The Hope Spring Community Humanitarian Initiative is a recognized non-governmental organization (NGO) registered with Nigeria’s Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC). It operates primarily as the Nigerian arm or partner of Hope Spring Water, a UK-registered charity dedicated to improving access to safe drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH)
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: M&E Officer (Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning)
Location: Borno
Employment Type: Full-time (Onsite)
Key Responsibilities
Monitoring:
- Develop and implement MEAL plans, logical frameworks, Indicator Performance Tracking Tables (IPTTs), and data collection tools.
- Coordinate routine data collection (quantitative and qualitative) from field staff, partners, and beneficiaries using paper-based or digital tools (e.g., Kobo-Toolbox, ODK, Comm-Care).
- Conduct field monitoring visits, spot checks, and data verification to track progress against indicators, activities, and targets.
- Maintain databases, clean and validate data, and update trackers regularly.
Evaluation:
- Support or lead baseline, midline, endline assessments, post-distribution monitoring (PDM), and other evaluations.
- Contribute to evaluation design, sampling, tool development, data analysis, and reporting of findings.
- Ensure evaluation results inform programme adjustments.
Accountability:
- Establish and manage Community Feedback and Response Mechanisms (CFRM/CFM), including hotlines, suggestion boxes, community meetings, or digital channels.
- Collect, document, analyze, and respond to feedback and complaints in a timely and confidential manner.
- Promote accountability to affected populations (AAP) in line with Core Humanitarian Standard (CHS), Sphere, and organizational policies.
- Share feedback trends with programme teams for action.
Learning:
- Facilitate learning sessions, after-action reviews, and knowledge-sharing events.
- Document best practices, lessons learned, and case studies.
- Promote adaptive management by ensuring findings are used to improve programme design and implementation.
Reporting and Capacity Building:
- Prepare regular monitoring reports, donor reports, and dashboards (e.g., using Power BI or Excel).
- Train and mentor programme staff, partners, and data collectors on MEAL tools, data quality, and accountability standards.
- Support proposal development with MEAL inputs (indicators, log-frames, budgets).
Qualifications and Experience
- Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Statistics, Monitoring & Evaluation, Social Sciences, Economics, Development Studies, Public Health, Demography, or a related field. A Master’s degree or postgraduate diploma in M&E is an advantage.
- Experience: Typically 2–5 years of progressive experience in monitoring, evaluation, accountability, and learning, preferably in humanitarian or development Programmes with NGOs or international organizations. Experience with multi-sector projects (health, nutrition, WASH, livelihoods, protection, etc.) is common.
Skills and Competencies:
- Strong knowledge of MEAL principles, results-based management, and logical frameworks.
- Proficiency in data collection tools (Kobo, ODK, Survey CTO), data analysis software (Excel, SPSS, STATA, R, or Power BI), and database management.
- Excellent analytical, report-writing, and presentation skills.
- Experience with qualitative methods (FGDs, KIIs) and quantitative surveys.
- Understanding of accountability frameworks (CHS, AAP) and safeguarding.
- Strong communication, training, coordination, and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work in field conditions, travel frequently, and handle sensitive data ethically.
- Fluency in English (and local languages as required); attention to detail and organizational skills.
Application Closing Date
19th November, 2026.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: [email protected] using the Job Title as the subject of the email.
