MEAL Officer at African Youth for Peace Development and Empowerment (AFRYDEV)

Overall Purpose

• The Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning (MEAL) Officer manages information and reporting processes and products to ensure professional, high-quality communication about AFRYDEV’s programmatic activities and results.
• The MEAL Officer will also play an important role in improving information management and data quality,and in strengthening knowledge sharing and learning across the organization and with the Humanitarian and development communities.
• The MEAL Officer will assume responsibility for full-cycle monitoring and evaluation of AFRYDEV’s programs, developing appropriate methodologies and tools to design evaluations.

Responsibilities
Monitoring:

• AsamemberoftheMonitoringTeam,theMEALOfficershallconductdatacollection in the field and execute the methodologies provided by the MEAL Coordinator.
• Undertake regular visits to field locations to support monitoring and evaluation processes and contribute to the development and rollout of accountability processes.
• ParticipateinallotheraspectsofMEAL, forexample,surveys,baselines, evaluations, joint projects monitoring, and reviews/lessons learning workshops/events.
• Produce monitoring checklists and conduct joint field process monitoring, quality assessment,anddatavalidation,andprovidefeedbackandrecommendationsfortimely improvement.

Evaluation and Learning:

• Support the MEAL team in organizing and facilitating quarterly monitoring reports, progress reviews and learning sessions.
• SupportstheMEALinthedesignandimplementationofperiodicevaluationactivities including baseline surveys, research, and evaluations in assigned locations.
• Developfieldstaffcapacitiestoemployalearningapproachtotheirwork. She/hewill also be actively involved in promoting learning through documentation of lessons learned and developing approaches for community analysis and utilization of data for decision-making.

Accountability:

• TogetherwiththeProjectofficersandwiththesupportoftheMEALprogramManager, undertake accountability activities, including the development and use of information sharing materials and the establishment of complaint response mechanisms.
• This may include ensuring that complaints are logged and addressed in a professional and timely manner and that serious complaints relating to abuse, exploitation, and corruption and reported through the appropriate reporting mechanism within AFRYDEV.
• Ensure ethical programming of service provision is promoted through reinforcing community consultations using existing feedback mechanisms such as satisfaction surveys, safety audits and post distribution surveys; upholding AFRYDEV PSEA protocols and reporting mechanisms.
• Ensures regular and representative consultation of affected populations before, during andafterprojectimplementationtocapturecommunitypreferences,respectivepriority needs, and document barriers faced in accessing safe and meaningful assistance and information.

Data Collection & Validation:

• Ensure transparent,accurate,and timely data collection for the purposes of the baseline study, real-time evaluation, and post-intervention/ post-distribution monitoring.
• Conductingtrainingforlocalenumerators; application of different data collection tools as well as collecting GPS and photographic data from the field.
• Ensurealldatacollectionisdoneinlinewithgoodqualitymonitoringdata,in a timely manner, and organize data received for reporting.
• Ensuresthequalityofmonitoringdatareportedbyfieldofficesthroughcapacity building, supportive supervision, routine checking, and validation of data.

Evaluation and Learning:

• Support the MEAL team in organizing and facilitating Monthly/quarterly monitoring reports, progress reviews, and learning events.
• Supports the in the design and implementation of periodic evaluation activities including baseline surveys,research,and evaluations in projects intervention areas
• Developfieldstaffcapacitiestoemployalearningapproachtotheirwork.She/hewill also be actively involved in promoting learning through documentation of lessons learned and developing approaches for community analysis and utilization of data for decision-making.

Reporting&Analysis:

• MEALOfficer ensures timely data analysis and preparation of monitoring reports according to AFRYDEV procedures and standards.
• Will support programs in collaboration with project officers in compiling data and write reports accordingly.
• Will support programs with analysis and graphic representation of data for reporting purposes.

Collaboration/EthicalOperatingStandards:

• Workingeffectivelywith stakeholderstoachievecommongoals
• Excellentcommunicationandinterpersonalskills
• Builds and maintains effective working relationships with AFRYDEV program staff and the beneficiaries
• Strongknowledgeof MSWordand Excel
• Strongunderstandingoffinancialmanagementconcepts
• Goodunderstanding ofYobeStatelocal contextnot limitedtocultureand traditions.
• FluencyinHausaandKanuriisanadded advantage
• Approachableandgoodlistenershipskills
• 100%based

Persons Specifications

• Degree, HND in statistics, Economics, Mathematics, computer science and other fields
• 3 years previous experience in a non profit organization is highly desirable

Skills: 

• Data Collection and Management
• Quantitative Data Collection: Knowledge of survey design, sampling methods, and survey tools (e.g., questionnaires, structured interviews).
• Qualitative Data Collection: Skills in conducting focus groups, interviews, and other qualitative methods.
• Data Cleaning & Management: Experience with data cleaning, validation, and organizing data into usable formats, often using software like Excel, Access, or data management systems (e.g., KoboToolbox, Open Data Kit).
• Mobile Data Collection: Familiarity with mobile data collection tools (e.g., SurveyCTO, ODK) for field surveys.
• 2. Data Analysis and Statistical Skills
• Statistical Software Proficiency: Knowledge of software such as SPSS, STATA, R, or SAS for analyzing quantitative data.
• Qualitative Data Analysis: Familiarity with qualitative analysis tools such as NVivo or ATLAS.ti to code and analyze open-ended responses.
• Indicators Development: Ability to design and select appropriate indicators for assessing project performance and impact.
• Data Interpretation: Translating raw data into actionable insights, identifying patterns, and making data-driven recommendations.

Personal Abilities: 

• Attention to details
• Creative and takes initiative.
• Able to work effectively in a diverse team environment
• Good motivator of others
• Willing to work additional hours at crucial times
• Team player.

Language: 

• Hausa, Kanuri and English.