Monitoring and Evaluation Officer
Management Sciences for Health
Remote
The M&E Officer will support monitoring across microplanning, household registration, mobilization, ITN distribution, in-process monitoring, independent verification, and post-campaign assessment, with particular emphasis on field-level data quality, coverage, accountability, and performance.
Key Responsibilities
- M&E Planning and Implementation
- Support the development and implementation of the campaign M&E plan, indicators, tools, and reporting framework.
- Support the development and review of State, LGA, Ward, and field-level monitoring plans.
- Ensure campaign monitoring activities are aligned with approved targets, timelines, and national/donor requirements.
- Support the M&E Lead in tracking campaign performance against key indicators.
- Field Monitoring and Supervision
- Conduct routine field monitoring of household registration, mobilisation, and ITN distribution activities.
- Conduct spot checks to assess adherence to approved campaign procedures and standards.
- Monitor field team productivity, household coverage, ITN distribution, and accountability.
- Identify missed settlements, households, and other implementation gaps and recommend corrective actions.
- Support supervision of field monitors and ensure timely submission of monitoring findings.
- Data Quality Assurance
- Conduct routine reviews of campaign data to assess completeness, accuracy, consistency, validity, and timeliness.
- Support the implementation of data quality checks and validation procedures at State, LGA, Ward, and field levels.
- Review and triangulate data from digital platforms, monitoring forms, distribution records, and other campaign sources.
- Identify data discrepancies, outliers, duplication, and potential data falsification and ensure timely follow-up.
- Support DQA exercises and document findings, actions, and resolution status.
- Microplanning and Coverage Monitoring
- Support settlement-level and household-level microplanning activities.
- Participate in LGA and State microplanning validation exercises.
- Review population, settlement, household, and ITN allocation data for consistency and completeness.
- Support comparison of microplanning and macroplanning estimates and investigation of significant variances.
- Use available GIS outputs and field information to monitor coverage and identify hard-to-reach or missed areas.
- Data Analysis and Use
- Support in the Analysis of campaign data at State, LGA, Ward, settlement, and team levels.
- Produce routine performance summaries, tables, graphs, and analytical reports.
- Work with the DQTM to interpret dashboard outputs and identify areas requiring corrective action.
- Support the analysis of the in-process monitoring
- Provide evidence-based recommendations to improve campaign performance.
- Support the development of data use products, performance scorecards, and situation reports.
- Digital Data Collection and Monitoring
- Support field teams in the correct use of approved digital data collection applications.
- Work closely with the DQTM to monitor data submission, synchronization, and completeness.
- Review digital monitoring data and follow up on flagged records or quality issues.
- Support verification of GPS compliance, household visit duration, and other technology-enabled quality indicators.
- Provide feedback to field teams on data quality and application use.
- Independent Verification and Post-Campaign Monitoring
- Support planning and implementation of the 5% independent verification, in-process monitoring, and post-campaign assessments.
- Review verification results and compare findings with registration and distribution datasets.
- Support household-level data pairing and analysis to assess the reliability of campaign data.
- Document coverage gaps and support recommendations for mop-up or corrective activities.
- Reporting and Documentation
- Prepare routine M&E reports and contribute to daily Situation Reports and weekly performance reports.
- Document monitoring findings, lessons learned, best practices, and implementation challenges.
- Support preparation of campaign review and end-of-campaign reports.
- Ensure monitoring findings are communicated promptly to relevant programme teams and stakeholders.
- Capacity Building
- Support training and orientation of supervisors, monitors, and field teams on M&E requirements.
- Provide on-the-job mentoring on data quality, monitoring tools, reporting procedures, and campaign indicators.
- Support refresher sessions where data quality or implementation gaps are identified.
- Stakeholder Coordination
- Work closely with the M&E Director, Data Quality and Technology Manager, Project Manager, Logistics Manager, State Technical Assistants, SMEP, NMEP, LGA teams, and other stakeholders.
- Participate in State and LGA review meetings and provide technical M&E updates.
- Support timely communication and resolution of issues identified through field monitoring.
- Approved and implemented M&E monitoring plans.
- Routine field monitoring and supervision reports.
- Daily/weekly campaign performance summaries.
- Data quality and validation reports.
- Microplanning validation and coverage reports.
- In-process monitoring reports.
- 5% verification and post-campaign assessment reports.
- Performance dashboards and analytical outputs developed jointly with the DQTM.
- Documented corrective actions and follow-up reports.
- End-of-campaign M&E report and lessons learned.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Monitoring & Evaluation, Public Health, Epidemiology, Statistics, Social Sciences, Health Information Management, or a related field.
- A Master's degree or professional qualification in M&E, Public Health, Epidemiology, Statistics, or a related discipline is an advantage.
- Bachelor's and 4-6 years of experience, or Master-s and 2-4 years of experience, or Doctorate and 0-2 years of preferably in public health programmes or large-scale campaigns
- Experience in ITN, SMC, immunization, community health, or similar campaigns is highly desirable.
- Experience conducting field monitoring, DQA, data validation, household surveys, and campaign assessments.
- Experience working with government, development partners, and community-level structures.
- Technical Skills
- Strong understanding of M&E frameworks and indicators.
- Data analysis and interpretation.
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
- Experience with DHIS2, KoboToolbox, ODK, Digit Technology, Power BI, GIS, or similar platforms.
- Experience with digital data collection and field monitoring.
- Knowledge of GPS and geospatial data interpretation.
- Familiarity with data quality assessment and validation methodologies.
- Good report writing and presentation skill
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent field monitoring and supervision skills.
- High attention to detail.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work effectively with government and community stakeholders.
- Ability to work under pressure and meet tight campaign deadlines.
- Strong commitment to data quality, accountability, and evidence-based decision-making.
- Ability to identify implementation gaps and recommend practical solutions.
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