M&E Assistant (Health) at International Rescue Committee (IRC)

Location: Damaturu, Yobe

Job Summary

• The Monitoring and Evaluation Assistant will work closely with Monitoring and Evaluation Officer and the Health staff, and will be responsible for the development and administration of high quality M and E system in the Health project through; collecting, inputting, collating/organizing, analyzing and producing data for the proper implementation of the Health projects in Yobe.

Responsibilities
Data collection tools and database design (----% of time):

• Develop tools for the collecting regular projects’ activities and performances;
• Take part in the design of Microsoft Excel databases to store project/program accomplishment data;
• Work with the M&E manager in designing data collection templates for surveys that needs to be conducted internally;
• Take part in designing electronic data entry templates for mobile/tablet data collection;
• Work with partner staff in designing both data collection tools and electronic templates;
• Design a strategy to collect filed level information required by IRC, donors and/or stakeholders;
• Work with the M&E and program team in standardizing the project M&E tools;

Data collection and analysis (--- % of time):

• Make sure the responsible persons for each and every data elements to compute project performances are assigned;
• Closely work with front line staff and volunteers to make so that projects data collected on timely fashion;
• Communicate and orient responsible partners or program staff on the use of the tools they are responsible for;
• Apply data cleaning techniques to ensure the quality of data collected from field;
• Tabulate and cross-tabulate the field data for further analysis by M&E managers and program staff;
• Identify the data quality issues and bring to the attention of the M&E manager with proposed actions;
• Take part in the Data Quality Audits, share with program staff and document findings;
• With the support of Health teams, ensure high quality monitoring data in a timely manner: collate/organize data for reporting.
• Partake in routine monitoring missions as scheduled.
• With the support of M&E manager and Health, train enumerators on administration of various Health questionnaires and data collection tools related to project monitoring, baseline and evaluations.
• With the support of M&E and Health manager, train casual staff, data entry operators on data entering.
• Timely report to M&E manager and Health Manager.
• Closely work with staff to ensure they follow correct procedures and criteria during beneficiary registration.

Capacity building and supervision (---% of time):

• Assist local partners in designing monitoring and reporting tools and establishing database management systems;
• Train enumerator hired for special studies or assessments;
• Organize orientation for front line staff, partners’ staff and volunteers on the monitoring tools and train them how to use data for decision making;
• Mentor and coach frontline staff and volunteers on issues related to data collection.

Perform other duties assigned by the supervisor (----% of time):

• Perform other task related assignment proposed by his/her supervisor/s

Skills And Experiences

• Degree/Diploma in Statistics, Computer Science, IT or related fields;
• Excellent computer skills are required (particularly Microsoft Excel, Access and Word);
• Excellent English language skills, oral and written, and the ability to translate from Hausa and/or Fulani to English;
• Strong analytical and reporting skills with attention to details;
• Ability to travel to provide on-site guidance and training;
• Excellent organizational and time management skills and ability to meet strict deadlines;
• Good interpersonal skills and ability to work as part of a team, as well as independently;
• Flexible and able to work in a dynamic and diverse environment;
• At least one year of prior experience in a similar post, reporting experience preferred.

Benefits
Monthly salary, 13Month Salary Inclusive, Health Insurance Coverage for Family, Pension, Creche Facilities available for Women with babies under 24 Months.