MEAL Assistant (Monitoring and Evaluation Assistant)

The Hope Spring Community Humanitarian Initiative

The Hope Spring Community Humanitarian Initiative is a recognized non-governmental organization (NGO) registered with Nigeria's Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC). It operates primarily as the Nigerian arm or partner of Hope Spring Water, a UK-registered charity dedicated to improving access to safe drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH).

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: MEAL Assistant (Monitoring and Evaluation Assistant)

Location: Borno

Employment Type: Full-time (Onsite)

Key Responsibilities

• Support the implementation of project M&E plans, logical frameworks, and indicator tracking tools (e.g., IPTTs).

• Assist in routine data collection from programme activities, partners, and beneficiaries using paper-based or digital tools (e.g., Kobo-Toolbox, ODK, Excel).

• Enter, clean, validate, and organize data to ensure accuracy, completeness, and consistency.

• Maintain project databases, filing systems, and data trackers.

• Conduct or support field monitoring visits, spot checks, and data verification exercises.

• Assist in organizing and facilitating surveys, focus group discussions (FGDs), key informant interviews (KIIs), post-distribution monitoring (PDM), and other assessments.

• Help prepare simple summary reports, charts, tables, and contributions to monthly, quarterly, or donor reports.

• Support documentation of lessons learned, success stories, and best practices.

• Assist with community feedback mechanisms (where linked to MEAL) by collecting and logging feedback or complaints.

• Provide basic training or support to field staff, enumerators, or partners on data collection tools and quality standards.

• Perform other related administrative or support tasks as assigned by the supervisor.

• Qualifications and Experience

• Education: Bachelor’s Degree (or Diploma in some contexts) in Statistics, Social Sciences, Economics, Development Studies, Public Health, Demography, Information Management, or a related field. Training or certification in Monitoring & Evaluation is an advantage.

• Experience: Typically 1–3 years of relevant experience in monitoring, evaluation, data collection, research, or programme support roles, preferably with NGOs or in humanitarian/development settings. Entry-level positions may accept less experience with strong academic background or internships.

Skills and Competencies:

• Basic knowledge of M&E principles, results-based management, and indicators.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (especially Excel for data management); familiarity with digital data collection tools (Kobo, ODK) is highly desirable.
• Attention to detail, accuracy in data handling, and organizational skills.
• Ability to conduct field work, interact with communities, and work under supervision.
• Good written and verbal communication skills; report-writing ability.
• Analytical mindset for basic data interpretation and summarizing findings.
• Teamwork, reliability, and willingness to travel to project sites.
• Understanding of data protection, ethics, and accountability principles is an asset.
• Language skills as required (English, Hausa).

Application Closing Date

19th November, 2026.