Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Officer at Sahel Consulting Agriculture and Nutrition Limited

Overview

• The MEL Officer will support the implementation of the Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning activities for the RISE project. Working under the guidance of the Senior MEL Officer, the  MEL Officer will assist in data collection, entry, analysis, and reporting to ensure effective tracking of project performance and outcomes.

Role Responsibilities

Data Collection, Management, and Analysis

• Support the administration of surveys, interviews, focus group discussions, and other data collection activities.
• Ensure accurate and timely data entry into project databases and monitoring tools.
• Maintain organized and up-to-date records of MEL data and documents.
• Support gender-disaggregated data collection and analysis to monitor outcomes for women and youth.

Monitoring Support

• Conduct routine monitoring visits to project sites to track activity implementation and beneficiary feedback.
• Conduct spot checks and basic quality assurance for field-level data.
• Compiling monitoring reports and flagging key observations or issues.

Learning and Adaptive Management

• Support baseline, midline, and endline assessments by coordinating logistics and gathering data
• Assist in analyzing trends and summarizing findings for internal learning.
• Participate in learning sessions, program review meetings, and team reviews.

Reporting and Communication

• Contribute to the development of progress reports, dashboards, and success stories.
• Generate visualizations (charts, tables, infographics) from MEL data.
• Ensure timely submission of assigned inputs for reports and donor updates.

Compliance and Quality Assurance

• Provide logistical and administrative support for MEL-related training and workshops.
• Liaise with field teams to provide guidance on the use of MEL tools and templates.
• Work collaboratively with the program team to ensure data needs are met.

Role Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Statistics, Development Studies, Agriculture, Social Sciences, or a related field.
• At least 2 years of experience in a MEL or research support role within development projects with basic understanding of qualitative and quantitative research methods.
• Familiarity with basic data collection, analysis, and reporting tools (e.g., KoboToolbox, ODK) and MS Excel and Power BI.
• Good organizational and communication skills, with attention to detail.
• Strong willingness to learn, travel to field sites, and support diverse project teams.
• Good understanding of gender transformative data collection, analysis and reporting