Monitoring and Evaluation Officer at Gibran Books and Values Society of Nigeria

Gibran Books and Values Society of NigeriaAdamawa, Nigeria Data and Artificial Intelligence

Full Time

We are the premier Nigerian ethics, humanitarian and development organisation, promoting peace and best practices in charity and ethics, with Kahlil Gibran’s work inspiring our staple values

Role Purpose

The Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) 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 Manager 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.

Role Responsibilities

Monitoring and Evaluation of EiE, GBV and CP 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 EiE distributions and cash including multipurpose cash assistance.
Lead protection Monitoring activities related to Protection Information Management

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

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 are updated on a monthly basis and shared with donors.
Ensure timely sharing of line data on a monthly basis to the EiEWG Sector and GBV and sub sector interagency focal person.
Participate in all interagency meetings to discuss trends and data sharing protocols.
Train & offer needed support to project staff to use tools correctly & effectively system and other MEAL concepts.
Together with the Gender & Protection Officer, work with the Protection sector Protection monitoring task team to develop/enhance a Protection information management system
Together with the Education Officer and Gender & Protection Officer, work closely with GBVS Sub-IP in Gombi and Maiha to ensure timely, effective, and efficient implementation of planned activities.

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

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.
Participate in review meetings alongside the program team

Resource Mobilization

Contribute to GBVS’s resource mobilization effort
Fulfill any other Responsibilities as Assigned

QUALIFICATION/EXPERIENCE/TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Required

Bachelor’s degree in Statistics related fields or an area of social science or its equivalent.
At least 3 years’ experience of working in M&E with experience of developing M&E plans, training staff, capacity building, quantitative and qualitative data collection, analysis and reporting and/or other aspects of M&E, preferably with experience in the sectors: EiE, Protection, GBV, Child Protection, Cash, SRHR.
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.
Experience in working with information management systems such as GBVIMS, Primero
Previous work experience in hardship areas or emergency setting

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 & Fulfulde

Competencies