MEAL Coordinator at Solidarites International (SI)

Solidarites International (SI) is an international humanitarian NGO which, for more than 40 years, has been providing assistance to populations affected by armed conflicts and natural disasters by meeting their vital needs for food, water and shelter. Particularly involved in the fight against diseases linked to unsafe water, the first cause of death in the world, SI's interventions provide expertise in the field of access to drinking water, sanitation and hygiene promotion, but also in the essential area of food security and livelihoods. Present in around twenty countries, SI's teams - 2000 people in total made up of expatriates, national staff, permanent staff at headquarters, and a few volunteers - work with professionalism and commitment while respecting cultures.

Solidarités International (SI) is determined to prevent and fight all type of abuse – all act of exploitation, abuse and/or sexual harassment (SEAH) against members of beneficiary communities or collaborators, fraud, corruption, violation of persons and/or property, funding of activities harmful to human rights – that could be perpetrated in the frame of its interventions. SI implements a zero-tolerance policy regarding acts of SEAH.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: MEAL Coordinator

Location: Abuja (FCT) 
Employment Type: Full-time

Mission

• The MEAL Coordinator will directly supervise the coordination MEAL team with technical management of the MEAL Activity Managers in NE & NW.
• Under the direct management of the Deputy Country Director - Programs, She/ he will closely work with other departments both in Coordination, Northeast, and Northwest

Responsibilities
Strategy and Planning:

• Contributes to the development of a multi-year strategy and its annual review, aligned with that of the association and with identified humanitarian issues, ensuring that lessons learned and recommendations from previous years are taken into account.
• Coordinates with MEAL teams at the grassroots level to carry out self-assessments of MEAL systems in the country office and translates the results into key actions
• Supports the operationalisation of the MEAL action plan in line with the strategic and programmatic priorities of the country office
• Contributes to determining the resources required for MEAL activities with the bases and departments concerned
• Proposes research topics in coordination with technical coordinators and /or headquarters.

Development and Reporting: 

• With the support of the department in charge of grants and partnerships:
• Consolidates, validates and ensures the relevance, quality and consistency of MEAL approaches to project proposals, and the sizing of the resources needed to implement MEAL activities
• Reviews and finalises the relevant sections of project proposals,reports and requests for changes

Programme Monitoring and Quality:

• Ensures the technical compliance of MEAL approaches and tools with national, international and humanitarian sectoral requirements, and with internal requirements where they exist, and supports MEAL teams in meeting these requirements
• Ensures compliance with programme data management processes, in accordance with the responsible data cycle
• Ensures the relevance, quality and consistency of MEAL activities, by systematically considering cross-cutting issues (cross-cutting protection, gender, etc.) during all phases of the project cycle
• Supports and supervises data collection in their department in accordance with project MEAL plans, and its use to make appropriate operational decisions that meet contractual commitments to donors
• Validates the relevance of reports, analyses, maps and recommendations produced by the MEAL department
• Supports programme teams in the consideration ofthe principles of accountability and responsible management of programme data in the implementation of their activities
• Provides technical support to MEAL and programme teams in the methodology for collecting, measuring and monitoring indicators
• In collaboration with sector coordinators, contributes to the production of a comprehensive analysis of project results and proposes adjustments
• Supports Field Coordinators in monitoring the implementation deadlines for all MEAL activities.
• Conducts regular field visits.

Accountability:

• Ensures the operationalisation of accountability principles and develops the associated processes and tools
• Develops the country office's complaint management mechanism procedure
• Ensures the implementation of a confidential, functional and appropriate complaint management and feedback mechanism.
• Monitors and validates the various outputs related to accountability, develops analyses and makes recommendations.

Evaluation and Learning:

• In conjunction with sector coordinators and according to the needs in terms of demonstrations in the country office, plans and frames learning exercises (including evaluations, studies / research and capitalisation)
• Supports sector coordinators in organising workshops to capitalise on lessons learned.
• Ensures that lessons learned from these workshops are formalised, archived and disseminated to facilitate their integration into projects.
• Coordinates internal or external evaluation exercises with the relevant departments.
• Supports the process of following up on recommendations (internal and external) from programme teams and works on priority action plans with sector coordinators.

