Background
SoCha is an international monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) firm that delivers evidence-driven insights to help development and humanitarian actors make adaptive, impactful decisions. We bring experience from diverse regional contexts, including fragile and conflict-affected environments, combining technical rigour, trusted local partnerships, and innovative approaches to address complex challenges. Our expertise spans third-party monitoring, mixed-methods and complexity-aware evaluations, systems strengthening, and capacity-building, ensuring that programmes remain responsive to local realities and deliver meaningful results for vulnerable populations.
We are building a roster of qualified Nigeria-based Enumerators, Field Monitors, Field Supervisors, State Coordinators, and Data Quality Specialists for potential Third-Party Monitoring (TPM) assignments across Northeast, Northwest, and Northcentral Nigeria.
The roster will support possible humanitarian monitoring, independent verification, project-level monitoring, field visits, remote monitoring, data collection, geotagging, and verification of activities in conflict-affected, insecure, and hard-to-reach locations.
Priority will be given to candidates with experience in Borno, Adamawa, Yobe, and other states across the Northwest and Northcentral regions of Nigeria.
This is a roster/pre-qualification exercise only and does not guarantee employment. Shortlisted candidates may be contacted for further screening, interviews, reference checks, and future short-term assignments.
Key Responsibilities
Selected candidates may be considered for assignments involving:
- Conducting field monitoring visits and third-party verification of humanitarian project activities.
- Collecting qualitative and quantitative data through surveys, KIIs, FGDs, observations, and site visits.
- Verifying project outputs, beneficiary reach, service delivery, and implementation progress.
- Using digital data collection tools such as KoboToolbox, ODK, SurveyCTO, or similar platforms.
- Capturing GPS coordinates, geotagged photos, timestamps, and other verification evidence.
- Supporting remote monitoring and follow-up calls where physical access is limited.
- Reporting field observations clearly, accurately, and on time.
- Working in compliance with confidentiality, data protection, safeguarding, PSEA, and Do No Harm principles.
- Supporting monitoring across sectors such as Food Security, Nutrition, Health, WASH, Protection, Shelter/NFI, Cash Assistance, and Livelihoods.
Minimum Requirements
Candidates should have:
- Experience in third-party monitoring, evaluations, independent verification, humanitarian monitoring, surveys, or development data collection.
- Experience working in Nigeria, especially in Northeast, Northwest, or Northcentral regions.
- Strong knowledge of state, LGA, ward, and community-level contexts.
- Fluency in English and preferably Hausa and/or Kanuri. Other local languages are an advantage.
- Experience working in insecure, conflict-affected, or hard-to-reach environments.
- Familiarity with humanitarian programming, especially Food Security, Nutrition, Health, WASH, and Protection.
- Experience using digital data collection tools, geotagging, GPS, smartphone-based data collection, and data verification methods.
- Ability to work under tight deadlines and follow field protocols.
- Access to an Android smartphone. A power bank and reliable mobile data are an advantage.
- Willingness to sign a Code of Conduct, confidentiality agreement, data protection.
Type:
Short-term consultancy / Roster / Field-based assignments
Priority Locations:
Borno, Adamawa, Yobe, and other states across Northwest and Northcentral Nigeria
How to apply
Interested candidates should complete the application using this form.
https://forms.gle/uzBK27L921K8Gp4K8
Applicants should provide accurate information on their location, LGA coverage, language skills, humanitarian experience, digital data collection skills, expected daily rate, and references.
Only shortlisted candidates may be contacted.
