M&E Associate at Helen Keller International

Reports To: State Team Lead 

Purpose / Scope of Work: 

The success of this nutrition project depends largely on accurate, complete, and timely reporting of achievements to donors. Achievement of set targets is of utmost importance. Hence, the objective of the M&E Associate position is to provide technical support in the roll-out of the M&E plan in the project states and generate strategic data for program management, reporting, and documentation of best practices. 

Management and Functional Relationships: 

Under the supervision of the State Team Lead, and technical leadership from the M&E Manager, the M&E Associate will develop and manage the state M&E plan and work. 

Specific Responsibilities:

• Support in the development of an integrated state level M&E project plan in collaboration with the Program Manager.
• Support in the implementation of the LDSC M&E plan and reporting formats for indicators and targets in collaboration with the M&E Specialist. 
• Work with the M&E Specialist to establish a system for the flow of information from service delivery points to the Helen Keller central database and ensure timely M&E technical support to all implementing health facilities.
• Take the lead in building the capacity of health units’ M&E staff and relevant health and community workers in the collection, summarization, analysis, and presentation of M&E data.
• Support the capacity building for program interns, state and LGA M&E focal persons. 
• Plan and lead the monthly project data validation process
• Work with M&E Manager for the roll-out of the project M&E data quality assurance system including quarterly data quality audits.
• Assist the M&E Manager to coordinate the establishment/strengthening of the state M&E system that informs policy and practice.
• Ensure and maintain the state-of-the-art database management practice at the state.
• Analyze M&E data on a weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual basis and flag action areas to the project management.
• Work with M&E Specialist/state team lead/Nutrition Program Coordinator to document and publish best practices.
• Prepare progress reports and analyze these reports in terms of problems and actions needed. Prepare consolidated progress reports for project management to submit to the relevant bodies, in accordance with approved reporting formats and timing.
• Prepare monitoring reports, analyze them for impact evaluation, and identify the causes of potential bottlenecks in project implementation.
• Sharing the outputs of M&E findings with project staff, implementing partners, and primary stakeholders.
• Make regular reports to the project team highlighting areas of concern and preparing the documentation for review at meetings.

Qualifications

• Degree in Statistics, Epidemiology, Public health, or related field with a focus on monitoring and evaluation and/or Biostatistics.
• At least 2 years hand-on-experience in monitoring and evaluation with very good analytical, presentation, communication, and reporting skills. 
• Significant experience in developing monitoring plans and/or management information systems 2 years of which were spent working with NGOs in an African setting.
• Excellent interpersonal, multicultural, and team-building skills.
• Strong computer skills, particularly in spreadsheets, databases, and statistical applications.
• Significant experience working in Integrated Management of Acute Malnutrition (IMAM), Nutrition, Village Saving Loan Association (VSLA), Income Generating Activities (IGA) and DHIS2 programs in Nigeria.
• Excellent writing skills, oral and written communication skills, and fluency in English

Success Profile:

• Able to work with minimal supervision and able to meet up set deadlines. 
• Ability to use the Internet and computer software such as Microsoft Office, Outlook etc
• Must possess good interpersonal skills and be a good team player.
• Demonstrate excellent personal integrity and confidentiality.
• Ability to speak the local language is highly desirable and an added advantage.
• Willingness to travel to remote areas.