MEAL Officer at Global Village Healthcare Initiative for Africa (GHIV Africa) - 2 Openings

Global Village Healthcare Initiative for Africa (GHIV Africa) is a Non-governmental, Non-for profit humanitarian/Developmental organization which started in 2014. We deliver assistance to affected populations before, during and after crisis situations. GHIV Africa was founded to mitigate the health deficit in Africa and to provide all forms of assistance leading to improved quality of life.

The organization is equally poised to support the delivery of healthcare services at the doorsteps of every African village by bridging the gap between primary health care delivery and tertiary health care services through a robust referral system. We offer assistance in need to the most vulnerable population regardless of their religion, race, gender and or political affiliation. Our decisions as an organization are not based on political, economic or religious interest but solely on needs of the affected population.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: MEAL Officer

Location: Yobe
Employment Type: Full-time
Slot: 2 Openings

Job Summary

• Provide technical and professional management of information and reporting processes to ensure high-quality communication for Nutrition projects by developing tools, designing and planning, executing, managing, and implementing monitoring activities, evaluation, and reporting.

 Duties / Responsibilities

• Conduct project assessment on a quarterly basis to assess the progress of the project for adjustments, and possible improvement.
• Organize review meetings with the project team to validate the MEAL plan and the activity work plan on a monthly basis to know if the project is going as agreed in the original project document.
• Develop project performance monitoring tools.
• Conduct orientation sessions with community volunteers on how to use the monitoring tools and on how to gather project-required data for evaluation.
• Supervise project performance assessment in the field.
• Carry out project performance audit as stipulated in the MEAL plan.
• Coordinate with the project officer to ensure quality project output and outcomes.
• Carry out project performance audit analysis.
• Report project evaluation reports to the MEAL Manager.
• Train and build capacity of community volunteer/community Nutrition Assistants on how to use data collection tool and how to collect required project data.
• Harmonize filed activities data to produce evidence –based, analytical and quality internal and (donor) reports as per the report frequency.
• Handle the development and management of data base management system.

Technical Expertise, Skills, Knowledge and Competencies

• University Education or equivalent in preferable Statistics, Engineering, Social Science or related fields.
• Minimum of 3 years’ relevant work experience in MEAL in Emergency.
• Good knowledge of the Logical Log-frame Approach (LFA)
• Have worked before as an MEAL Officer, with knowledge of assessment planning, design, implementation, and analysis, especially on a vulnerable population in emergency response settings preferably northeast Nigeria
• Good knowledge of child Safeguarding, PSEA policies, the concept of Do No Harm, the concept of confidentiality, and good in working with children and vulnerable people in an emergency setting
• Fluency in speaking and writing of the local languages (English, Kanuri, Hausa and Fulfulde).
• Can analyze the northeast humanitarian context and come up with intervention priorities. Experience in collection of information using a smartphone, and can be able to create forms on Kobo toolbox, train and guide, and supervise field workers on data collection.
• Can plan and facilitate FGDs, and participatory mapping sessions.
• Experience hiring and managing community volunteers
• Excellent communication, and excellent time management skill
• Good knowledge of data analysis
• Must be a team player

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.