MEAL Officer (Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning) at West Africa Network for Peace-building (WANEP)

General Position Summary

• The MEAL Officer will be responsible for managing programmatic information systems, ensuring quality monitoring and evaluation, and facilitating accountability and learning across all projects at WANEP-Nigeria.
• The Officer will work closely with the MEL Specialist and program teams to collect, validate, and analyze data that inform decision-making and enhance program effectiveness.

Essential Job Responsibilities
Strategy Input and Oversight:

• Support the development and implementation of effective monitoring and evaluation (M&E) tools.
• Play a key role in the design of intervention strategies, sector plans, and comprehensive M&E frameworks.
• Contribute to the preparation and review of program documentation and strategic reviews.

Result-Based Monitoring & Evaluation:

• Validate and verify key program indicators against diverse data sources.
• Review, validate, and analyze incoming program data to ensure accuracy and reliability.
• Conduct field visits to collect supplementary data, document success stories, and perform qualitative research independently or collaboratively.
• Work with the MEAL Manager and program staff to ensure activities are on track, with a focus on meeting targets and objectives.

Learning:

• Document and share lessons learned from program implementation regularly.
• Maintain an updated database reflecting progress and key performance indicators.
• Provide insights to support adaptive learning and program adjustments.

Capacity Building:

• Strengthen the capacity of PARTNER organizations to maintain robust M&E systems.
• Facilitate periodic reflection and analysis sessions to enhance learning and inform programming.
• Assist in the timely production of weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual reports for donors and stakeholders.

Program Advisory:

• Maintain an active advisory role with program teams to guide them on robust data collection practices and effective use of M&E tools.
• Participate actively in implementation processes to provide advice for optimal results.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with partners, government departments, and other stakeholders.

Accountability:

• Reports Directly to the MEL Specialist while also working directly with the Deputy Chief of Party, Program Officers, states M&E focal persons, and other PARTNER consortium agencies/individuals.

Accountability to Participants and Stakeholders:

• The MEAL Officer is expected to uphold WANEP-Nigeria’s commitment to accountability and engage communities as equal partners in program design, monitoring, and evaluation.

Security:

• Ensure compliance with security procedures and policies as determined by WANEP-Nigeria.
• Coordinate with WANEP Security/Safety Officer and State Manager on any threats to WANEP staff and activities; follow up on incidents/security threats in areas of operation.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion:

• Achieving our mission begins with how we build our team and work together.
• Through our commitment to enriching our organization with people of different origins, beliefs, backgrounds, and ways of thinking, we are better able to leverage the collective power of our teams and solve the world’s most complex challenges.
• We recognize that diversity and inclusion is a journey, and we are committed to learning, listening, and evolving to become more diverse, equitable, and inclusive than we are today.

Minimum Qualifications & Transferable Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences, Statistics, Business Administration, or a relevant field.
• A minimum of 3-5 years of proven experience in program monitoring and evaluation.
• Understanding of M&E concepts, project cycles, and results frameworks.
• Ability to design and implement surveys with knowledge of probability and purposive sampling techniques.
• Strong written and analytical skills. knowledge of Hausa language is an asset.
• Proficiency in quantitative and qualitative data collection and reporting methods.
• Demonstrated fluency in data management software such as MS Excel, MS Access, SPSS, or STATA.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

Equal Employment Opportunity:

• As an equal-opportunity employer does not tolerate discrimination on any basis.
• We actively seek out diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and skills so that we can be collectively stronger and have a sustained global impact.
• We do not tolerate discrimination based on race, color, gender identity, gender expression, religion, age, sexual orientation, national or ethnic origin, disability (including HIV/AIDS status), marital status, military veteran status, or any other protected group in the locations where we work.

Safeguarding & Ethics:

• WANEP-Nigeria is committed to the core principles regarding the prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse laid out by the UN Secretary-General and IASC.
• As part of our commitment to a safe and inclusive work environment, team members are expected to conduct themselves in a professional manner, respect local laws and customs, and adhere to the Code of Conduct Policies, and values at all times.