Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) Coordinator at Save the Children Nigeria

Save the Children is the leading independent organization for children in need, with programs in over 120 countries. We save children’s lives. We fight for their rights. We help them fulfil their potential. Save the Children is working in Nigeria because one in five children in Nigeria dies before their fifth birthday. About 40% of children miss out on school and have to work to survive while nearly 2 million children have lost one or both parents to an AIDS-related disease.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) Coordinator

Job ID: 230001SY
Location: Damaturu, Yobe
Employee Status: Fixed Term
Team: Nigeria North East Humanitarian Response Office
Post Type: National
Grade: 3

Child Safeguarding

• Level 3- The responsibilities of the post may require the post holder to have regular contact with children or young people and, in the overseas context all posts are considered to be level 3 posts in view of potential situations which may allow staff unsupervised access to vulnerable children and young people.

Role Purpose

• The humanitarian MEAL Coordinator will coordinate MEAL activities for the response, design and implementation of monitoring and evaluation activities for the SCI projects and strengthening Monitoring and Evaluation systems, monthly review and analyze data and provide feedback to project managers and prepare the M&E Project reports to the donors as at when due.
• She/he will provide a framework through which these measurements (M&E data) are fed back to those involved in the running of the various component of the emergency response program and ensure that the information can support and guide the decisions of the management team to improve the quality and impact the program operations.

Scope of Role:

• Reports to: Project Manager 
• Technical line manager: MEAL Manager 
• Staff directly reporting to this post: MEAL Officers and Assistants 

Key Areas of Accountability

• Work in close collaboration with the Humanitarian team leader, MEAL Manager and all humanitarian project manager to develop an overall M&E framework for the Emergency Response Program.
• Provide MEAL technical assistance to program teams and inputs into the design stages of program proposals, budgets, logframes, indicators, and measurement methodologies, plans and tools.
• Provide technical and methodological support to programs for the implementation of monitoring and evaluation activities, data management (development of questionnaires for surveys, sampling, input method, extraction of useful data and interpretation) and integration of cross-functional issues.
• Ensure continued generation of accurate information about beneficiary reach, as per regional requirements.
• Develop the capabilities of program teams in the areas of collection and analysis of data (method, formats, software, etc.), indicator measurement, feedback and complaint mechanisms, negative impact analysis, etc.
• Develop indicator reference sheets, including a list of operational definitions of what are being counted for each indicator and develop appropriate data collection tools for the humanitarian Response Program programmatic indicators.
• Ensure the consistency of tools and indicators across all offices, sectors, and programs as appropriate, maintaining a bank of key program indicators.
• Ensure that MEAL and program teams regularly review and accordingly adjust MEAL plans and tools in the light of changes and needs in the field context based on monitoring data and reflection sessions.
• Support on planning and managing internal or external program evaluations.
• Conduct regular field visits to track progress against indicators and put in place systems for routine data quality checks and validations
• Coach, train, supervise and mentor direct-report staff, including communicating clear expectations, setting annual performance objectives, providing regular and timely positive and constructive performance feedback, and providing documented semi-annual performance reviews.
• Recruit, support and oversee the technical quality of work by MEAL officers, supporting the officers and program teams’ implementation of MEAL systems.
• Collate case studies and/or help partners to collect case studies for tracking program results.
• Actively participate in M&E meetings with key stakeholders and other external meetings.
• Prepare monthly/quarterly progress reports and statistics as well as mid-/final reports to stakeholders
• Advise and put in place a system for promoting transparency and accountability Plan for stakeholders.
• Support the development of donor reports and document learnings across project.
• Perform other tasks as required by the Humanitarian MEAL Manager

Skills & Experience
Essential:

• 3 - 5 years experience in M&E positions and/or program experience in field data collection in emergencies.
• Detailed knowledge of M&E frameworks and M&E Plans, systems and indicator reference sheets.
• Experience in at least one of the following sectors: Nutrition, FSL, Child Protection, Education and WaSH.
• Good understand of routine data quality checks/validation.
• Experience in survey and qualitative interviewing, including supervising field data collection teams and writing research reports/case studies.
• Proficiency in mobile data collection tools design and deployment.
• Advance knowledge Microsoft Office Suite, especially MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Proficiency in the use of statistical analyses software e.g SPSS, STATA, Epi Info etc.
• Proficiency in dashboard development using Tablue, PowerBI.
• Ability to assess problems and recommend solutions.

Desirable:

• Have experience and/or knowledge about working with children on research issues and is aware of the local legal and child protection systems.
• Experience of working in a post conflict environment/refugee/IDP situation
• Project management experience
• Ability to work as part of a team, Flexibility, adaptability, and patience 
• Ability to work under pressure often to strict deadlines.

Skills and Behaviours (Our Values in Practice):
Accountability:

• Accuracy and timeliness in all areas of responsibility
• High level of accuracy in work, and ability to analyse complex sets of relationships and situations

Ambition:

• Holds self and others accountable
• Creating best-in-class EA function.
• Future-orientated, thinks pro-actively.
• Collaboration:
• Working effectively with stakeholders to achieve common goals
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, members and external partners
• Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to

Creativity:

• Designing more effective admin and data management systems.
• Willing to take disciplined risks.

Integrity:

• Honest, encourages openness and transparency, demonstrates highest levels of integrity.

Application Closing Date
11th April, 2023.