Purpose
The MEAL Coordinator is responsible for leading, harmonising, and overseeing Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, Learning, and Information Management systems across the ECHO-funded consortium in Nigeria.
The role ensures that all consortium partners:
- Apply ECHO-compliant indicators, methodologies, and reporting standards
- Use ActivityInfo as the consortium’s core Information Management System (IMS)
- Produce high-quality, reliable, and timely data to inform decision-making and donor reporting
The MEAL Coordinator also plays a key role in strengthening partner MEAL capacity and promoting evidence-based and adaptive programme management.
Duties and Responsibilities
Monitoring, Evaluation and Information Management
- Lead the design, harmonisation, and implementation of consortium-wide MEAL frameworks, logical frameworks, and indicator matrices in line with ECHO Result Frameworks and guidance.
- Ensure ActivityInfo is used consistently by all consortium partners as the primary and mandatory IMS for:
- Indicator tracking and aggregation
- Partner reporting and consolidation
- Data quality control, validation, and audit readiness
- Configure, manage, and maintain ActivityInfo databases, including indicators, forms, reporting workflows, and user access rights.
- Provide hands-on technical support and training to consortium partners on ActivityInfo, including form design, indicator configuration, reporting cycles, and data governance.
- Coordinate the development and roll-out of standardised data collection tools, including baselines, endlines, PDMs, assessments, and routine monitoring tools.
- Lead and document Data Quality Assessments (DQAs) to ensure accuracy, completeness, timeliness, and reliability of reported ECHO indicators.
Data Analysis, Visualization and Reporting
- Lead consortium-level data analysis and interpretation to support programme monitoring, management decision-making, and ECHO reporting.
- Develop and maintain Power BI dashboards to visualise progress against ECHO indicators and highlight trends, gaps, and risks.
- Conduct advanced data analysis using Microsoft Excel (pivot tables, Power Query, formulas, consistency and validation checks).
- Ensure timely preparation of high-quality inputs for ECHO Single Forms, narrative reports, and indicator annexes.
- Support consortium partners in analysing quantitative and qualitative data and translating findings into actionable programmatic recommendations.
- Experience with statistical software (e.g. SPSS, STATA, R, Python) is considered a strong asset for advanced analysis but is not mandatory.
Accountability to Affected Populations (AAP)
- Lead the implementation of consortium-wide Accountability to Affected Populations (AAP) systems in full alignment with ECHO requirements and the Core Humanitarian Standards (CHS).
- Support partners in designing, implementing, and monitoring feedback and complaint mechanisms (CFM) that are safe, confidential, accessible, and protection sensitive.
- Ensure systematic analysis of feedback data and integration of findings into programme adaptation and ECHO reporting.
- Strengthen partner capacity on AAP, data protection, safeguarding, and ethical information management practices.
Learning and Programme Quality
- Promote a structured and systematic learning approach aligned with ECHO’s results-based management and quality standards.
- Consolidate learning from MEAL data, evaluations, and AAP feedback to inform adaptive management and programme improvement.
- Coordinate internal reviews and support external evaluations and learning studies commissioned under the ECHO grant.
- Ensure that lessons learned and evaluation findings are documented, disseminated, and integrated into programme planning and implementation.
Capacity Building and Consortium Coordination
- Strengthen MEAL capacity across consortium partners through targeted training, coaching, and technical accompaniment.
- Ensure the set-up of a harmonized Vulnerability Assessment Framework, and of a centralized, interoperable information management system that facilitates data sharing and coordination among the consortium.
- Conduct MEAL capacity assessments of consortium partners and develop tailored capacity-strengthening plans.
- Facilitate regular coordination meetings with partner MEAL focal points to ensure alignment on indicators, tools, reporting timelines, and data quality standards.
- Act as the consortium focal point for MEAL-related coordination with ECHO, in close collaboration with the Chief of Party.
Required Qualifications
Education
- Master’s degree in Monitoring & Evaluation, Statistics, Economics, Social Sciences, International Development, or a related field.
- Minimum 5 years of progressive experience in MEAL roles within humanitarian programmes
- Proven experience working on ECHO-funded projects (mandatory).
- Demonstrated experience in consortium or multi-partner programme settings.
- Strong, hands-on experience using ActivityInfo as an Information Management System (mandatory).
- Proven experience using Power BI and advanced Excel for data analysis, visualisation, and reporting.
- Solid experience in Accountability to Affected Populations (AAP), participatory assessments, and community-based monitoring.
- Experience providing technical MEAL support to partners, both remotely and through field missions.
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