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The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is a global humanitarian aid, relief and development nongovernmental organization. Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the IRC offers emergency aid and long-term assistance to refugees and those displaced by war, persecution or natural disaster. The IRC is currently working in over 40 countries and 22 U...
The purpose of the M&E Officer position is to coordinate the collection, compilation, consolidation, and analysis of data to track programs/ projects activities, monitor progress and support impact measurement. S/he will also conduct research, or coordinate with consultants conducting research, to engage in reflective practice and generate lessons from projects/program. S/he is responsible for establishing and ensuring better data management systems, including preparing an M&E plan for the sector, and coordinates the proper and timely evaluation of project objectives/impact. S/he will ensure the existence of accountability mechanisms and devise a strategy for program staff participation in M&E activities. The position holder will closely work with front line staff and volunteers. S/he also will work closely with the M&E unit on technical matters and reports to the Governance and Advocacy Manager.
Major Responsibilities:
Program Design and Learning
- Participate in program/ project design specially in developing log frames.
- Design, develop and continuously update project M&E, and impact measurement tools and systems on timely fashion.
- Develop and make sure all the projects have tested monitoring tools that capture both program activity and indicators progress.
- Organize periodical ongoing sector level review, reflective practice, evaluation, and progress monitoring events by involving communities and local partners.
- Organize panel monitoring and/or similar M&E events to ensure accountability to the target community, with relevant stakeholders including communities and ensure their dissemination to concerned parties.
- With support from the Sr. M&E Manager and Governance and Advocacy Manager, establish and maintain project level information management system.
- Design a strategy to collect filed level information required by IRC, donors and/or stakeholders.
- Coordinate synergy and cross-learning among different projects.
- Cross fertilize learning among projects by regularly producing (compiling) summary monitoring reports and sharing to staff and partners.
Monitoring and Evaluation
- Track progress against monitoring work plans.
- Coordinate the field level community participatory monitoring and evaluation, reflective practice, and impact measurement.
- Ensues the on-time execution of projects major monitoring and evaluation events including but not limited to baseline survey, mid-term evaluation, final evaluation, data quality audit and field supervision.
- Coordinate with consultants conducting project evaluations to monitor for high quality and high impact results.
- Provide technical assistance to staff and partner organization on information management system, proper data collection and record keeping, including on beneficiary registration.
- Update M&E plan timely and provide feedback to program staff on status and quality of implementation.
- Assist with monthly and/or quarterly performance indicator analysis, including generation of reports as well as presentations for staff related to on-going performance.
- Conduct regular data verification exercises to ensure reporting and collection of quality data.
- Verify entered data for completeness, correctness, and consistency and follow up on any data quality issues.
- Document findings from data quality audits and store in project files to ensure collective and sustainable access.
- Actively participate in and contribute to M&E team activities, system assessments, development, and implementation of new systems and/or tools aimed at strengthening overall M&E practices at IRC Nigeria.
- Take part in the recruitment of enumerators and survey consultants.
- Provide M&E inputs for reports written during project implementation.
- Periodically leads reflective practice forums at field office/ project level and compile lessons from project implementation processes.
Information Management and Reporting
- Establish and maintain project information management system.
- Submit data set to update country office wide program database on monthly basis.
- Compile regular project monitoring report, including lessons learned, prepared by different projects and application of evaluation recommendations.
- Ensure all projects have downward/ forward accountability mechanisms and works with project staff to make sure its implementation.
- Compile quarter, biannual and annual tabular and narrative reports (as required by project stakeholders) on projects’ accomplishments by cost and alert the management for special deviations form the plan.
- And all other duties as assigned by the supervisor.
Key Working Relationships:
Position Reports to: Governance and Advocacy Manager, based in Maiduguri
Position directly supervises n/a
Indirect Reporting: Sr M&E Manager and Governance Coordinator, based in Maiduguri
Other Internal and/or external contacts:
Internal: M&E Staff, Governance Officers/Assistants
External: Service provider, Traditional and Community Leaders, Local Government Authorities, Government Ministries/Agencies, Community Volunteers
Qualifications
- Experience working on urban resilience and developmental programming, and at least two year experience working in monitoring and evaluation;
- Degree in statistics, computer science/IT/, geography or any other related field.
- Excellent computer skills are required (particularly Advanced Microsoft Excel, Access and Word);
- Strong data collection, analysis, and report writing skills required.
- Ability to work independently, think analytically and take initiative in solving problems.
- Ability to communicate technical issues effectively.
- Familiarity with log frame analysis and M&E plan.
- Experience in conducting assessment.
- Fluency in spoken and written English and Hausa is required. Additional fluency in Fulfulde is a plus.
- Most importantly, commitment to IRC values and principles.
- A strong team player with excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work with groups of diverse backgrounds.
- Full professional competency in Microsoft Office Suite, especially Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint.