Monitoring and Evaluation Officer at Save The Children

Ref No: 1900008D
Location: Calabar, Cross River
Employee Status: Fixed Term

Roles Purpose

• To ensure implementation of the M&E plan for the Cameroon refugees response including monitoring progress against planned activities, critical milestones and targets as well as providing support and guidance to partners M&E officers and government counterparts to ensure  highest possible quality  data collection, data management and reporting.

Key Accountabilities
Monitoring and Evaluation System:

• Assist the MEAL Coordinator in all aspects of programme monitoring by periodic data collection, data verification and data analysing from partners
• Assist and participate in preparation and the process of programme’s outcome level situation and impact studies (baseline and end-line)
• Facilitate to strengthen Data Quality Assurance System for partners by Data Quality Assessment tools
• Develop and maintain database system to ensure programme tracking and to get critical information of programme achievement by organizing, analysing, and presentation.
• Identify the needs and Provide technical supports on data management system, and M&E for partners’ organisation.
• Participate in the implementation and updating of M&E policy and guidelines for MEC in-line with SCI and Donor Organisations

Capacity building on data management related concepts:

• Assist and participate in M&E trainings to staff and partners on M&E Systems and data analysis in liaison with Implementing Partners
• Ensure data management related training and capacity needs are identified systematically and communicated to MEAL Manager

Systems to Ensure Accountability:

• Conduct monitoring visits to partners’ project sites and review partners’ M&E system
• Collaborate with partners’ M&E person to ensure effective supervision, monitoring and evaluation system in place
• Assist MEAL Manager for reviewing periodic reports and give feedbacks to ensure effectiveness and efficiency
• Ensure data from partners and provide partners information as per MEC and donor requirements

Learning:

• Support on development of profiles and project achievements of partners and share between partners for inter learning
• Ensure that findings, lessons learned, and analysis of impacts from across the projects and components which promotes learning and strategy development

Support Programme Supervision, Monitoring and Evaluation:

• Support the team lead to monitor activities at the intervention states and communicate findings and progress to response team
• Participate in evaluation of the response, focusing on data management of evaluation datasets.

Support Documentation, Reporting, Knowledge Sharing and Effective Feedback Mechanism:

• Support coordination of the response monthly, quarterly, biannual and annual reviews and reports as required.
• Participate in dissemination of program information to communities, children, and other stakeholders through a regular feedback mechanism
• Manage the beneficiary complaints and feedback mechanism database
• Work with field teams to collect information on potential case studies and success stories
• Update shared drive and project team space with program monitoring documents regularly

Job Requirements
Min Required Experience:

• 2 years

Minimum Qualification:

• Bachelor's Degree/HND

Skills & Experience
Administrative & General Skills:

• 2-3 yrs previous experience with local and international NGOs
• Previous experience in Health System Strengthening programmes using the National HMIS software
• Advanced computer literacy (MS Office applications, web-based applications and advanced statistical package utilization e.g SPSS,STATA-12,DHIS etc)
• Fluency in English, Hausa spoken and written
• 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