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: MEAL Assistant (Monitoring and Evaluation Assistant)
Location: Borno
Employment Type: Full-time (Onsite)
Key Responsibilities
- Support the implementation of project M&E plans, logical frameworks, and indicator tracking tools (e.g., IPTTs).
- Assist in routine data collection from programme activities, partners, and beneficiaries using paper-based or digital tools (e.g., Kobo-Toolbox, ODK, Excel).
- Enter, clean, validate, and organize data to ensure accuracy, completeness, and consistency.
- Maintain project databases, filing systems, and data trackers.
- Conduct or support field monitoring visits, spot checks, and data verification exercises.
- Assist in organizing and facilitating surveys, focus group discussions (FGDs), key informant interviews (KIIs), post-distribution monitoring (PDM), and other assessments.
- Help prepare simple summary reports, charts, tables, and contributions to monthly, quarterly, or donor reports.
- Support documentation of lessons learned, success stories, and best practices.
- Assist with community feedback mechanisms (where linked to MEAL) by collecting and logging feedback or complaints.
- Provide basic training or support to field staff, enumerators, or partners on data collection tools and quality standards.
- Perform other related administrative or support tasks as assigned by the supervisor.
Qualifications and Experience
- Education: Bachelor’s Degree (or Diploma in some contexts) in Statistics, Social Sciences, Economics, Development Studies, Public Health, Demography, Information Management, or a related field. Training or certification in Monitoring & Evaluation is an advantage.
- Experience: Typically 1–3 years of relevant experience in monitoring, evaluation, data collection, research, or programme support roles, preferably with NGOs or in humanitarian/development settings. Entry-level positions may accept less experience with strong academic background or internships.
Skills and Competencies:
- Basic knowledge of M&E principles, results-based management, and indicators.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office (especially Excel for data management); familiarity with digital data collection tools (Kobo, ODK) is highly desirable.
- Attention to detail, accuracy in data handling, and organizational skills.
- Ability to conduct field work, interact with communities, and work under supervision.
- Good written and verbal communication skills; report-writing ability.
- Analytical mindset for basic data interpretation and summarizing findings.
- Teamwork, reliability, and willingness to travel to project sites.
- Understanding of data protection, ethics, and accountability principles is an asset.
- Language skills as required (English, Hausa).
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.
