Hope and Rural Aid Foundation (HARAF) is a National non – profit organization functioning since 2011 but was officially registered under the corporate affairs commission (CAC) of the federal government of Nigeria in the year 2016 with registration number RN: CAC/IT/:85536. HARAF are into humanitarian and development activities with full operational presence and offices in Adamawa, Borno, Yobe with field offices in Michika and Calabar. The head office in Yola. The organization works in the Food Security and Livelihood, Protection (Child Protection/GBV), Education and Shelter/CCCM Thematic areas.

 HARAF plans to implement complimentary livelihoods activities particularly to introduce livelihoods interventions to build their capacity by contributing to their basic food needs and ultimately reduce the cost of life savings interventions over time. This will also provide opportunity to utilize the otherwise idle labour, mostly from youth who are caught in humanitarian crisis through Entrepreneurship, Livelihood Intervention Skills acquisition and Financial Literacy Training at selected communities of Yola South LGA, Adamawa state.

Location: Yola, Adamawa

Employment Type: Contract

The purpose of this role is to co-ordinate M&E activities of HARAFs response project in the Northeast of Nigeria in line with International best practices and relevant guidelines. The M&E Officer will report directly to the project Manager, S/He will lead on the establishment of a sound project M&E system in consultation with M&E Coordinator, Project Manager and other project Officers

Responsibilities

• Support the development and implementation of program M&E plans to capture project performance and results, including data reporting, assessments, and all monitoring and evaluation activities
• Support the development and data flow pattern for program that will ensure timely data collection and reporting 
• Support the program team in data collection and data analysis.
• Support use of digital data collection for M&E needs wherever possible.
• Support documentation of program progress through tracking attendance sheets, photos, etc.
• Responsible for data indicator tracking and analysis, linking it with evidence on a regular basis, and ensuring that data and metrics in field reports are accurate. 
• Liaise with other program teams and M&E staff as required to ensure that the program databases complement and align with each other. This will ensure that data on program outputs and program impacts are aligned and reported together.
• Support to ensure that M&E-specific elements of local partner capacity strengthening plans are successfully implemented
• Report results of M&E activities by providing written documentation about progress toward achieving indicators/targets, as appropriate
• Provide leadership at field office level on M&E to ensure the program technical integrity to achieve program goal and corresponding objectives and targets
• Ensure high-quality implementation, in close collaboration with the Field based team, sector Specialists and the M&E Manager, and consistency in protocols, information and reporting systems
• Lead efforts at field office level to monitor and evaluate project interventions, document results and provide feedback to stakeholders to guide decision-making
• Lead efforts to utilize training monitoring systems to track and monitor trainers and participants at training events to facilitate follow-up and recordkeeping
• Utilize the training data collected to inform strategic decision-making and project planning
• Support targeted evaluations and operations research, including design, data collection, management and analysis
• Ensure quality of data through data verification procedures, including routine data quality audits
• Support to ensure relevant data is entered into organization-wide data management system designed to capture, analyse, and disseminate project data 
• Facilitate M&E capacity-building activities with project staff and implementing partners
• Support project baseline, end line surveys including mid-term reviews and post distribution monitoring. S/He will lead on documenting case studies and success stories in consultation with Communication Team and project staff.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree and 3 years of work experience in monitoring and evaluating large multi-year international development programs, with a robust M&E component. Master’s degree is preferred.
• Proven expertise in quantitative and qualitative methodologies, research, reporting, data quality assessments, data analysis and presentation.
• Good level of proficiency in Windows Excel, developing data management systems including ONA/KoBo/ODK.
• The capacity to produce coherent, quality reports, and the ability to think critically and analyze quantitative and qualitative data.
• Fluent in written and spoken English; fluency in the Hausa language is required
• Strong technical skills, including ability to process and analyse data using one or more statistical software packages
• Ability to work in a complex environment with multiple tasks, short deadlines and intense pressure to perform.
• Proficiency in word processing and Microsoft Office.

Method of Application

Interested and qualified candidates should mail/send their CV and Cover Letters as one document to: [email protected] with the position applied for and Location as the Subject of the Mail.

Closing Date: 5^th August 2022.

Note

• Females are encouraged to apply
• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted afterwards
• HARAF does not receive applications in the office or by hand. All applications must be sent to the above stated mail before it will be considered.
• Any application sent after the closing date will not be considered!