MEAL Assistant at Youth Integrated For Positive Development Initiatiative

Job Description

YIPDI is looking for a Monitoring, Evaluation Accountability and Learning Officer to join our team in our Maiduguri office.

S/he will ensure proper and timely implementation of YIPDI MEAL tools, activities, and reporting, to support proper and adequate resource management; HR, finance and logistics, document and promote good practice from planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of activities, provide support to other teams as requested by MEAL Manager.

Responsibilities

• Assist with data collection and verification processes as necessary
• Conduct field monitoring visit and ensure the use of the quality monitoring checklist and work with project teams to develop action plans based on findings
• Responsible for handling documents, confidentiality and security of all informational resources related to feedback and complaints for beneficiaries.
• Assist in ensuring timely and quality data collection, (needs assessments, household registration, baseline /end line surveys, PDMs, KAP surveys, FDG, KII and others) by drafting the necessary quantitative and qualitative tools (ToR and data collection tools, including coding) for review and validation by the technical team.
• Assist in Supporting teams to pilot data collection tools and integrate the findings into the final tools by providing feedback / error reports to the MEAL Manager.
• Assist in ensuring timely and quality reporting of MEAL activities implemented by their team (surveys, monitoring activities).
• Maintain liason with MEAL unit and other units including programmes, Finance, supply chain, advocacy and campaign etc including field coordination/community mobilization team
• Ensure risk assessments are done before any data collection that involves children.

Requirements

• Degree in Maths and Statistics, or related field of study, with previous experience working in humanitarian context.
• At least 3 years of proven experience in the Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning of humanitarian or development programs.
• Demonstrated knowledge of MEAL concepts and international humanitarian quality standards.
• Proficiency on the use of office tools (at least Word and Excel)
• Knowledge on databases and mobile data collection systems (ODK/Kobo).
• Knowledge on analysis (R, SPSS) and visualization (PowerBi, Tableau) would be desirable
• Fluency in English, Hausa, and Kanuri