Monitoring and Evaluation Consultant (Gombe) at Malaria Consortium

Malaria Consortium (MC) is a leading international non-profit organisation committed to saving lives and improving health through evidence-based, equitable, and resilient health systems strengthening across Africa and Asia. Under its 2025–2028 Strategy, MC advances community-centred and climate-responsive approaches to the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of malaria and other communicable diseases.

Working in close partnership with governments, communities, academic institutions, and national and international organisations, MC supports the delivery of high-quality health interventions, strengthens national systems, and generates robust evidence to inform policy, programme improvement, and sustainable impact.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Monitoring and Evaluation Consultant

Location: Gombe

Job Summary

• The objective of this consultancy is to engage qualified Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Consultants to provide technical support for micro planning, data collection, validation, analysis, reporting, and learning during the 2026 AZM MDA campaigns in Adamawa, Gombe and Jigawa States.
• The M&E consultants will ensure evidence-based implementation, accountability, and delivery of high-quality data for timely decision-making and reporting.

Purpose of the Assignment

• The purpose of this ToR is to engage one (1) consultant each to serve as an M&E Officers in Adamawa, Gombe and Jigawa states.
• They would support MC’s state implementation team to carry out all M&E-related tasks through the AZM MDA campaign.
• These include micro planning, digital data collection, data quality assurance, geospatial analytics, supportive supervision, reporting, and documentation.
• The consultants would also provide M&E leadership to ensure effective tracking of programmatic indicators, timely submission of high-quality data, and triangulation of data across multiple sources to support validation and learning.

Methodology
Engagement and Onboarding:

• The consultants would be engaged as short-term M&E personnel via MC’s standard HR recruitment protocols.
• The Consultants would be introduced to program teams and oriented on campaign tools, digital systems (Kobo, Digit HCM), data workflows, and validation processes.

Embedded Support Model:

• M&E Consultants would be embedded with MC’s state team and support all LGAs through direct visits or remotely as needed.
• He/She will coordinate with MC’s State Programme Manager, Program Officers, and Field Assistants.

Implementation Strategy:
The consultants would

• Lead pre-implementation data verification, support Kobo collect tool deployment, track all activity attendance digitally, and support real-time supervision.
• Coordinates daily data analysis, conduct facility visits, supervision, and validate treatment, and logistics data.

Support and Supervision:

• The consultants will report to their respective State Programme Managers, with technical guidance from the M&E Manager/Designee.
• They would conduct coordination meetings and reviews.

Data Quality Assurance:
The Consultants would:

• Tracks and reconciles daily digital submissions from CDDs, HFWs, and LGA teams.
• Conducts field validation, spot checks, and data triangulation with physical and digital records.

Reporting:

• Submit reports and summaries and support M&E reports.
• Documents lessons learned and contributed to knowledge products.

Timeline:

• The consultants will be engaged for 90 days from March to August 2026.

Key Responsibilities
Daily Tasks:
Monitoring & Evaluation (70%):

• Manage the information-gathering process for results and performance reports, in addition to other briefings, summaries, presentations, etc. as needed.
• Ensure quality data collection and management processes before, during and after each round of mass SARMAAN II drug administration.
• Coordinate the documentation of SARMAAN II state level performance and ensure proper achieving such for easy access and reference.
• Assist State project managers to develop robust monitoring plans for quantitative and qualitative reporting on project performance indicators.
• Adapt and maintain a high-quality database for the project in line with the MC standards.
• Routinely monitor project performance against targets and prepare periodic reports on M&E activities for SARMAAN II Project.
• Support learning-to-action events and reflection sessions to systematically analyze data for programmatic use for the state, and to document and incorporate lessons learned into program design and implementation.

Data Validation & Reporting (20%):

• Analyzes and cleans treatment, stock, and other relevant datasets.
• Collaborates with Country M&E team, Digital Health and State team to resolve data errors.
• Produces periodic summary reports, dashboards and trend analyses.
• Ensures accurate population-based coverage and program reports.

Coordination & Capacity Building (10%):

• Supports training of supervisors and HFWs on data collection tools.
• Participates in state-level review and validation meetings.
• Provides technical mentoring to LGA-level staff on data entry and tool use.

Specific Tasks, Expected Deliverable and Timeline
Deliverables:

• Verified personnel database.
• Finalized MDA e-attendance records.
• M&E section of End-of-Round (EoR) reports.
• Data analysis briefs and dashboards.
• Activity reports (Training, Supervision, validation sessions).
• List of flagged data issues and resolution summaries.
• Updated Performance Monitoring (targets vs. achievement).

Accountability:

• Reports directly to the State Programme Manager.
• Functional reporting to the M&E Manager.
• Adhere to MC’s safeguarding, ethics, and data protection policies.

Expected Outcome:

• Timely and complete reporting from all LGAs.
• Quality-assured datasets with validated daily submissions.
• Active monitoring of program performance indicators.
• Early detection and correction of errors in submitted data.
• Contribution to data-informed decision-making at the state level.
• Strengthened capacity of LGA staff on M&E practices.

Required Specifications for Consultants

• Degree in Public Health, Development Studies, Statistics, Data Science or a related field.
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in M&E roles, preferably in malaria campaigns.
• Proficiency in data collection tools like Kobotoolbox, QGIS, Excel, and Power BI.
• Strong understanding of Nigeria’s public health systems and campaign structure.
• Excellent analytical, coordination, and communication skills.
• Ability to speak English and Hausa fluently; Fluency in other local languages is an added advantage.
• Availability for the full period of the survey.
• Candidate must not be a staff member of Government or involved in MDA-AZM activity at any level and in any State Ministry of Health (SMoH) at the time of the consultancy.

Application Closing Date
30th March, 2026.