CARE Monitoring Evaluation Accountability and Learning Coordinator Jobs in Nigeria

CARE Monitoring Evaluation Accountability and Learning Coordinator Jobs in Nigeria

Job Summary

The Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning (MEAL) Coordinator will lead CARE Nigeria’s Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning function to enhance program learning, quality, and effectiveness.

S/he will lead the overall management of systems, processes, and practices across CARE Nigeria programs to promote evidence-based program design, adaptive learning, outcome focus, reflective practice, and genuine accountability to impact populations, donors, and key stakeholders.

Job Responsibility

Strengthen the Monitoring and Evaluation System

Lead the development, implementation, and maintenance of quality project/program MEAL system, frameworks, methodologies, tools, analysis, and reporting in line with donor requirements and CARE Nigeria and global priorities.

Ensure integration of CARE’s common indicators (key change areas) into key MEAL outputs, including M&E plans, baseline studies, and evaluations.

Engage with the Resource mobilization team to contribute to program design and proposal development with the development of quality results frameworks, and MEAL indicators that align with CARE’s global MEL frameworks. Guide integrating MEAL costs into proposals.

Ensure a robust and practical MEAL system is in place to contribute to and sharpen our learning, design, and knowledge generation process and for monitoring organizational performance against program strategies and business plans.

Provide leadership, guidance, and technical support to staff, interns, and trainees working in the areas of monitoring, evaluation knowledge management, and learning,

Assist staff in developing tools for data collection, processing, and analysis in line with donor and CARE’s requirements, and support CARE to assess progress towards organizational objectives with an organizational monitoring process in place.

Oversee annual reporting in line with CARE International and CARE USA requirements.
Provide technical support to the project-based MEAL staff through regular contact, field visits, and meetings.

Ensure that all staff at all levels fully understand and promote accountability.

Contribute to improvements in existing policies and procedures to enhance effective accountability mechanisms.

Ensure quality evaluation studies, including drafting consultant ToRs where necessary, provide technical support in program-level baselines, mid-term reviews, and end-line evaluations (including procurement and managing external contractors when necessary), and provide supervision to consultants and research partners.

Contribute to the evaluation and research designs including applied research and contributions to the program and organizational impact frameworks and theories of change.

Contribute to the design of advocacy evaluation frameworks and measurement of scaling initiatives

Support evaluation and evaluation design program with innovation and scaling approaches including cost-benefit analysis of different models.

Provide technical supervision in the writing of donor reports. In some cases, writing reports will be required.

Support organization of the next PIIRS data cycle, in line with the 2030 measurement framework: including configuration in the online system in DHIS, maintenance of user accounts, visualization with Excel or Power BI, and reviews of steps for data aggregation, cleaning, and validation.

Support convening dialogues and compiling feedback on the PIIRS process and system, from teams around the world.

Capacity building and mentoring on Monitoring and Evaluation

Develop and manage the MEAL capacity strengthening program for the MEAL & PQ team, program staff, and partners; and provide coaching and training on selected topics.

Ensure gender-sensitive, inclusive, and participatory processes across MEL components

Support project and program teams to assess/plan M&E and data management-related processes, address training needs of project partners' staff and prepare progress reports in line with MEL processes and systems.

Communication and Collaboration with internal and external networks to advance organizational priorities.

In coordination with the Communication and other CARE staff, participate in internal networks to advance CARE Nigeria’s MEAL/KM and research agendas, building relationships with qualified external consultants, universities, and research organizations to advance CARE priorities.

Participate in relevant cross-learning working groups and theme teams at CARE and outside of CARE.

Collaborate and coordinate with CARE USA to ensure the organizational MEAL system is well understood and reported and take part in the related community of practice.

Undertake research including literature reviews as needed in

support of knowledge products and if needed coordinate with possible research actors/organizations to strengthen CARE's collaborative relationship with them contributing to organizational objectives.

Qualification, Skills and Experience

Bachelor’s degree in social sciences, computer science, or other relevant fields

Master’s Degree in relevant fields such as knowledge management, research, social science, and analysis, science or equivalent; ideally with a strong focus on social research, IT, and learning, will be an added advantage.

At least 5 years of relevant experience in MEAL management role in international development programming context with demonstrated experience in both quantitative and qualitative methods.

Excellent verbal and written language skills in English required.

Excellent interpersonal, communication, training, and facilitation skills

Excellent experience in designing and establishing/strengthening systems for knowledge and data management.

Very strong conceptual thinking and analytical skills

Demonstrated people management and supervisions skills including coaching capacity development.

Strong knowledge of, and experience in using, different qualitative and quantitative research, monitoring and evaluation tools, practices, and techniques to assess project and program impact and generate knowledge management and learning.

Demonstrated capacity in strengthening gender and inclusion across MEAL processes and systems/
Computer skills, including knowledge of relevant software e.g., Microsoft Office 365 applications including SharePoint; (SPSS or related data analysis software would be an advantage).

Experience working on MEAL processes in one or more of CARE's thematic areas (Humanitarian response; Food Nutrition Security Livelihood; Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights; Women’s Economic Empowerment; Gender-Based Violence, Water Sanitation, and Hygiene, and Education.

Desired

3 years experience in setting up and managing MEAL systems across various programs and sectors.

Experience implementing and designing programs for food nutrition security livelihood and climate change resilience, sexual reproductive health and rights, gender-based violence, water sanitation, and hygiene, and education programs

Competencies:

Organizational skills for Information gathering and processing– Able to locate and collect data from a variety of sources and analyze and ability to synthesize complex information in concise reports for program design, program quality, and learning.

Analytical thinking – Able to integrate information from diverse sources, often involving large amounts of data; this includes synthesizing information and summarizing it into key points for use by others.

Creativity and innovation – Able to think creatively to encourage learning and demonstrate an adaptive style in sharing ideas and learning with others and adapt learning and processes from other geographies for use in CARE Nigeria programming Leading others to achieve results –

Able to assume a leadership role in managing others to achieve excellent results and to ensure quality deliverables and MEAL products.

Teamwork – Able to work effectively with other people within a work group and across units and line management boundaries.

Developing others – Able to foster the development of others by providing a supportive learning environment and providing coaching and mentoring as needed.

Influencing – Able to generate commitment and build consensus among others and gain their support.

How to Apply

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