Consultants (Project MEAL Activities) at Save the Children Nigeria

Save the Children is the leading independent organization creating lasting change in the lives of children in over 20 countries around the world. Recognized for our commitment to accountability, innovation and collaboration, our work takes us into the heart of communities, where we help children and families help themselves.

We work with other organizations, governments, non-profits and a variety of local partners while maintaining our own independence without political agenda or religious orientation. Save the Children’s mission is to Inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives.

We are recruiting to fill the position of:

Job Title: Consultancy to coordinate the End of Project MEAL Activities for the SHN Project in Lagos Island

Location: Lagos

Job Description

• The project aims to assess the impact of SHN on: (1) the school environment, particularly water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) infrastructure; (2) integration of school health policies; and (3) student’s Knowledge, Attitude and Practices (KAP) of health and hygiene focused on 4 key topics (WASH, Menstrual Hygiene Management, Oral Hygiene & Malaria).
• A school health policy exists in the Federal Ministry of Education (FMoH) to address the basic health and nutrition needs of school-age children; however, to the knowledge of Save the Children, implementation of school health and nutrition in a comprehensive manner was lacking in Lagos Island public schools.
• Save the Children has therefore worked at the school, community (SBMC and Parent forums), and local government level to develop their capacity to initiate and grow comprehensive implementation of SHN activities in Lagos Island.

Purpose of the MEAL Consultancy
The purpose of engaging a MEAL consultant is to facilitate the SHN project endline evaluation process. Specifically the MEAL consultant when engaged will perform among other activities the following:

• Develop questionnaire and other survey instruments for the endline evaluation
• Supervise the pretest of the instruments
• Prepare the design and methodology for the survey
• Conduct training of the field officers engaged for the survey
• Lead the team of data collection field officers during the survey
• Supervise all aspects of the endline survey, from tool design to data analysis, including the presentation of results.

Skills and competencies required

• A first Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Public Health or any other relevant discipline with sound background in data management.
• Experience in quantitative and contemporary statistical packages.
• Experience in conducting high quality quantitative research in schools in Nigeria;
• Experience of conducting research in the area of nutrition, public health and / or water and sanitation;
• Experience in conducting project endline evaluation or involved in similar research work.
• Competence in monitoring and evaluation report writing
• Key deliverables, outputs and expectation of this consultancy

The Consultant will deliver the following outputs:

• Endline survey instruments
• Workshop report detailing the training process for field officers, including the pilot of tools;
• Validated data entry tool/platform
• Complete data spread.
• Analyses of data on all key indicators
• Comprehensive endline report.
• The MEAL consultant will provide report directly to the MEAL Advisor, and will receive project oversight and execution support from the SHN Advisor.

Duration of consultancy

• The MEAL consultant will be engaged for 3-months. All key deliverables must be completed within this time frame. The consultant’s performance will be appraised at the end of this 3-month period.

Application Closing Date
10th February, 2016.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online