Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) Officer at Oxfam

Job Purpose

• To increase Oxfam Humanitarian Programme impact through the provision of strategic support on core Programme Quality (PQ) components (design, planning, monitoring, evaluation, learning, social accountability and partnership), and to strengthen throughout all humanitarian programmes the embedding of Oxfam's one programme approach, gender and rights-based approach.

Key Responsibilities
MEAL System Development and Implementation:

• Work with Technical Coordinators (EFSL and WASH) and Country/Regional/Global Programme Quality Team in developing / updating MEAL frameworks and tools
• Work with the project team in all location of North East Nigeria in implementing MEAL framework and tools

Data Gathering, Information Management and Reporting:

• Prepare a clear data collection plan in discussion with the technical team and lead on all field data collection exercises, data management and analysis
• Analyze the data, together with the project team, and share them in the required format
• Contribute in timely and quality reporting on WASH and EFSL projects in all locations in North East Nigeria
• Producing clear and quality reports that demonstrate accountability and learning
• Appraising the project activities, progress reports and streamlining the partners’ work and documentation

Accountability:

• Assist the project team in strengthening the accountability mechanisms at project level
• Setting up and managing complaint and feedback mechanism for the project
• Capacity Building for Oxfam and Partner Staff
• Train the project teams and relevant staff at partners’ level on MEAL concepts and tools
• Undertake periodic monitoring and technical support visits to partner working areas to assess progress against agreed MEAL system and recommend corrective actions as appropriate
• Work closely with partner MEAL team or focal point on overall MEAL issues

Review, Reflection and Learning:

• Assist the project team and partners in documenting lessons learnt
• Collecting best practices, case studies which demonstrate qualitative and quantitative changes over the period
• Conduct reviews, learning events at project locations

Other:

• Delivering any other responsibility assigned by the line manager

Requirements/Skills and Competences

• A Bachelor's Degree in Statistics or any relevant field is required; Master’s desired
• 3 -5 years of progressively responsible and directly relevant professional experience in monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning
• Skilled in collecting, synthesizing and analysing data using spreadsheet, SPSS and other statistical package
• Previous experience working with INGO or UN agency preferred
• Excellent coordination and leadership skills
• Practical experience in mainstreaming of gender and rights in programme development
• Excellent computer skills
• Willingness and ability to travel to North East Nigeria 30 – 50 % of the time
• Effective verbal and written communication skills, including high-level interpersonal and representational capabilities; fluency in written and spoken English essential
• Good organizational skills including accuracy, consistency, attention to detail, tenacity and the ability to work under pressure
• Ability to work well in a team, and to liaise with a wide and diverse range of people, mainly internally, and at many levels
• A strong commitment to Oxfam’s purpose, a broad understanding of the work culture in the “humanitarian” sector and its impact on key areas of responsibility and a commitment to humanitarian principles and action

Oxfam Behavioral Competencies:

• Understand humanitarian contexts (program phases, underlying causes of crisis, coordination mechanisms) and application of Humanitarian Principles (vulnerability, gender and diversity awareness; Humanitarian principles, codes and standards)
• Achieve results effectively (demonstrate accountability to partners and affected people; making decisions involving others; flexibility; delivery of timely and appropriate results using available resources)
• Develop and maintain collaborative relationships (communication with affected people; collaboration with the team and partners; challenge decisions and behaviors that breach humanitarian principles)
• Operate safely and securely in a humanitarian response (Identify, communicate and minimise risk for the agency, yourself and others; comply and help uphold safety and security protocols; uphold the Do No Harm principle with partners and affected people)
• Manage yourself in a pressured and changing environment (ability to recognize and manage stress in yourself and others in order to remain ethical, constructive and objective focused; awareness of internal and external pressures and should be able to manage emotions)
• Leadership in humanitarian response (Awareness of your own skills and how they can complement those of others; demonstrate initiative, ingenuity, and tenacity in achieving solutions to fulfill objectives and motivate others to do the same; communicate humanitarian values and motivate others towards them)
• The incumbent will stay abreast of professional standards, trends and issues affecting this set of responsibilities, demonstrating continuous learning of the field in line with Oxfam in Nigeria’s mission and vision
• S/he will work effectively and collaboratively to build a team-based culture of work, treating all persons with dignity and respect, and will be familiar with and committed to Oxfam in Nigeria mission and goals