MEAL Officer at Solidarities International

Solidarities International is a French humanitarian organization that provides aid and assistance to victims of war or natural disaster. For over 40 years the association has focused on meeting three vital needs - water, food, and shelter. SI is present in North-East Nigeria since 2016 and is currently operating in 4 bases across Borno State (Maiduguri, Monguno, Ngala, and Dikwa) with outreach capacities across all BAY States through its emergency component. Currently, SI carries out emergency / post-emergency programs in the WASH sector in North-West Nigeria where limited actors are currently present.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: MEAL Officer

Location: Gusau, Zamfara
Employment Type: Full-time
Contract Start Date: Projected contract duration is 8 Months - with a possible extension.

Mission / Objectives

• Under the supervision of the Team Leader, the M&E Officer is in charge of the monitoring of the activities’ implementation.
• He/she collects data and provides evidence of the program’s progress and achievements.

Main Responsibilities
Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E):

• Under the responsibility of the team leader, participate in the logistics and administrative organization, planning, and preparation of M&E missions:
• Contribute to the creation of monitoring tools and to the preparation of database frames based on questionnaires.
• Support the team leader in centralizing and organizing data collection for activities and outputs as defined in the M&E plan.
• Collect monitoring data using SI tools:
• Contribute to data collection at field level (overseeing surveys etc.) and make sure that all available aspects are covered.
• Ensure that all data is entered on time and check their consistency and quality. Contribute to maintain the database following a standard format allowing aggregation of data to produce routine or periodic monitoring reports.
• Identify potential negative impacts of the activities.
• Monitor that crosscutting aspects like gender and “do no harm” are taken into account in the activities.
• Formulate preliminary recommendations on how to improve the activities.
• Monitor humanitarian situation.
• With the support of the PM and MEAL team, prepare and implement training on monitoring tools to field officers.
• Assist in external M&E mission.
• Ensure that contractual soft & hard data about programs are easily available upon request.
• Apply the security procedures in the context of monitoring & evaluation missions.

Reporting/ Communication:

• Draft M&E reports and provide project updates and recommendations as necessary.
• Participate in seminars and training workshops which may be useful to the accomplishment of monitoring & evaluation activities and the attainment of the project’s objectives and in restitution workshops.
• Keep monitoring tools and files archived and secured
• Update regularly the monitoring & evaluation tools & methodology considering the donor’s indicators, gender, disable persons, protection & «Do No Harm» approaches
• Make regular reports to the team lead on the evolution of activities and specific tasks confided to him/her, problems encountered, and the quality of relations with beneficiaries
• Bring to light any difficulty linked to his or her activities, to the programs of Solidarités or security concerns
• Collaborate with the administration and the local authorities

HR Management:

• Take part in the recruitment of the monitoring team (enumerators / DW) when needed
• Train and build the capacity of the team (enumerators /DW)
• Supervise the monitoring team (enumerators / DW)

Requirements

• A resident of Zamfara State preferred (position not open to delocalization)
• Educational requirement: at least a B.Sc. in Social/Management Science related course
• Minimum of 1-year’ experience as MEAL TEAM member or in a similar role
• Excellent knowledge of word processing tools and spreadsheets (MS Office Word, Excel, etc.)
• Ability to deliver high-quality outputs in a timely manner
• Fluent in spoken and written English and Hausa, ability to read and write
• A good listener, a good communicator, ability to prioritize and work with little supervision, team player, excellent interpersonal skills.

What We Offer

• Salary + Transport & housing contributions + social benefits (medical coverage, 24 days of Annual leaves per year, compassionate leaves, public holidays as announced by the government, festive bonus, Life insurance - covering death and permanent disability) etc.

Application Closing Date
5th July, 2021.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online
Or
Hard copy applications (Send only CV and Cover Letter) will also be received in Gusau at:
Gada Biyu, Zanna Road,
Opposite A.A Gusau House,
Gusau - Zamfara State.

Note

• Select MEAL Officer, fill the form and attach your CV and motivation letter.
• The CV attached must be named with your first name and surname.
• As the position is required as soon as possible, Solidarites International reserves the right to select a candidate and finalize the recruitment before the application closing date.