M&E Officer at Smiling Hearts Initiatives International

Job Title: M&E Officer

Activities

• Develop and implement MEAL frameworks, indicators, tools, and plans to monitor project outputs, outcomes, and impact.
• Proactively ensure networking and sharing of lessons from the program with strategic partners and other stakeholder including government;
• Conduct regular field visits to monitor activities, ensuring quality and timely data collection and providing guidance to field teams.
• Responsible for providing technical support to project staff and partner organization on proper data collection and record keeping
• Maintain an updated database for all data collected, ensuring data accuracy, consistency, and accessibility for reporting and decision-making.
• Responsible for organizing periodical ongoing data review, reflective practice, evaluation and progress monitoring events;
• Actively participate in and contribute to MEAL team activities, system assessments, development and implementation of new systems and/or tools aimed at strengthening overall MEAL practices
• Data Collection and Analysis:
• Lead data collection activities, including surveys, focus group discussions, and key informant interviews, ensuring high data quality standards.
• Analyze quantitative and qualitative data, identifying trends, patterns, and areas for improvement, and generate timely MEAL reports.
• Ensure that data management systems and processes are aligned with organizational data protection policies.
• Responsible for conducting post distribution monitoring (PDM) data collection and analysis
• Facilitate beneficiary registration and verification at community level
• Accountability:
• Set up and manage an accountability system, ensuring that feedback mechanisms are available, accessible, and known to project beneficiaries and stakeholders.
• Collect and document feedback from beneficiaries, ensuring it is integrated into the project to enhance project responsiveness.
• Prepare monthly accountability reports, including trends in feedback and action taken to address issues raised.
• Ensure CFM data collection met optimum standard and quality for analysis
• Learning and Adaptation:
• Facilitate regular learning sessions, including after-action reviews, to promote reflection and learning across the project team and stakeholders.
• Document lessons learned and best practices to inform future project design and improve project outcomes.
• Contribute to knowledge-sharing efforts, including writing case studies, success stories, and briefing notes.
• Prepare monthly, and quarterly MEAL reports, providing insights into project performance, beneficiary satisfaction, and impact.
• Support the project team in compiling and submitting donor reports, ensuring MEAL inputs are timely and accurate.
• Ensure that all reporting aligns with donor requirements and organizational standards.

Candidate Profile

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences, Statistics, Development Studies, Monitoring and Evaluation, or a related field. A Master’s degree is an added advantage.
• Minimum of 3 years of relevant experience in MEAL, preferably within the shelter, NFI, or humanitarian assistance sectors.
• Experience working in humanitarian or development projects in challenging environments, preferably in Nigeria or similar contexts.
• Strong knowledge and experience in developing and implementing MEAL frameworks, tools, and systems.
• Proficiency in data collection and analysis methods (quantitative and qualitative), including surveys, interviews, focus groups, and case studies.
• Experience using data management and analysis software, such as Excel, SPSS, Power BI, or other relevant tools. 
• Good computer skills in MS Office, especially Excel; and Word – with experience in writing reports;
• Self-motivated and pro-active attitude with good organization, planning, and analytic skills, including prioritizing work, multi-tasking and attention to detail;
• Flexibility and ability to work under pressure and in constantly evolving work environments;
• Experience of analyzing and presenting data in a way that facilitates effective decision making.
• Demonstrated analytical, systematic-thinking, and problem-solving skills are definite assets;
• A strong understanding of accountability and proven ability to build Beneficiary Feedback Systems

Application Instructions:

The application deadline is 8th November 2024. Therefore qualified and interested candidates can “CLICK HERE TO SUBMIT APPLICATION”