Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Senior Officer
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Nuru Nigeria, a local NGO working with smallholder farmers in northeast Nigeria, is recruiting a Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Senior Officer based in Yola, Adamawa. The role is a one-year renewable contract reporting to the Managing Director, leading MEL systems, data quality, donor reporting, and learning documentation across agriculture livelihood programs.
- Location: Yola, Adamawa State, Nigeria
- Employment type: Contract, 1 year renewable based on funding and performance
- Reports to the Managing Director; leads MEL planning, data analysis, and donor reporting
- Requires minimum 7 years of relevant experience and a university degree in a related field
- Master's degree is an added advantage
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Job Title: Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Senior Officer
Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Senior Officer at Nuru Nigeria
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Sep 18, 2026, 7:09 AM
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Nuru Nigeria is a local NGO with affiliates in the US, Kenya, Ethiopia, Ghana and Burkina Faso. Our mission is to build resilience corridors of farmer-owned and farmer-led agribusinesses and profitable rural livelihoods in 12 Local Government Areas (LGAs) of northeast Nigeria proximate to conflict-vulnerable areas by 2030. Nuru Nigeria prioritises the smallholder farmers it serves and works to cultivate lasting meaningful choices through a community led, community driven and community sustained livelihood programs across the agriculture value chain.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Location: Yola, Adamawa
Employment Type: Contract
Terms and conditions: The appointment will be for a 1 year period, renewable based on funding and performance.
Start Date: As soon as possible
Organization Background
Nuru Nigeria prioritizes the smallholder farmers it serves and works to cultivate lasting meaningful choices through a community led, community driven and community sustained livelihood programs across the agriculture value chain.
Nuru Nigeria is a local NGO with affiliates in the US, East Africa and other West African countries.
Our mission is to build resilience corridors of strong, locally owned farmer cooperatives driving profitable livelihoods in vulnerable communities of the Northeast.
Position Description
The MEL Senior Officer will provide leadership in ensuring high quality monitoring and evaluation of projects implemented while liaising with the technical programming staff of the project.
The MEL Senior Officer will provide specific monitoring and evaluation leadership to the projects to ensure that the program is able to document progress, achieve its stated objectives and report to the donor and relevant entities of the Government of Nigeria (GON) in an accurate and timely manner.
The MEL Senior Officer will report to the Managing Director and will be accountable for all the monitoring and evaluation, accountability, learning and documentation of technical project related activities, results and program quality.
Key Responsibilities
- Other duties as assigned on an ad hoc basis by the COP.
- The MEL Senior Officer liaises with donor-funded M&E service providers in managing quality input into donor information systems and ensuring data quality.
- She/he leads in developing and managing an effective monitoring system with training, mentoring and on-the-job support to project M&E staff.
- Leads in routine data analysis and liaises with technical program staff to identify and address issues in a timely manner.
- She/he will be responsible for all monitoring, evaluation, and reporting activities under the award. He develops and manages the activity’s Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Plan, as well as develops and maintains systems to collect and analyze information on inputs, outputs, outcomes, and impact of the program
- The MEL Senior Officer takes the lead on project internal evaluation processes such as annual surveys and final evaluations.
- Works closely with the technical program staff in knowledge management by documenting processes, successes and lessons learned throughout project implementation.
- Job Requirement
- Excellent data management and data analysis skills, with solid skills in Microsoft Office packages;
- Comprehensive knowledge of humanitarian accountability principles and their translation into practice;
- Strong planning, organizational and interpersonal skills;
- University degree (statistics, social science, public health, development economics, or a related discipline). A master's degree will be an added advantage.
- Proven abilities in developing monitoring plans, data collection, information management, use of databases, and analysis and performance monitoring
- Minimum seven years of
Experience
within the development / humanitarian sector or in the private sector - preferably in Northeast Nigeria
using at least one software application amongst Tableau, SPSS, STATA, Kobo ToolBox
Proven technical skills in monitoring and evaluation, including
with multi-sectoral and multi-donor funded programs and
with qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis.
Strong commitment to NN’s mission, purpose and values.
Excellent analytical, presentation, and reporting skills;
Demonstrated ability to train and build capacity of others;
Specific technical competencies on design and implementation of monitoring, evaluation, and research that yields credible quantitative and qualitative data that support data-driven decision-making and ensures that the results of M&E are integrated into programs as appropriate.
Nuru Nigeria Offers
Positive atmosphere of dynamism and motivated team setting.
Annual, Maternity and Paternity leave benefits.
Health Insurance covering employees and family.
Atmosphere of diversity committed to providing equal employment opportunity, forbidding discrimination based on race, color, religion, gender, national or ethnic origin, age and differently able, with respect to policies and visions.
Salary is competitive depending on qualifications, skills and experience.
Transport costs and communication allowance.
Atmosphere of a forefront professional and flexible NGO with a unique new development approach.
13th Month Salary
Life Insurance covering accident, disability and related
Benefits
Pension benefits.
Training and capacity building program and intensive mentorship by expat team.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to:
recruitment.nurunigeria18@gmail.com
using the Job Title as the subject of the email.
Note
Other Labor best practices apply.
Non-discriminatory employment clause:
The management of Nuru Nigeria reserves the right to verify all of the applicant's information and conduct background checks on shortlisted candidates, including reaching out to his/her previous employer.
Applicants will not be discriminated against on the basis of ethnicity, colour, gender, religion, socio-economic status, age, disability or health status.
Only Shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Application
Deadline:
2nd October, 2026.
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Adamawa State and 1 other location
Adamawa State
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Yola