MEAL Coordinator at Ekklesiyar Yan'uwa a Nigeria (EYN PROJECT)

ABOUT THE JOB:

The MEAL Coordinator will ensure the establishment and coordination of a systematic Monitoring and evaluation system for all EYN Project’s Humanitarian projects. He/she will interface, support team leads and members, and provide Humanitarian MEAL coordination. The role requires strong facilitation and organizational skills along with the ability to analyze and communicate complex information to all stakeholders.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES:

The MEAL Coordinator will have the following responsibilities:

• Oversee the development and implementation of humanitarian program M&E plans to capture project performance and results, including data reporting, tool development, assessments, and all Humanitarian monitoring and evaluation activities.
• Develop and oversee data flow pattern for humanitarian programs that will ensure timely data collection and reporting.
• Ensure M&E-specific elements of staff and local partner capacity strengthening plans are successfully implemented!
• Report results of M&E activities to donors by providing written documentation about progress toward achieving indicators/targets, as appropriate.
• Provide coordination and supervision on M&E to ensure technical integrity to achieve program goal and corresponding objectives and targets.
• Ensure high-quality implementation, in close collaboration with the Project/unit heads, sector Specialists, and consistency in protocols, information and reporting systems.
• Coordinate evaluation/research/survey efforts, to monitor and evaluate project interventions, document results, and provide feedback to stakeholders to guide decision-making.
• Ensure that all projects establish and maintain community feedback mechanisms.
• Lead efforts to utilize training monitoring systems to track and monitor trainers and participants at training events to facilitate follow-up and recordkeeping.
• Utilize the training data collected to inform strategic decision-making and project planning.
• Conduct targeted evaluations and operations research, including design, data collection, management, and analysis.
• Ensure quality of data through data verification procedures, including routine data quality audits
• Cultivate strategic M&E relationships and alliances and represent M&E activities in public and professional circles through meetings, conferences, and presentations.
• Ensure relevant data is entered into organization-wide data management system designed to capture, analyze, and disseminate project data.
• Ensure teams are meeting up with reporting deadlines.
• Promote and support the dissemination of project information among the projects team
• Supervise humanitarian MEAL staff (MEAL officers and data management officers) across different projects.
• Any other duties that may be assigned

Qualification:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Computer Science, or any other related field
• At least 3 years of work experience in monitoring and evaluation in international development programs with a robust M&E component.

Skills:

• Proven expertise in quantitative and qualitative methodologies, research, reporting, data quality assessments, data analysis and presentation.
• Demonstrated strong coordination, teamwork, and planning skills with proven ability to function effectively with multiple counterparts in private, public and NGO sectors.
• Strong understanding of M&E, policy, and compliance requirements.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English including excellent facilitation skills and demonstrated technical writing skills for publication.
• Familiarity with M&E for protection projects including the Child Protection Information Management System (CPIMS).
• Skills in digital data collection and management
• Ability to work effectively with diverse teams.
• Ability to work in a complex environment with multiple tasks, short deadlines, and intense pressure to perform.
• Strong technical skills, including ability to process and analyze data using one or more statistical software packages
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite and analytics tools
• Effective communication skills in English and Hausa
• Excellent knowledge of Nigerian humanitarian aid and development context
• Excellent reporting skills
• Good analytical skills, at ease with figures and data