Senior MEAL Officer at COOPI - Cooperazione Internazionale

Main Responsibilities
COOPI Nigeria MEAL system strengthening:

• Support the implementation of COOPI Nigeria MEAL systems in compliance with COOPI MEAL policies and procedures, project management standards, and donor requirements;
• Support the setup and maintenance of simple systems to manage information generated by MEAL activities (databases, beneficiary lists, tracking sheets, etc.);
• Ensure proper documentation and filing of all MEAL-related tools, reports, datasets, and evidence in line with COOPI standards.

MEAL planning:

• Support the MEAL Manager and project teams in developing and updating project MEAL plans and workplans;
• Support program staff in the development of log frames, indicator tracking tools, and MEAL frameworks;
• Support the development of data collection plans and schedules for baseline, monitoring, and endline activities.

MEAL implementation:

• Support implementation of all MEAL activities including data collection, data cleaning, data analysis, learning mechanisms, and data management;
• Conduct regular monitoring visits to project sites to ensure quality implementation and compliance with donor and internal standards;
• Support and coordinate Baseline Surveys, Needs Assessments, KAP Surveys, Post Distribution Monitoring (PDM), outcome monitoring, and Endline surveys in collaboration with program teams;
• Support planning and implementation of evaluations and internal reviews including preparing tools, coordinating logistics, and participating in review workshops;
• Ensure that all collected data is accurate, validated, and properly archived for reporting and audit purposes.

Accountability:

• Support program staff to incorporate participatory approaches into project monitoring and reporting;
• Support awareness and sensitization of communities on COOPI feedback and complaint mechanisms (CFM);
• Support collection, documentation, referral, and follow-up of complaints and feedback received through accountability channels;
• Ensure that beneficiary feedback is properly recorded, tracked, analyzed, and shared with program teams for corrective action;
• Support the roll-out of AAP/CRM tools such as satisfaction surveys, helpdesk registers, and community consultation formats.

Internal and external reporting:

• Support timely provision of quality data for donor reports, sitreps, and internal reporting;
• Prepare and submit monitoring visit reports, data summaries, dashboards, and analysis notes for management decision-making;
• Support preparation of MEAL products including monitoring reports, assessment reports, PDM reports, and evaluation summaries;

Learning:

• Support learning-to-action processes through documentation of lessons learned and best practices;
• Participate in project review meetings, After Action Reviews (AARs), and reflection sessions to generate recommendations for improvement.

Other Responsibilities:

• This ToR shall be inclusive of any other task specifically assigned by the MEAL Manager, Head of Programs, Regional Area Coordinator, and/or Project Managers related to the implementation of program activities.

Qualification, Experience and Skills

• Minimum of 4 years of relevant professional experience working in a humanitarian organization or with displacement affected populations.
• Have excellent communication, writing and analytical skills.
• Be excellent in communication skills and proficient in report writing
• Be resident and familiar with the terrain in Nigeria.
• Experience designing and leading capacity building and training for national teams.
• Excellent working knowledge of M&E Tools and Microsoft Office programming (Access, Outlook, Excel, Power Point, and Word).
• Knowledge and experience in using database specific software.
• Excellent communication, writing and analytical skills.
• Experience designing and leading capacity building and training for national teams