Meal Officer at CARE International

CARE InternationalAbuja, Nigeria Data and Artificial Intelligence

Full Time

CARE International places special focus on working alongside women and girls. Equipped with the proper resources, women and girls have the power to lift whole families and entire communities out of poverty. In 2021, CARE International worked in over 100 countries, reaching 100 million people through nearly 1,500 projects.

JOB SUMMARY

The Data, MEAL Officer will be a part of the Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) team supporting implementation of the overall MEAL system. S/he will assist the MEAL and project team with activities, including data collection, data entry, database management and analysis, implementing post-distribution monitoring (PDM), evaluations and other surveys, protection monitoring and information management activities and monitoring project activities as well as support all efforts for promoting a high level of beneficiary accountability including managing the feedback mechanism channels and support all efforts to ensure learning and accountability systems are working effectively.

RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS:

Job Responsibility #1: Monitoring and Evaluation of GBViE and SRHR activities

Support in collecting data needed for reporting output and outcome indicators.
Support in conducting assessments as needed, facilitate focus groups and other qualitative data collection exercises.
Monitor activity implementation progress against objectives and work plans.
Support in conducting post-distribution monitoring with targeted beneficiaries of NFI/FI distributions and CVA including Multipurpose cash assistance.
Lead protection Monitoring activities related to Protection Information Management

Job Responsibility #2: Accountability & Compliance

Lead Feedback and Accountability mechanisms assessments with the community to ensure efficient use of preferred feedback channels by the community.
Conduct community visits, focus group discussions with beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries to receive feedback on project activities.
Maintain the Complains and feedback received and ensure a timely and appropriate follow-up or referral if needed.
Clean and validate data received from beneficiaries for complaint and feedback database and generate weekly summaries.

Job Responsibility #3: Data System Management

Responsible for record keeping and maintaining MEAL team updated data for the project.
Liaising with partners to ensure that the data management systems (GBVIMS+) are updated on a monthly basis and shared with UNFPA.
Ensure timely sharing of GBVIMS+ line data on a monthly basis to the GBV sub sector interagency focal person.
Participate in all interagency GBVIMS meetings to discuss trends and data sharing protocols.
Train & offer needed support to project GBV staff to use GBVIMS+ correctly & effectively system and other MEAL concepts.
Together with the Gender & Protection Sector Manager, work with the Protection sector Protection monitoring task team to develop/enhance a Protection information management system

Job Responsibility #4: Learning, Reporting and Documentation

Work with the project team to ensure documentation of programme learning initiatives and outcomes (case studies, photos, lessons learnt, most significant change stories, etc.)
Participate in the dissemination of learning to other team members to ensure that good practice is understood and adopted.
Extract action points from field/ Activity reports and maintain and consolidate monthly action plan/feedback trackers.
Support in archiving of programs documents at the field level.
Contribute to the timely and quality compilation and submission of project periodical reports (Weekly, monthly, quarterly, Annual and special reports) to the project Manager.
Assist in the preparation of the project’s operations plans/work plans & reviews.
Prepare Quarterly PIM data collection, analysis and reporting in collaboration with the PM and the Protection Monitoring Sub working group

Job Responsibility #5: Program quality improvement

Conduct field monitoring visits/spot checks as appropriate.
Support project staff during training by ensuring pre and post-test are done for all trainings and documented.
Lead Quarterly review meetings alongside the Project Manager.

Other Responsibilities:

Other Responsibilities as Assigned
Contribute to CARE’s resource mobilization efforts.

QUALIFICATION/EXPERIENCE/TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Required

Minimum of bachelor’s degree in Statistics, Economics, Sociology, Information Management and Technology, Econometric, Gender Studies, Public Health, or its equivalent.
At least 3 years’ experience of working in M&E system with experience of developing M&E plans, indicator tracking sheet, capacity building, quantitative and qualitative data collection, analysis, and reporting and/or other aspects of M&E, preferably with experience in the sectors: Protection, GBV, Child Protection, Cash, SRHR. BCC and social norms
Experience in setting up and/or managing M&E systems, preferably in NGO setting.
Knowledge and/or experience of working on accountability initiatives, such as information sharing and complaints response mechanisms.
Proficiency in MS Office applications, Word, Excel, Power Point, Spread sheets and other Statistical software e.g. SPSS, STATA and QGIS.
Experience in working with protection information management systems such as GBVIMS, Primero
Experience in implementing knowledge management and learning/ adaptive management approach in MEAL.
Previous work experience in hardship areas or emergency setting.
Experience in documentation, data analysis and reporting.

Desired

Possess working knowledge and experience of humanitarian principles, laws and standards – Core Humanitarian Standards (CHS), Sphere Minimum Standards, Prevention of Sexual Exploitation
and Abuse (PSEA), Gender in Emergencies.
Extensive knowledge and understanding of Microsoft Office suit applications and other statistical.
software – KOBO and ODK.
Knowledge and understanding of qualitative and quantitative social research methodologies.
Excellent analytical and report writing skills (English)
Fluency in written and spoken English essential. Knowledge of local languages, Hausa & Kanuri

Competencies: