Monitoring & Evaluation Officer - on behalf of CSO Partner at Kishimi Shelter and Care Foundation

Job Type – Monitoring and evaluation officer
Location: Gombe, Balanga LGA
Job Field: NGO/Non-Profit
Scope of Role
This is a partner staff role. The staff will be engaged and paid by SCI partners, and reports to the partner’s Project Team Lead in Gombe state.
Key Areas of Accountability

• Support collection of reports and quality checks:
• Collects data pertaining to safe space activities in the communities
• Verify the reported data by safe space facilitators to ensure accuracy
• Responsible for data entry and maintenance of database
• Ensure timely sharing of monthly data reported by safe space facilitators and other activities of partners with MEAL officer in save the children office
• Ensure quality benchmarks are adhered to during implementation of activities by partner staff
• Provide close supervision of safe space activities and also conducts periodic data verification exercises
• Prepares reports containing descriptive, analytical, and evaluative content
• Support the project lead in using the data for planning and decision making
• Support supervision of community ASRH outreach services
• Supports the logistics and coordination of field research activities
• Organizes events such as workshops, meetings, seminars etc
• Prepares correspondence as needed
• Build the capacities of safe space facilitators on data management.
• Provide on the job training and mentoring on data reporting to safe space facilitators
• Support project lead and other staff on other capacity building activities
• Support project lead in building the capacities of safe space facilitators on complaint and response mechanism
• Support the setting up of complaint and response mechanism system in the communities
• Receive and document beneficiaries’ complaints in the database
• Work with project lead and other team members on complaint resolution and timely sharing of feedbacks to the beneficiaries
• Maintain and share monthly CRM database with the MEAL officer in save the children office
• Work with field teams to collect information on case studies and success stories
• Ensure program document are properly archived
• Provide other cross cutting supports when the needs arise.

Requirements, Skills and Experience
Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree or Higher National Diploma in a relevant discipline (health sciences, social
• sciences, development studies or other)
• Candidates must have at least 1-2 years of progressive experience working in a similar position
• Formal training in research methods at a graduate level is an asset

Knowledge and Skills:

• Skills and experience conducting data verification, analysis, reporting and monitoring
• Experience in transcribing audio data, and in data entry
• Excellent IT skills
• Good writing, editing, research, and presentation skills
• Previous experience in facilitating trainings, workshops and events
• Strong organizational, planning and prioritization skills
• Competent and experienced in general office administration, coordination and logistics
• Ability to lead on detailed logistical tasks such as those required for fieldwork or when organizing events
• Excellent skills in oral and written communications both in English and Hausa languages
• Good interpersonal skills, ability to work in a multi-cultural team environment
• Strong quantitative and qualitative research skills are an advantage

Desirables

• Computer literacy (MS word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint
• Fluency in English and Hausa, spoken and written
• Strong written and oral communication skills in English and Hausa
• Effective critical information gathering to create accurate reports.