MEAL Officer at Save The Children

Role Purpose

• Ensure implementation of the M&E plan for the all programmes including monitoring progress against planned activities, critical milestones and targets as well as providing support and guidance to program officers, Program Specialist and consortium CSO/government counterparts to ensure that the data collection, data management and reporting, are of the highest possible quality.

Key Areas of Accountability
Objective 1 - Coordinate Data Collection, Data Quality Management, Analysis and State level Reporting:

• Participate in the design of programme monitoring and evaluation tools (registers, reporting templates, databases, etc.) to track the progress of projects
• In collaboration with MEAL coordinator, ensure timely data collection, compilation and reporting according to programme M&E plan
• Conduct monthly data analysis and prepare monthly programme IPTT monitoring reports
• Ensure the programme database is updated regularly
• Support programme feedback meetings to communities, facilities and authorities
• Support the MEAL coordinator and MEAL Advisor to implement the DQA system including the conduct of data quality assessments according to the M&E plan
• Support the M&E Advisor in data management for rapid assessments, situational analysis, surveys, evaluations and other research as required
• Plan, forecast and facilitate the production and supply of M&E tools and materials to supported sites

Objective 2 - Support Programme Supervision, Monitoring and Evaluation:

• Support the MEAL Coordinator to monitor protection some Education projects across all target communities and communicate provide findings and progress to Program Managers
• Participate in the evaluation of protection projects, focusing on data management of evaluation datasets.
• Support the dissemination and use of evaluation and research reports and propose changes for improvement to the Protection sector

Objective 3 - Support Documentation, Reporting, Knowledge Sharing and Effective Feedback Mechanism:

• Support coordination of protection projects monthly, quarterly, biannual and annual reviews and reports as required.
• Participate in the dissemination of program information to communities, children, and other stakeholders through a regular feedback mechanism
• Support the management of the beneficiary complaints and feedback mechanism database
• Update shared drive and project team space with program monitoring documents regularly

Skills and Behaviours (our Values in Practice)
Accountability:

• Accuracy and timeliness in all areas of responsibility
• Ability to do basic data tabulation for report development by MEAL Coordinator
• High level of accuracy in work, and the ability to analyse complex sets of relationships and situations
• Holds self and others accountable

Ambition:

• Creating best-in-class EA function
• Future-orientated, thinks pro-actively

Collaboration:

• Working effectively with stakeholders to achieve common goals
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, members and external partners
• Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to

Creativity:

• Designing more effective admin and data management systems
• Willing to take disciplined risks

Integrity:

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

Qualifications, Skills & Experience

• First degree in relevant field - BSc/BA/HND
• Minimum - 2 years post NYSC relevant experience with local and international NGOs
• Previous experience with consortium protection and Education projects including identification and child protection issues
• Proficiency in the use of MS Excel or other statistical package e.g SPSS,
• Fluency in English
• Ability to work in partnership with government and development partners
• Good interpersonal skills
• Ability to work within a team setting
• Independence, adaptability and flexibility
• Excellent communication skills including report writing