LGA Team Lead – Monitoring and Accountability (M&A) at FACT Foundation

RESPONSIBILITIES

The LGA Team Lead’s responsibilities include the following and not limited to:

Team Management and Leadership

• Transmit FACT’s values and vision within the LGA Field Team.
• Provide team management and leadership within the team and the LGA at large.
• Develop a detailed monitoring plan for the assigned LGA, in coordination with the TPM Project Coordinator and relevant stakeholders.
• Schedule and organize field visits to project sites within the LGA, ensuring comprehensive coverage of project activities.
• Provide guidance and support to local monitors and field staff involved in monitoring activities.

Monitoring and Data Collection at the Field Level

• Oversee field monitoring activities, ensuring adherence to the monitoring plan and methodology.
• Lead the data collection efforts, including conducting interviews, surveys, and site visits as needed.
• Ensure the accuracy, completeness, and quality of data collected by the monitoring team.
• Lead the review of activity reports, financial records, and other relevant documentation on-site.
• Conduct structured/unstructured interviews with beneficiaries, cooperating partners (CPs), and government/community stakeholders to gather feedback and assess impact.
• Oversee the use of the proper communication tool to provide regular updates on data collection activities and offer support and follow-up on identified challenges during the process.
• Ensure that the monitoring tools during distribution activities are administered for both quantitative and qualitative monitoring.

Data Analysis and Reporting

• Organize and compile data collected from field visits, interviews, and documents.
• Verify the accuracy and reliability of the collected data through cross-checking, triangulation, and validation processes.
• Analyze data to identify trends, challenges, and successes related to project implementation and outcomes.
• Prepare regular reports summarizing monitoring findings, including key observations, conclusions, and recommendations.
• Present monitoring findings to relevant stakeholders, including cooperating partners (CP), government representatives, community leaders, beneficiaries at the field level and project supervisors.
• Conduct post-distribution debriefs and provide feedback to government and community stakeholders and cooperating partners on best practices, lessons learned and areas needing improvement.

Internal and External Relations

• Ensure routine communication of all field monitoring activities, work order progress, and other key findings to management in a timely and effective manner.
• Establish and maintain relationships with key stakeholders in the LGA, including local government authorities, community leaders, and project beneficiaries.
• Facilitate meetings and consultations with government/community stakeholders to gather feedback on project impact and implementation.

Quality Assurance and Compliance

• Ensure compliance with project objectives, guidelines, and ethical standards in all monitoring activities is maintained throughout the existence of the project at the LGA level.
• Conduct regular quality checks and validations of monitoring data and reports.

REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor’s Degree with proven experience in monitoring and evaluation, preferably in a humanitarian sector.
• A Minimum of three (3) years working in humanitarian responses with previous experience in Third-Party Monitoring (TPM), an asset.
• Strong skills with the Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Google Drive, and other cloud-based software tools.
• Strong analytical and technical writing skills.
• Proven experience collecting information using hand-held GPS devices.
• Proven experience using ODK for quantitative data collection
• Proven experience conducting focus group discussions, or the ability to learn rapidly
• Proven experience in stakeholder engagement.
• Positive attitude and a willingness to work and learn in a team.
• Excellent communication and time management skills
• Ability to operate in a cross-cultural environment requiring flexibility
• Fluency in written and spoken fluency in English is a must; additional fluency in Hausa and Fulfude is preferred.