MEAL Lead – RRISE Programme at IRC – Abuja

The International Rescue Committee is recruiting a MEAL Lead in Abuja to direct monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning for the proposed FCDO-funded RRISE humanitarian programme. The full-time, in-person position includes field travel across Northeast and Northwest Nigeria.

Key responsibilities

• Design and lead a consortium-wide MEAL strategy, results framework and performance monitoring plan for food security, protection, nutrition, WASH, health and shelter activities.
• Establish shared indicators, ethical data collection methods, dashboards and reporting tools that support inclusive, disaggregated programme analysis.
• Coordinate with independent monitoring, accountability and third-party verification teams while protecting their independence from service delivery.
• Oversee Value for Money monitoring using economy, efficiency, effectiveness, equity and cost-effectiveness measures.
• Supervise evaluations, research, baseline assessments, data quality checks and adaptive learning activities.
• Support national and local NGO partners to strengthen their monitoring systems, training and accountability practices.
• Lead MEAL staff and prepare analysis, technical updates and reports for consortium partners and donors.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in Social Science, International Development, Evaluation Research, Statistics or a related discipline; equivalent professional experience may be accepted instead.
• At least seven years of MEAL/M&E experience in complex, large-scale humanitarian or similar multi-partner programmes.
• Experience in difficult-access settings, independent monitoring, consortium systems, adaptive management and locally led partnerships.
• Ability to apply value-for-money concepts and ethically manage safeguarding- and gender-sensitive programme data.
• Experience with Kobo, CommCare, ODK Collect, Excel, SPSS, Stata or comparable data tools.
• Strong leadership, coaching, stakeholder-engagement and English communication skills; Hausa or other relevant local languages are advantageous.