For over 35 years, the humanitarian aid organization SOLIDARITÉS INTERNATIONAL has been committed to providing aid in the event of conflict and natural disasters. Our mission is to provide aid as quickly and as efficiently as possible to endangered populations by meeting their vital needs: drinking water, food and shelter.
After providing emergency aid, our humanitarian teams accompany the most vulnerable families and communities until they recover their livelihoods and self-sufficiency, to enable them to deal with the challenges of an uncertain future with dignity.
SOLIDARITÉS INTERNATIONAL is particularly committed to fighting water-related diseases, the primary cause of death in the world today. Drawing on their expertise, our teams develop and carry out aid programs in the fields of water, sanitation and hygiene, as well as in the essential domains of food security and reconstruction.
In 2014, SOLIDARITÉS INTERNATIONAL teams, comprising 188 international and 1742 national employees. The association is directed by Jean-Yves Troy.
Founded by Alain Boinet and presided by Edouard Lagourgue, SOLIDARITÉS INTERNATIONAL is a non-profit organisation under the French 1901 charities law. An annual general meeting is held each year, and the charity has a Board of Governors and a steering committee.Job Description
Under the supervision of the MEAL Activity Manager, the M&E Officer is in charge of monitoring the activities’ implementation.
He/she collects data and provides evidence of the program’s progress and achievements.
Responsibilities
Monitoring and evaluation (M&E):
Under the responsibility of MEAL Activity Manager, participate in the logistics and administrative organisation, planning and preparation of M&E missions:
Contribute to the creation of monitoring tools and to the preparation of database frames based on questionnaires.
Support the MEAL Activity Manager in centralizing and organizing data collection for activities and outputs as defined in the M&E plan.
Collect monitoring data using SI tools:
Contribute to data collection at field level (overseeing surveys etc.) and make sure that all available aspects are covered.
Ensure that all data is entered on time and check their consistency and quality. Contribute to maintain the database following a standard format allowing aggregation of data to produce routine or periodic monitoring reports.
Identify potential negative impacts of the activities.
Monitor those crosscutting aspects like gender and “do no harm” are considered in the activities.
Formulate preliminary recommendations on how to improve the activities.
Monitor humanitarian situation.
With the support of the PM and MEAL team, prepare and implement trainings on monitoring tools to field officers.
Assist in external M&E mission.
Ensure that contractual soft & hard data about programmes is easily available upon request.
Apply the security procedures in the context of monitoring & evaluation missions
Reporting / communication:
Draft M&E reports and provide project updates and recommendations as necessary.
Participate in seminars and training workshops which may be useful to the accomplishment of monitoring & evaluation activities and the attainment of the project’s objectives and in restitution workshops.
Keep monitoring tools and files archived and secured
Update regularly the monitoring & evaluation tools & methodology considering the donors indicators, gender, disable persons, protection & «Do No Harm» approaches
Make regular reports to the team lead on the evolution of activities and specific tasks confided to him/her, problems encountered, and the quality of relations with beneficiaries
Bring to light any difficulty linked to his or her activities, to the programs of Solidarités or security concerns
Collaborate with the administration and the local authorities
HR Management:
Take part in recruitment of the monitoring team (enumerators / DW) when needed
Train and build the capacity of the team (enumerators /DW)
Supervise the monitoring team (enumerators / DW)
Profile
Studies: Bachelor’s degree in statistics, social work / social sciences, Project Management or related field
Experience: At least one year’s experience in MEAL, with National or International NGOs
Language: Good spoken and written command of English, and knowledge of Hausa, kanuri is an added advantage.
IT: competency in Excel (data input, basic analysis) and kobo toolbox
Qualified female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
What we offer
Salary + transport + Leave & Housing allowance + social benefits (medical coverage, 24 days of Annual leaves per year, compassionate leaves, public holidays as announced by government, festive bonus, medical insurance, Life insurance – covering death and permanent disability) etc.