Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Assistant at New Foundation For Displaced Persons (NFDP)

New Foundation for Displaced Persons (NFDP) is a non-governmental organization established under the Nigeria law dedicated to providing crucial support to individuals displaced by insurgency and crises to survival, recover and rebuild their lives.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Assistant

Location: Maiduguri, Borno
Employment Type: Contract
Duration: 6 Months – Extendable

Job Summary

• The Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning (MEAL) Assistant will manage information and reporting processes and products to ensure professional, high-quality communication in an organization's activities and results. He/she will play an important role in improving information management and data quality, and in strengthening knowledge sharing and learning across the organization.
• He/she will also be responsible for full-cycle monitoring and evaluation of programs, developing appropriate methodologies and tools to design assessments.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the design and implementation of project monitoring frameworks, including developing clear and measurable indicators and activity tracking tools.
• Assist in aligning MEAL activities with overall program goals and objectives.
• Contribute to the preparation of annual work plans by ensuring MEAL activities, targets, and indicators are well integrated.
• Maintain and update indicator tracking sheets, databases, and reporting tools to monitor project performance.
• Support adherence to monitoring, evaluation, accountability, and reporting requirements across all project sites.
• Collect, clean, and verify data from field activities to ensure accuracy and reliability.
• Generate simple indicator reports and summaries to track project progress.
• Assist in creating data visualizations (e.g., tables, charts, dashboards) for reports and presentations.
• Provide basic reviews and formatting of MEAL reports to ensure quality and consistency.
• Participate in assessments, surveys, and evaluation exercises, including data collection, entry, and documentation.
• Support field monitoring visits to verify data quality, assess activity progress, and capture lessons learned.
• Facilitate regular feedback and accountability activities with community members and stakeholders.
• Support capacity-building activities for project staff and community structures on basic MEAL concepts and data collection tools.
• Contribute to documentation of best practices, success stories, and lessons learned for program improvement.
• Support any assign task in the organization as much as necessary. 
• Maintain regular communication and coordination with implementing partners, stakeholders, and community structures.
• Perform other duties related to MEAL activities as assigned by the supervisor.

Academic Qualification and Requirements

• Minimum of HND or bachelor’s degree in Statistics, Information Management/Technology, Public Health, International Development, Public Policy, or related field.
• At least 2 years of relevant experience in program monitoring and evaluation, including data collection, entry, and reporting in humanitarian or development settings.
• Basic understanding of monitoring and evaluation tools and methodologies (qualitative and quantitative).
• Experience in data entry and database management (e.g., Excel, Kobo, ODK, or other mobile data collection tools).
• Ability to prepare simple reports, visualizations, and dashboards.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to work effectively under pressure, prioritize tasks, and meet deadlines.
• Good communication and teamwork skills.

Essential:

• Computer skills, especially in Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Excel
• Experience in Electronic Data Collection.
• Previous track record monitoring Nutrition projects with previous experience working with INGO/NNGO.
• Experience in planning and managing surveys, developing, and refining data collection tools, and with data quality assessments and oversight.

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
• Holds self and others accountable
• Knowledge of Microsoft application, Such as Excel, Word, Power point
• Ability to use accounting software. Such as Quick books, etc.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skill.

Integrity:

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

Desirable Criteria:

• Good training and facilitation skills (for financial training/support to partners).
• Ability to multi-task, engage in long-term planning, meet deadlines, and handle last-minute demands; exercise patience, and adapt to changing circumstances.

Application Closing Date
16th November, 2025.