Monitoring and Evaluation Assistant

ABOUT THE BIG SMILE FOUNDATION

The Big Smile Foundation implements humanitarian and development programmes supporting vulnerable communities in North-East Nigeria.

JOB DETAILS

Position: Monitoring and Evaluation Assistant

Employment Type: Full-time

Locations: Maiduguri and Yobe State

Travel: Frequent travel to project LGAs

Experience Required: At least one year

JOB SUMMARY

The Monitoring and Evaluation Assistant will support monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning activities across assigned projects.

The role will assist with data-collection tools, field monitoring, data verification, quality assurance, data cleaning, analysis and reporting.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Support implementation of project MEAL activities.
• Assist with the development and administration of data-collection tools.
• Collect quantitative and qualitative programme information.
• Conduct routine field-monitoring visits.
• Verify reported activities, outputs and beneficiary information.
• Conduct data-quality checks and identify inconsistencies.
• Compile information submitted by project teams.
• Clean and organise project data.
• Analyse routine programme information.
• Maintain indicator trackers and beneficiary databases.
• Support surveys, assessments, post-distribution monitoring and evaluations.
• Assist with preparation of weekly, monthly and donor reports.
• Document programme achievements, gaps and implementation challenges.
• Support collection of case studies, success stories and lessons learned.
• Ensure monitoring records are complete and properly filed.
• Protect confidential participant and beneficiary information.
• Support programme teams to correct identified data-quality problems.
• Perform additional duties assigned by the supervisor.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in Statistics, Economics, Public Health, Social Sciences or another relevant discipline.
• At least one year of experience in monitoring and evaluation or a related field.
• Previous experience in humanitarian or development programmes is an advantage.
• Experience conducting field data collection and verification is desirable.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel.
• Familiarity with SPSS, R, Stata or another statistical package.
• Ability to clean, analyse and interpret programme data.
• Good report-writing and documentation skills.
• Strong understanding of data quality and confidentiality.
• Familiarity with mobile data-collection tools is an advantage.

OTHER REQUIREMENTS

• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work within a fast-paced environment.
• Strong commitment to organisational values.
• Ability to travel to project implementation areas.
• Ownership of a working laptop.
• Fluency in English and either Kanuri or Hausa.
• Strong organisation, presentation and time-management skills.

HOW TO APPLY

Interested candidates should email an updated CV and cover letter to wegetwork4you@thebigsmile.org.

The position title and preferred location must be used as the email subject.

Applications received after 3 August 2026 may not be considered.