Job Summary: We’re seeking an experienced DMEAL Specialist to join our team. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in designing, monitoring, evaluating, and learning from development programs. You will be responsible for ensuring the quality and effectiveness of our programs, as well as developing and implementing new systems and processes to support our work.

Responsibilities:

• Follow all project’s Log-frame and monitoring and evaluation documentation.
• Participate in project kick-off, review, and close-out meetings, as well as learning events and workshops in order to highlight cross-project components aimed at replicating good practices and strengthening synergies between projects or programs.
• Share relevant MEAL findings with project teams in an appropriate format and follow-up their implementation.
• Ensure the design and management of evaluations, including: the coordination of field-based data collection activities, review of evaluations reports, sharing of evaluation findings and recommendations with intended audiences.
• Ensure transparent, accurate and timely collection of data by administering surveys, conducting reviews, and employing diverse and participatory data collection activities while working with relevant country representatives to collect such data.
• Undertake evaluation of programs through field visits, studies and a range of data collection methodologies.
• Coordinate and carry out data entering and data analysis, for both quantitative and qualitative data collected.
• Facilitate learning processes to identify gaps and contribute to ongoing improvement of projects, while working closely and communicating results to programme teams and management.
• Carry out specific background research providing comprehensive and useful information for the design of new programmes.
• Elaboration of reports, including progress reports and activity reports, for  project donors. 
• Ensure full compliance to MEAL standards of the projects implemented in the area of responsibility.
• Act as the focal point for the implementation and monitoring of community feedback mechanisms for projects implemented directly by Free To Be Me and/or by its implementing partners in the area of responsibility.

Qualifications:

• Graduate level education in statistics, social sciences/humanities, development, public administration or related relevant disciplines.
• 3-5 years of demonstrated experiences related to monitoring, evaluation, accountability and/or learning.
• Minimum of 3 years of relevant working experience on LGBTIQ+ issues, and/or in the humanitarian sector with NGOs.
• Proficiency in tools, techniques and processes of database creation, data management and administration.
• Proficiency in data analysis software packages (e.g. SPSS,Nvivo, EPI info, Access, KOBO and others).
• Progressive and positive view on LGBTIQ+ rights and inclusion, sees inclusion of LGBTIQ+ people from an intersectional perspective and understands how exclusion works for a range of groups marginalized in their country’s context
• Have expertise in and a passion for working on LGBTIQ+ inclusion and rights, for example through advocacy.
• Ability to organize, identify opportunities and coordinate initiatives.
• Have a flexible and adaptable approach and be able to respond to changing priorities and in a rapidly evolving environment.
• Ability to travel within and outside Nigeria
• Demonstrated experience and knowledge of participatory approaches to research, monitoring, evaluation and learning.

Benefits:

Salary Range: 250,000 – 300,000 

Other Benefits: Health Insurance, Cost of Living Adjustment,Opportunities for professional development and growth.

Due to the volume of applications we will be receiving, only shortlisted candidates will be invited for an interview, and note that only candidates who meet the minimum requirements for the role will be contacted for an interview. Thank you for your interest!