Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Officer at WOCHAD Initiative

WOCHAD is a non-for-profit making community based organization working in Benue and Ebonyi States. The Organization which was registered with Cooperate Affairs Commission in 2007 is also registered with Federal, Benue and Ebonyi States Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development. WOCHAD works directly with rural poor marginalized and disadvantaged Orphans, Disabled, The aged, Women especially young-mothers, widows, displaced person, the illiterate and young children in communities aimed at improving rural community livelihoods through the implementing development oriented programs including water, sanitation & Hygiene, improving sustainable agriculture, family economic employment, maternal health, child/orphan supports/education & scholarship, primary health care, sexuality and reproductive health, HIV/AIDS &TB, income generating activities, youth skilling programs, vocational training to enable employment creation, sustainable energy, human rights advocacy, food security, gender equality advocacy, young teen mother supports and institutional strengthening and development.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Officer 

Location: Abakaliki, Ebonyi
Employment Type: Contract

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and implementation of the project’s Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning (MEAL) framework.
• Develop and manage M&E plans, indicator tracking tools, data collection instruments, and reporting templates.
• Ensure accurate, timely collection, verification, analysis, and visualization of project data across all nutrition activities.
• Track progress against output, outcome, and impact indicators in line with donor and national reporting standards.
• Support routine data quality assessments (DQAs) and field-level monitoring visits.
• Generate periodic M&E reports, dashboards, learning briefs, and success stories.
• Support baseline, midline, endline, and special assessments, including surveys and evaluations.
• Collaborate with technical teams to integrate learning and adaptive management into implementation.
• Strengthen the M&E capacity of project staff, community volunteers, and partners through mentoring and training.
• Ensure alignment of project indicators with SPHDA, SMOH, and national nutrition/MNCH reporting systems.
• Support accountability mechanisms, including beneficiary feedback and community scorecards.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree (Master’s preferred) in Public Health, Monitoring & Evaluation, Statistics, Social Sciences, Nutrition, or a related field.
• 5–7 years of progressive experience in M&E for donor-funded nutrition, health, or MNCH programs.
• Strong knowledge of results-based management, logical frameworks, and indicator performance tracking.
• Experience with data collection platforms (e.g., DHIS2, KoboToolbox, ODK, CommCare, or similar).
• Proven skills in data analysis, interpretation, visualization, and reporting.
• Familiarity with nutrition indicators, IYCF, CMAM, or community health programming is an added advantage.
• Excellent technical writing, communication, and presentation skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively with government counterparts, community actors, and development partners.
• High level of integrity, attention to detail, and commitment to data quality and learning.

Application Closing Date
16th December, 2025.