Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Officer (Volunteer)
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YAWP Foundation is recruiting a volunteer Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Officer to design and manage MEL systems for youth and women empowerment projects in Plateau, Nigeria. The role focuses on field data quality, gender-sensitive indicators, community feedback mechanisms, and learning/reporting. Applicants need a Bachelor’s/HND in a related field, strong data and digital tool skills, and at least 2 years of relevant experience.
- Volunteer MEL role focused on youth and women empowerment projects
- Based in Plateau, Nigeria with field monitoring and data quality responsibilities
- Requires Bachelor’s/HND and at least 2 years of relevant experience
- Emphasis on gender-sensitive indicators and community feedback mechanisms
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Job Title: Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Officer (Volunteer)
Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Officer (Volunteer) at Youth and Women Peacebuilding Foundation (YAWP Foundation)
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Sep 16, 2026, 2:02 PM
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The Youth and Women Peacebuilding Foundation (YAWP Foundation) is a Nigerian-based non-profit organisation incorporated in May 2026, dedicated to building lasting peace and empowering vulnerable communities. We focus on youth, women, and other marginalised groups in fragile and conflict-affected areas. Ouroverall goal is to promote sustainable peace, reduce conflict and violence, and empower individuals and communities, especially youth, women, and vulnerable groups, to achieve economic self-reliance and social cohesion through inclusive development and livelihood opportunities.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Location: Plateau
Position Summary
The role ensures data collected from the field directly informs project adaptations, demonstrates accountability to donor requirements, captures gender-transformative changes, and elevates youth and women's voices through participatory evaluation techniques.
The MEL Officer designs, establishes, and maintains user-friendly monitoring and evaluation systems across all youth and women empowerment projects.
Core
Responsibilities
- MEL System Design & Indicator Tracking:
- Develop project-specific MEL frameworks, indicator tracking tables (ITTs), and logic models tailored to gender equality, social inclusion, and youth development goals.
- Establish user-friendly data collection tools (digital surveys, focus group guides, baseline/endline tools and KII) using mobile platforms (e.g., KoboToolbox, ODK, CommCare).
- Integrate gender-sensitive and age-disaggregated indicators to track participation, decision-making power, economic empowerment, and protection outcomes.
- Field Data Collection & Quality Assurance:
- Oversee routine monitoring activities, ensuring data integrity, accuracy, and timeliness across project locations.
- Train project staff and field enumerators on data collection ethics, informed consent, and safeguarding principles when working with young people and vulnerable women.
- Conduct field visits to observe activity implementation, verify attendance logs, and audit data collected by youth/women volunteers or community enumerators.
- Accountability & Community Feedback Mechanisms (CFM):
- Establish and manage safe, confidential, and accessible community feedback and response mechanisms (e.g., feedback boxes, helplines, participatory review sessions).
- Integrate Protection against Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) pathways into routine feedback channels.
- Ensure feedback from young women, adolescent girls, and marginalized youth is systematically analyzed, referred to management, and acted upon.
- Learning, Knowledge Management & Storytelling:
- Capture qualitative impact using participatory methodologies like Most Significant Change (MSC), outcome harvesting, and digital storytelling/photovoice.
- Draft comprehensive MEL sections for donor narrative reports, case studies, and policy briefs.
- Facilitate quarterly learning review sessions with program teams to analyze data, identify bottlenecks, and adapt implementation strategies in real time.
Requirements
- & Qualifications
- Applicants should have:
- Applicants must demonstrate integrity, professionalism, confidentiality, and commitment to safeguarding.
- A minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree / HND in Data analysis, monitoring and evaluation, research skills, or a related field.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office/Google Workspace and relevant digital tools.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Good communication, interpersonal, and organisational skills.
Experience
working with NGOs, communities, youth, women, or other relevant stakeholders is an advantage.
At least 2 years in evidence-based research, data analysis, project monitoring and evaluation, or a similar role.
Key Technical Competencies:
Digital Tools- KoboToolbox / ODK, Power BI / Excel, SPSS or Stata (basic to intermediate), Google Workspace.
Methodologies- Gender-sensitive MEL, Participatory Action Research, Most Significant Change (MSC), Outcome Harvesting, Do No Harm.
Frameworks- Logical Frameworks, Theory of Change, SDG 5 (Gender Equality), SDG 8 (Decent Work), and youth inclusion matrices.
Soft Skills- Youth-friendly facilitation, ethical data handling, active listening, cross-cultural sensitivity, report writing.
Other Attributes:
Strong leadership and team management skills.
Commitment to humanitarian and development values, volunteerism, and community service.
Ability to work under pressure and manage multiple priorities.
Excellent interpersonal and stakeholder engagement abilities.
Strong problem-solving and strategic thinking abilities.
in program leadership and humanitarian coordination.
Professional networking opportunities with humanitarian actors and development partners.
Opportunity to contribute to life-saving humanitarian, development and peace interventions.
Exposure to donor engagement, proposal development, and project management.
Opportunity for future engagement subject to organizational needs and performance.
Capacity-building and learning opportunities.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should submit their CV (maximum 3 pages) and a cover letter stating your suitability for the position to:
yawpfoundationhr@gmail.com
using " Application – [MEL Officer-Volunteer]" as the subject of the mail.
Note:
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Application
Deadline:
30th September, 2026.
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Benefits
of Volunteering with YAWP Foundation
Certificate of Service and Recommendation Letter upon successful completion of the volunteer period.
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