Logistics/M&E Associate - Helen Keller International, Lagos

An established company is recruiting for the following position. Reports To: State Team Lead  Purpose / Scope of Work:  The success of this nutrition project depends largely on accurate, complete, and timely reporting of achievements to donors. Achievement of set targets is of utmost importance. Hence, the objective of the Logistics/M&E Associate position is to provide technical support in the roll-out of the logistics and M&E plan in the project states and generate strategic data for program management, reporting, and documentation of best practices.  Management and Functional Relationships:  Under the supervision of the State Team Lead, and technical leadership from the MER Manager, the Logistics/M&E Associate will develop and manage the state M&E/logistics plan and work.  Specific Responsibilities:

• Support in the development of an integrated state level M&E project plan in collaboration with the Program Manager.

• Support in the implementation of the LDSC M&E plan and reporting formats for indicators and targets in collaboration with the M&E Specialist. 

• Work with the M&E Specialist to establish a system for the flow of information from service delivery points to the Helen Keller central database and ensure timely M&E technical support to all implementing health facilities.

• Take the lead in building the capacity of health units’ M&E staff and relevant health and community workers in the collection, summarization, analysis, and presentation of M&E data.

• Support the capacity building for program interns, state and LGA M&E focal persons. 

• Plan and lead the monthly project data validation process

• Work with M&E Manager for the roll-out of the project M&E data quality assurance system including quarterly data quality audits.

• Assist the M&E Manager to coordinate the establishment/strengthening of the state M&E system that informs policy and practice.

• Ensure and maintain the state-of-the-art database management practice at the state.

• Analyze M&E data on a weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual basis and flag action areas to the project management.

• Work with M&E Specialist/state team lead/Nutrition Program Coordinator to document and publish best practices.

• Prepare progress reports and analyze these reports in terms of problems and actions needed. Prepare consolidated progress reports for project management to submit to the relevant bodies, in accordance with approved reporting formats and timing.

• Prepare monitoring reports, analyze them for impact evaluation, and identify the causes of potential bottlenecks in project implementation.

• Sharing the outputs of M&E findings with project staff, implementing partners, and primary stakeholders.

• Coordinate t...