MEAL Officer at Life at Best Development Initiative

MEAL OFFICER

LIFE AT BEST DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE LABDI is searching for a MEAL Officer who will primarily be responsible for leading data gathering, collation and reporting activities to ensure the quality and accountability of the programs implementing by Life at best development initiative LABDI in Northern Nigeria.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and update/pre-test quality assurance checklist tools for M&E team in collaboration with project staff.
• Provide support to the review and development of M&E systems for new projects, in collaboration with M&E projects teams at the field level
• Support teams to pilot data collection tools and integrate the findings into the final tools by providing feedback/error reports to the M&E DPM.
• Train and manage the M&E Field Staff to carry out regular M&E functions, ensuring that all Hhuman Rresource procedures and policies are adhered to.
• Provide oversight of field monitoring activities and conduct data quality assurance.
• Ensure timely and quality data collection, inclusive of needs assessments, household registration, baseline/end line surveys, Pd.Ms., KAP surveys, and others.
• Ensure timely and quality data entry, analysis, and interpretation by working closely with the program, Wash officer, wash assistant, hygiene promotion volunteers and M&E teams.
• Proactively identify good practices based on M&E findings and encourage utilization of data.
• Perform such other duties as may be assigned.

Qualifications

• Degree in M & E, Economics, International Development, Statistics, Public Health, Demography or related subject, with previous experience working in humanitarian projects.
• Minimum 3 years of proven experience in the Monitoring, Evaluation and Accountability of humanitarian or development programs.
• data collection, collation, analysis, and report writing
• Professional, motivated, open, creative, mature, responsible, flexible and, culturally sensitive
• Strong organizational and analytical skills, and ability to work under pressure
• Excellent team, budget and project management and representation competencies
• Commitment to and understanding of LABDI aims, values and principles
• Excellent computer skills, particularly with Microsoft Excel, spreadsheets, Sphere standard, SPSS, SPHINX, or other statistical packages
• Willing and able to be based and travel regularly within remote areas, where services are limited
• Fluency in English and Hausa (both written and spoken skills)
• Demonstrated knowledge of M&E concepts and international humanitarian quality standard