MEL OFFICER

Y

# **MEL OFFICER**

## **Youth Impact Labs East Africa**

Today

New

Rest of Nigeria (Yobe) Full Time Confidential

### **Share link**

Share on WhatsApp Share on LinkedIn Share on Facebook Share on Twitter

Share via SMS

Experience Level: Entry level Experience Length: 1 year

### **Job descriptions & requirements** • *Location:** 4 (Damaturu, Ngala, Dikwa and Konduga/Jere) • *Position Status:** Full-time • *About Mercy Corps**

Mercy Corps is a leading global organization powered by the belief that a better world is possible. In disaster, in hardship, in more than 40 countries around the world, we collaborate to put bold solutions into action — helping people triumph over adversity and build stronger communities from within, now and for the future. In Nigeria, Mercy Corps operates in over 13 states focusing on key thematic areas of humanitarian response, conflict mitigation and adolescent girls’ empowerment. • *Program / Department Summary**

Mercy Corps has been present in Nigeria since 2012, focusing its interventions on adolescent girls' empowerment, economic development and conflict mitigation. With the insurgency spilling over from the Northeast of Nigeria and causing displacement of millions of individuals. Mercy

Corps started its humanitarian response in 2014 to address the rising humanitarian needs with funding from institutional donors, foundations and private corporations, Mercy Corps continues to provide assistance to meet the basic needs of vulnerable populations in the areas of food security, shelter, water and sanitation. protection, and livelihoods. With the recognition of the protracted crisis in Northeast Nigeria, Mercy Corps' strategy and expansion plans aim to address the root causes of the cris1s and seek to build long-term resilience of communities with integrated programs focusing on the recovery of markets and livelihoods. social cohesion and social protection. and youth empowerment with emphasis on adolescent girls and boys. With multiple funding streams from large institutional donors and foundations, Mercy Corps' programs in Northeast Nigeria continue to scale up and serve communities by transitioning them from humanitarian aid to early recovery programs. • *General Position Summary**

The Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Officer will work with the Mercy Corps program team as well as partner organizations to oversee and ensure the collection of quality MEL data for the program. The MEL Officer will be responsible for supporting the Senior MEL Officer to oversee the monitoring and data collection of programs, lead baseline, midterm, and end-line surveys. analyse data to provide insight to project team and contribute to report writing. S/he will ensure that performance monitoring and results reporting tools and processes across the entire program are in place. effectively implemented and well synchronized between the two program sites. The MEL officer will be an integral member of the program team learning and reflection processes, leading discussions on participant feedback. • *Essential Job Responsibilities** • *STRATEGY & VISION** • Develop MEL Plan(s) for programs and proposals. • Develop a system for reporting and validating program data (Excel, Tola, Access, etc. Work closely with the program teams and local partners, to ensure effective monitoring, evaluation and reporting of program activities and results. • Coordinate reporting with partners. specifically tracking deadlines, ensuring adherence to monitoring formats and requirements. ensuring reporting quality and accuracy, and periodic report writing, editing, and submission. • Compile progress against indicators and report back to the team according to the monitoring plan. • Develop Data Quality Assessment Plan • Perform spot checks on the team s data collected and reports each month. • Actively participate in any additional evaluation MEL activities including but not limited to baseline surveys, mid-term, end-line surveys, evaluations, household surveys • *PROGRAM MANAGEMENT** • Contribute to learning/research agenda. • Build the capacity of all relevant team members to implement program monitoring tools, accurately enter program data into relevant databases, and enable them to develop excellent reports and other documents. • Build the capacity of our local partner organizations through ongoing training and support on monitoring tools, entering program data into databases, the development of reports and other documents. • Document lessons learned and success stories on the project. • Ensure adherence to program management minimum standards in carrying out his/her dut1es adv1sing and supporting other staff 1n the same as required. • Other duties as assigned. • *SECURITY**<l