MEL Officer at Center for Advocacy Transparency and Accountability Initiative (CATAI)

Center for Advocacy, Transparency and Accountability Initiative (CATAI) is established in 2018 as a registered NGO with Head Office in Maiduguri - Borno State, with offices across Yobe and Adamawa state. We have been visible in Borno Adamawa and Yobe states implementing projects in Education, Protection (Child /GBV), WaSH, Nutrition, Empowerment/Livelihood, Governance and Peace Building. Our approach is aligned with our mission to enhance services delivery and empower citizens, through our Humanitarian, Development, and peace-building nexus (HDP).

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: MEL Officer

Location: Yola, Adamawa
Employment Type: Contract
Reports To: MEAL Manager
Duty Station:YOla (Roving Madagali & Michika)
Contract Term: 1-year fixed term (3 months probation period)

Job Description

• Participate in planning, and implementation activities on the project including surveys andrapid assessments, as well as in the monitoring and evaluation of the program activities.
• In collaboration with relevant stakeholders (MOE, EiE, and SUBEB) ensure accurate data collection, compilation, and timely reporting.
• Ensure tracking of activities using the Indicator Tracking Table to ensure that indicators progress according to the logical framework.
• Support the program team with feedback from community meetings.
• Support the MEAL Coordinator to conduct data quality Assessments.
• Monitoring of all project activities progress towards achieving the project output and outcomes.
• Reports monthly, quarterly, half-yearly, and annual progress on all project activities to the MEAL Coordinator in line with indicators.
• Contributes towards review, revision, and development of data collection tools, methodologies, and standardized reporting templates.
• Participate in planning and undertaking surveys, and rapid assessments, as well as in the monitoring and evaluation of the program activities especially about Education, Livelihood, and Protection.
• Regularly collecting and compiling data for the PSNE activity info platform and Gender-Based Violence Information Management System (GBVIMS), and producing summary monitoring reports.
• Conduct regular data verification exercises to ensure reporting and collection of quality data.
• Support the MEAL Coordinator to monitor Education and Child Protection projects across all target communities and communicate findings and progress to Program Managers
• Support the dissemination and use of evaluation and research reports and propose changes for improvement to the education and protection activities.
• Support in capacity training to field staff regarding monitoring tools.
• Update shared drive and project team space with program monitoring documents regularly.
• Perform other duties as delegated.

Key Competencies:

• Proficiency in the use of MS Excel or other statistical packages e.g SPSS, STATA-12, PowerBI etc)
• Good interpersonal skills
• Ability to work within a team setting
• Independence, adaptability, and flexibility
• Demonstrated experience in database management
• Strong group process design and facilitation skills, including developing and leading workshops
• Strong data collection, analysis, and report writing using visualization is required.
• Ability to work independently, think analytically, and take initiative in solvingproblems.
• Experience in the design and development of M&E plans, logical framework, and Indicatortrackingtables
• Excellent communication skills.

Job Essential

• Bachelor’s Degree in Statistics, Demographics, Computer science, IT, or any other relevant equivalent Degree is required.
• A Master’s Degree is an added advantage
• Minimum of 4 years previous experience working with National and international NGOs.
• Minimum of 3 years experience in Monitoring, Evaluation, and Accountability in the humanitarian context.
• Experience in implementing NHF-funded projects is desirable.
• The ability to develop Maps and infographics is an added advantage.

Application Closing Date
11th March, 2024.