Meal Officer at Future Resilience and Development Foundation (FRAD)

Duties and Responsibilities:

M & E

• Lead the development and implementation of comprehensive monitoring frameworks, tools, and systems aligned with project logframes, indicators, and donor requirements.
• Oversee the collection of both quantitative and qualitative data through a variety of approaches such as household surveys, focus group discussions (FGDs), key informant interviews (KIIs), and direct observations.
• Support the design and coordination of project evaluations, including baseline, midline, and endline assessments.
• Produce clear and actionable M&E reports, highlighting key insights, lessons learned, and performance gaps. They will play a key role in facilitating internal learning processes by organizing review meetings, presenting findings, and working with program teams to adapt implementation strategies based on evidence and field feedback.
• Ensuring community engagement and accountability is a core aspect of the M&E role.
• Support the establishment and functioning of feedback and complaint response mechanisms (FCRM), ensuring they are accessible, safe, and confidential.
• Ensure feedback is documented, analyzed, and responded to in a timely manner, closing the loop with communities.
• Strengthen the monitoring and evaluation capacity of project staff, partners, and community volunteers through formal training sessions, on-the-job mentoring, and the development of user-friendly M&E tools and manuals.

Information Management

• Generate visual reports, charts, maps, and analytical summaries that capture trends across programmatic sectors. Additionally, the officer will map assistance coverage, identify potential delivery gaps, and produce visual outputs (e.g., maps) to support evidence-based decision-making.
• The MEAL Officer will support the MEAL Manager in the timely production, storage and dissemination of information products through FRAD’s internal platforms, helping to inform strategic decisions and adaptive programming. They will also contribute to ensuring high data quality and integrity by supporting regular database maintenance and, where necessary, providing data entry support.

Experience and technical competencies

• Experience: Basic knowledge of data collection & use statistical package.
• Experience in the humanitarian field, NGO, or INGO advantage.
• Demonstrated ability to maintain integrity in performing responsibilities assigned.
• Good knowledge of English, Hausa & other native languages where deemed necessary based on areas of deployment or redeployment.
• Respect & promote individual & cultural differences & encourage diversity.