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The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives. Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the IRC offers lifesaving care and life-changing assistance to refugees forced to flee from war or disaster. At work today in over 40 countries and 22 U.S. cities, we restore safety, dignity and hope to millions who are uprooted and struggling to endure. The IRC leads the way from harm to home. We are recruiting to fill the position below: Job Title: MEAL Officer Requisition ID: req57254Location: Maiduguri, BornoSector: EducationEmployment Category: RegularEmployment Type: Full-Time Job Overview / Summary The IRC is seeking to hire a full time Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning (MEAL) in Nigeria to support projects across our portfolio of the education Global Research & Innovation Priority (GRIP). Our multi-disciplinary teams build, facilitate, and contribute to projects that span research and ideation through prototyping, piloting, evaluation and scaling. Our solutions are co-created in partnership with colleagues and partners from the regions where we work. You must be comfortable in a fast paced, collaborative and flexible working environment to help to manage the diverse, multi-disciplinary work. Experience working in cross-functional teams is essential. The successful candidate will report to the Ed-Tech Specialist in Nigeria and will be responsible for providing technical leadership for all the education activities, including leading and coordinating the non-formal education program and systems support activities at the national and state level. Key ResponsibilitiesProgram/Project Design: Implements baseline, midline, and endline evaluations, as well as MEL data collection, particularly EGRA, EGMA and assessments. Conduct training for education staff on the MEL system, performance indicators, data quality assurance, and facilitative data collection with local partners and stakeholders. Participate in project review, especially in AMELP, Log frames, and learning agenda. With support from the MEL Coordinator, establish and maintain a project-level information management system. Closely work with the education program team to ensure the project has tested standard monitoring tools that capture both program activity and indicators’ progress. Ensure data collections tools are standardized and appropriately used to meet both organizational and donor requirements. Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning: Conduct routine monitoring visits to project locations, particularly learning centers. Support the conduct of the Teacher Classroom Observation (TCO) across project sites. Ensure data collected are routinely verified, analysis and reported according to the DQA standards. Ensure that data are readily available and store appropriately for any future reference. Conduct quarterly Data Quality Audits Facilitate collaborative learning sessions, with strategic innovations involving the client we served. Perform clear statistical analysis on the data collected and present the findings/results to program colleagues for informed decisions. Information Management and Reporting: Support the establishing and maintaining project information management system. Ensure the appropriate reporting of field level data that is responsive and align to project indicators. Ensure proper tracking of project indicators, particularly recording and reporting data. Contribute to monthly and quarterly reporting by providing the verified data that’s meets the DQA standards. Work closely with advocacy communication coordinator to develope human interest stories that showcase the relevant and impact of EdTech and Innovation project. Capacity building and supervision: Provide technical training to project staff, partners, and project stakeholder particularly the Learning facilitators, mentor teachers and research assistant on data collection and management process. Train project staff, and partners’ staff on project deliverables, especially the project result areas and indicators. Engage in one-on-one mentorship with supervisors and subordinate for capacity enhancement. Perform other duties assigned by the supervisor: Perform other task-related assignments proposed by his/her supervisor/s Qualifications Education qualifications: Degree / Diploma in Statistics, Computer Science / IT/or any sector or sub-sector related field Work Experience: – At least three (3)-years’ experience working in monitoring and evaluation preferred. Demonstrated Technical Skills: Demonstrated strong skills in developing & conducting data collection such as: Kobo collect, Ona, Comcare, SurveyCTO, Mobenzi, etc. Demonstrated knowledge on the use of statistical packages such as STATA, SPSS, Nvivo, Microsoft excel, QGIS, PowerBi, Tableu etc. Demonstrated report writing skill, facilitation, and communication skills. Ability to work independently, think analytically and take initiative in solving problems. Familiarity with education programming with added advantage if implement USAID grant. Experience in conducting assessment, particularly EGRA, EGMA, ASER Experience working with children and caregivers. Good team player with excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work in diverse context. Application Closing DateNot Specified. How to ApplyInterested and qualified candidates should:Click here to apply online

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MEAL Officer at the International Rescue Committee (IRC)

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