project participants, and other stakeholders through regular feedback mechanism.
• Maintain the complaints and feedback received and ensure a timely and appropriate follow-up or referral if needed.
• Clean and validate data received from beneficiaries for complaint and feedback database and generate weekly summaries.

Job Responsibility #4: Learning, Reporting and Documentation

• Participate in the dissemination of learning to other team members to ensure that good practice is understood and adopted.
• Prepare regular M&E reports for internal and external stakeholders, including donors.
• Document findings, lessons learned, and best practices to inform future programming.
• Support the dissemination and use of evaluation and research reports and propose changes for improvement to the project team.
• Support coordination of consortium projects monthly, quarterly, biannual and annual reviews and reports as required.
• Participate in dissemination of program information to communities, beneficiaries, and other stakeholders through regular feedback mechanism.
• Contribute to the timely and quality compilation and submission of project periodical reports (Weekly, monthly, quarterly, Annual, and special reports) to the project Manager. 
• Assist in the preparation of the project’s operations plans/work plans & reviews.
• Ensure all project data are up to date update and report in humanitarian update and PIIRs reporting platform timely.

Job Responsibility #5: Resource mobilization 

• Contribute to CARE’s resource mobilization efforts by providing data and analysis to support the development of grant proposals and funding applications.
• Ensure that proposals are backed by accurate, up-to-date, and relevant data on project outcomes and impacts.
• Ensure that lessons learned from M&E activities inform future resource mobilization strategies and project planning.

QUALIFICATION/EXPERIENCE/TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Required

• Minimum of bachelor’s degree in Agricultural Economics, Public Health, Nutrition, Development Studies, or its equivalent.
• At least 3 years’ experience of working in M&E system preferably with experience in the sectors: Health, Protection, Nutrition, Agriculture and Livelihood. 
•  Previous field experience in assessments, data gathering, interviews and information triangulation/verification.
• Experience in setting up and/or managing M&E systems, preferably in NGO setting.
• Knowledge and/or experience of working on accountability initiatives, such as information sharing and complaints response mechanisms.
• Proficiency in MS Office applications, Skills in Word, Excel, Power Point, spread sheets and other Statistical software e.g. SPSS, STATA and QGIS, PBi, and design of MEAL tools including ITT, MEAL plan, RF.
• Experience in implementing knowledge management and learning/ adaptive management approach in MEAL.
• Previous work experience in hardship areas or emergency setting.
• Experience in documentation, data analysis and reporting. 

Desired

• Working knowledge and experience of humanitarian principles, and standards – Core Humanitarian Standards (CHS), Sphere Minimum Standards, Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA), Gender in Emergencies.
• Excellent communication skills including excellent written and verbal skills, fluency in English and Hausa is required and knowledge of Kanuri is desirable.
• Good understanding of the Northeast Nigeria social and operational environment.
• Disciplined and able to work and arrive at decisions autonomously and with minimal guidance.
• Extensive knowledge and understanding of Microsoft Office suit, mobile applications e.g. Kobo tool, SurveyCTO, and statistical analytical software SPSS, STATA
• Knowledge and understanding of qualitative and quantitative data collection methodologies.

Competencies:

• Approachability                                  
• Building Effective Teams
• Customer Focus
• Integrity and Trust
• Drive for Results
• Comfort around Higher management
• Business Acumen
• Negotiating
• Organizational Agility