Programme Officer - Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning (MEAL) at Christian Aid (CA)

Christian Aid (CA) is a UK-based international NGO, partnering with others to end poverty in Africa. At the heart of this vision is the transformation of the lives of people who live in poverty, empowering them to have a brighter future. Christian Aid works in more than 30 countries and has been operating in Nigeria since 2003. The Nigeria Country programme focuses on Community Health and HIV, Accountable Governance including humanitarian response and Gender.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Programme Officer - Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning (MEAL)

Location: Maiduguri, Borno
Type of Contract: Fixed Term
Contracted Hours: 35
Contract Length: 12 Months
Department: International
Reports to: MEAL Coordinator
Competency Level: 2

Role Purpose

• The role holder will support Christian Aid’s response to the humanitarian crisis in Nigeria, ensuring MEAL activities are effectively planned for, incorporated, and functioning optimally across multiple projects in the humanitarian sector.
• The role holder will assist in the development, implementation, and monitoring of Christian Aid’s MEAL & Humanitarian Response, providing effective and timely support (including capacity building) to liberated communities and partner organizations, enabling them to implement the rapid, effective and principled MEAL response to emergencies, and ensuring that this is in line with Christian Aid’s country strategy and Humanitarian Standards.
• The role holder will be representing CAID in sector working groups meetings/activities and engage in the right networks while increasing the profile of CAID Humanitarian and resilience work and its visibility in the region.

Key Outcomes

• Projects are proposed and designed with high a high-quality MEAL system in place that ensures Christian Aid humanitarian projects have a strong component of MEAL.
• Assessment, studies and other research endeavours are carried out using standard scientific methodology and approach that results in a quality works with good internal and external validity.
• Decisions on supporting projects are informed by Christian Aid’s strategy and strategic focus areas, with a strong program of institutional support and strengthening for Partners in place.
• Continuous analysis, use and dissemination of data and information that facilitates informed decision making.
• Partner and beneficiary engagement successfully led.

Essential Criteria

• A First Degree in Social Sciences or related fields
• 3 - 5 years of experience of working in humanitarian response with local and/international partner organizations.
• Good knowledge of use and application of statistical analysis tools such Microsoft Excel, SPSS and STATA.
• Ability to use data visualization tools such as Power Bi, Tableau and GDS.
• Experience in quantitative and qualitative data analysis
• Good reporting and writing skills in English.

Desirable:

• She/he have at least 3 years of humanitarian response experience in leading MEAL programming.
• Familiar with MEAL methods and processes in the Northeast Nigeria.
• Experienced in research and its reporting.
• Experience managing MEAL systems across multiple projects
• Ability to communicate fluently in Hausa and English language.
• Strong positive attitude and ability to manage a wide range of issues of complicated procedures, indicated by 4 - 5 years of learning period.

Application Closing Date
20th April, 2022.