Technical Compliance and Accountability:

• Deploys MEAL and internal programmatic frameworks and procedures across the entire SI response.
• Ensures that project resources and tools are up to date and used correctly and that internal compliance processes are applied.
• Contributes to the identification and monitoring of compliance breaches and risks.
• Proposes and supports the implementation of corrective measures by the bases.

Capitalisation and Capacity Strengthening:

• Develops and implements sectoral and programmatic training plans.
• Ensures that SI capitalisation tools are used and disseminated by MEAL teams.
• Ensures that capitalisation achieved in its sector is shared with headquarters where relevant.  
• Oversees the centralisation and accessibility of procedures, guides and tools specific to the country office.  
• Works closely with headquarters teams to oversee the improvement of existing tools.   

Coordination and Communication:

• Actively participates with their teams in technical coordination platforms and initiatives.
• They may sometimes take on the role of facilitator or co-facilitator of platforms or working groups.   
• Leads regular internal coordination of MEAL base and coordination teams (community of practice).
• Develops regular internal coordination with Field Coordinators on programmatic and technical issues.    
• Facilitates the harmonisation of technical, programmatic and operational considerations, in close collaboration with Field Coordinators.   
• Ensures the smooth flow of programmatic and technical information across all bases and the country.   
• Acts as an interface with technical advisors at headquarters.  
• Writes and shares their handover report before the end of their employment contract.

Management:

• Responsible for the effective implementation of HR policies and processes to ensure that the number of staff and the sum of knowledge required for the activities for which they are responsible are available: 
• Analyses, quantifies and qualifies the human resource needs of their team. 
• Recruits and ensures the integration of the team for which they are responsible. 
• Evaluates the performance of their team members. 
• Trains and supports team members. 
• Leads and communicates with their team.

Internal Control:

• Is responsible for the compliance of the documents they produce.
• Ensures that adequate internal controls are in place in the processes implemented by their teams.
• Is responsible for the compliance of certain processes and documents.

Follow-up on Recommendations:

• Responsible for implementing recommendations within their area of responsibility

Filing and Archiving:

• Responsible for filing and archiving documents produced in accordance with internal procedures.
• Ensures that archiving is implemented within their department.

Fight Against Abuse:

• Creates and actively collaborates in the implementation of a working environment that prevents in appropriate behaviour.
• Participates in communicating the existence of SI's ethical framework.
• Respects at all times the protection of information exchanged in the context of a report and its processing.
• Implements measures to mitigate the risk of abuse.

Partnerships:

• May contribute, in line with their role and responsibilities, to the verification of SI implementation partners.
• May contribute to the implementation of a plan to support and strengthen SI partners
• May participate in the requirements for monitoring the actions of partners in relation to their job and responsibilities

Profile Forsaken

• Education: Bachelor, Master’s or equivalent in Statistic, Quality Control or humanitarian project management
• Professional experience: 3 - 4 years of relevant experience (NGO/Private or Public sector) and 3-4 years of progressive experience in an INGO
• Languages: Fluency in English compulsory - written & spoken (Hausa – Added Advantage)

Technical Skills:

• Experience in MEAL management (minimum 3 years)
• Experience in communication with communities and accountability mechanisms.
• Knowledge of data collection, sampling, mobile data collection (Kobo, Power-BI) and data analysis
• Experience in management of budgets and ability to prepare timely, complete and accurate reports

Transversal Skill1s:

• Problem solving and analytical skills with ability to assess challenges and recommend solutions.
• Good knowledge of the humanitarian project cycle management; the MEAL and FCRM challenges in humanitarian sector.
• Good knowledge of Humanitarian sector in Nigeria.
• Excellent communication, prioritization and organizational skills; ability to multi-task; Proactive, takes initiatives, flexible, Team player, capacity to give a positive dynamic to a young team whilst being fully part of the mission's management team.
• Ability to provide training and capacity building
• Qualified female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
• Nigerian Nationals only.

What we Offer
Salary + Transport & housing contribution + Leave allowance + social benefits (medical coverage, 24 days of Annual leaves per year, compassionate leaves, public holidays as announced by government, festive bonus, Life insurance - covering death and permanent disability) etc.

Application Closing Date
27th May, 2026.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Note

• Select MEAL Coordinator, fill the form and attach your CV and motivation letter.
• The CV attached must be named with your first name and surname.