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Premiere Urgence Internationale Monitoring & Evaluation Officer Job Vacancy

Othuke Andrew Akpeli7 years ago6 years ago010 mins

Premiere
Urgence Internationale (PUI) is a non-governmental, non-profit, non-political
and non-religious international aid organization. Our teams are committed to
supporting civilians’ victims of marginalization and exclusion, or hit by
natural disasters, wars and economic collapses, by answering their fundamental
needs. Our aim is to provide emergency relief to uprooted people in order to
help them recover their dignity and regain self-sufficiency.

PUI
is implementing humanitarian activities in Nigeria since April 2016, supporting
population with food security, nutrition and health project in Maiduguri and
Borno State. PUI is now looking for its MEAL team in Maiduguri.

We
are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job
Title: Monitoring & Evaluation Officer
Location: Maiduguri, Borno

General
Objective

Under
the supervision of the meal manager, the M & E officer will contribute
to the implementation of M & E activities in the field through
supporting project/field officers, partner staffs and community
facilitators/mobilisers in data collection, consolidation and quality
management and undertake M & E related activities and implementation
of an appropriate monitoring and evaluation system for successful delivery
and attainment of project goals and objectives.

Responsibilities
and Tasks
Implementation of the Monitoring & Evaluation Plan:

Ensure
utilization by all projects of appropriate data collection and reporting
templates that facilitate the acquisition and aggregation of data.
Undertake
regular visits to field locations/project sites to support monitoring and
evaluation processes and activities related to all sectors of PUI
interventions.
Support
supervision of base level project staff and ensure that their capacities
are built and that they are supported to deliver on their day to day
M&E work by constant communication and joint field level M&E
activities.
Coordinate
the collection, reporting and validation of monitoring data of project
teams and ensure the data reported by Field Officers/Program Managers is
accurate and of good quality and reported in a timely manner.
Produce
monitoring checklists and conduct regular joint field process monitoring,
quality assessments and data validation, and provide feedback and
recommendations for timely improvement.
Ensure
that community leaders and beneficiaries are actively participating in all
project and M&E activities.
Assist
the MEAL Manager in supporting project teams in designing and regularly
updating project M&E guidelines and tools and ensure that project
staff have access and capacity to use the tools.
Provide
training to field level project staff on the use of the M&E system
including survey sampling and piloting of M&E tools, conducting
assessments and the implementation of periodic evaluation activities
including baseline surveys, research and evaluations in all sectors.

Internal
and External Reporting:

Ensure
that the data collected goes through a data cleaning and validation
process each day;
Ensure
all data is channelled through the IM system each day
Develop
reports that synthesize and synchronize initial key finding (needs) and
results (outputs/outcomes) such as indicator tracking table, etc.
Keep
monitoring tools and files archived at the PUI office, ensuring their
availability to the MEAL manager
Pass
on any information or problems to her/his direct and/or indirect
supervisor concerning her/his task, PUI programs, or safety aspects
Update
MEAL Manager and Program Managers on daily achievements and challenges
encountered on the field, at the end of each day
Verbally
contribute and participate in weekly base meetings including accurate
reporting on successes and challenges;

Capitalization/Institutional
Knowledge Building:

Use
lessons learnt combined with field experience to provide contributions and
feedback, including during design phases of field tools and assessments;
Participate
actively in team workshops and lessons learnt seminars;
Actively
engage in ongoing trainings and knowledge building;
Lead
training of beneficiaries, community leaders, community
facilitators/mobilisers and Field staff on M&E if needed.

Communication
& Follow up:

Respond
to beneficiaries’ queries with good knowledge of relevant information when
approached;
Respond
to any requests within PUI that might require an alternative communication
method or plan of action;
Logistics
& administration:
Perform
administrative support activities for the MEAL Manager including, but not
limited to, preparation of meetings, recording of minutes, verbal and
written translation.
Ensure
the follow-up and the proper use of materials and tools related to M&E
activities.
Manage
the supply of materials to the work site in collaboration with logistic
department.

Priorities
of the Department

The
implementation of M&E activities of the meal plan in collaboration
with the beneficiaries, partners and project teams.
Providing
accurate M&E qualitative and quantitative data collected in the field
according to external and internal deadlines.
Supporting
the meal department to achieve its goals through the occasional
undertaking of additional activities that contribute to the overall
ability of the organization to achieve its stated outputs.
Ensuring
a robust M&E system is in place so that the implementation of the
projects is of a high quality and accountable to beneficiaries, partners
and donors.

Mandatory
Requirements

Knowledge
& skills: good analytical and writing skills/very good team
spirit/demonstrate willingness to improve own knowledge and skills by
participating actively in any training sessions and capacity building
activities,
Computer
skills: knowledge of the ms office software (including word, excel,
outlook) and a basic understanding of data analysis packages such as spss,
epi-info etc.
Language
skills: fluent in kanuri, hausa and english (speaking/reading/writing),
Education
degree: degree or diploma in Statistics, Mathematics, Demography,
Sociology, or a Numeracy discipline.
Work
experience: at least two years similar experience in an international
ngos/on-site training in social or monitoring work,