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Job Purpose

• Under the supervision of the Cash Distribution Specialist (CDS), the Field Officer will lead the implementation of climate-resilient agricultural activities aimed at empowering female-headed households and families of malnourished children.
• This role ensures that beneficiaries can successfully establish micro-gardens to produce the nutritious ingredients needed for “Tom Brown” food supplements, thereby reducing dependency on external aid.

Responsibilties
Targeting and Beneficiary Selection:

• Identify and register eligible households, prioritizing female-headed households with children previously or currently enrolled in the nutrition program (MAM/SAM cases).
• Verify that targeted households meet the basic requirements for gardening, such as physical capacity and available land space.

Input Distribution and Oversight:

• Coordinate the one-time distribution of climate-resilient vegetable seeds and simple manual irrigation kits.
• Ensure all distributions are conducted in a safe, transparent, and accountable manner.

Technical Training and Mentorship:

• Provide technical training on small-scale sustainable gardening, including soil preparation, organic composting, and pest management.
• Conduct regular follow-up visits to provide on-site mentorship and ensure the correct use of irrigation tools and gardening techniques.

Integration and Coordination:

• Liaise with Mother-to-Mother and Father-to-Father support groups to integrate psycho-education on nutrition with practical gardening skills.
• Collaborate with the Nutrition Team to ensure the garden produce aligns with the ingredients needed for local “Tom Brown” production.

Monitoring and Reporting:

• Collect and maintain accurate records of distributions, training attendance, and garden progress.
• Contribute to Post-Distribution Monitoring (PDM) to assess the impact of agricultural support on household food stability.
• Identify and report risks such as pest outbreaks, security challenges, or climate-related issues that may affect crop yields.

Position Requirements
Qualifications and Requirements:

• Education: BSc / HND in Agriculture, Agronomy or a related field.
• Experience: At least 3 years of field experience in food security agricultural projects, preferably in an emergency or recovery context in Northern Nigeria.

Technical Skills:

• Proficiency in climate-resilient agricultural techniques suitable for the Northwest region.
• Experience with manual irrigation systems and micro-gardening.

Soft Skills:

• Strong community mobilization skills and ability to work with vulnerable female-headed households.
• Fluency in Hausa (essential) and English.
• Willingness to work in volatile security environments (Anka, Gusau, Maru).

Accountability:

• Adhere to INTERSOS and SV (donor) standards for transparency and accountability to affected populations.
• Promptly report any allegations of fraud, diversion, or misconduct through the established Complaint and Response Mechanism (CRM).

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Main Purpose

• Under the supervision of the MEAL Manager and according to the organisational standards, develop MEAL Framework for each project, guarantee proper data collection and conduct qualitative and quantitative data analysis and reporting, ensuring accountability and efficiency of the established data collection system and of the related findings and results.

Responsibilities
Tasks:

• Contribute to the development and update of MEAL Framework for programmes and projects, following INTERSOS guidance and standards, and ensure the roll out at base level
• Support needs assessments and service mapping in the context of strategic development and project design
• Provide support to the Information Management Officer in the development of qualitative and quantitative data collection tools, systems and DB for the correct monitoring and evaluation of the projects for internal and external use, in line with donors’ requirements and INTERSOS standard approach
• Update internal and external DB on a weekly and monthly basis
• Collect regularly and systematise the data maintaining an accurate DB. Process analysis of compiled and aggregated data and produce quantitative and qualitative reports and matrixes as per operational needs. Monitor and review regularly the sources of information
• Process and aggregate internal and external qualitative and quantitative data on weekly, monthly, quarterly and yearly basis (as agreed and necessary) and analyse trend through data, statistics, graphics and tables
• Check data received from the IMO for internal or external sharing. Provide data to staffs to assist in decision-making and advocacy activities
• Prepare consolidated reports of program and project progress of activities against targets including achievements, challenges, recommendations and lessons learned.
• In coordination with the MEAL Manager, support the mission’s SMT in guaranteeing compliance with the organisation’s Data Protection SOPs
• Support the MEAL Manager in responding to periodic donors and internal requests with the additional information on activity performance and results
• Conduct training to field staff on reporting and analysis skills and MEAL related topics.
• Is responsible for checking and case auditing documents and forms to collect sensitive data according to data protection SOPs. Support auditing exercises as requested by MEAL Manager
• Support the proper implementation of feedback mechanisms throughout the project’s phases
• Contribute to the revision of monitoring and evaluation tools and train program team on design and proper use of it
• Conduct regular technical field visits to projects locations to monitor the implementation of ongoing programmes and present processed data
• Support in evaluation exercises, both internal and external, as requested by the MEAL Manager
• Participate in sectoral meetings and trainings organised internally or externally representing INTERSOS, in coordination with the MEAL Manager
• Perform any other tasks as requested by the direct supervisor

Position Requirements
Education & Professional Requirements:

• Essential Degree in Statistics, Information Management, Social Science, Demography, Social studies or any related field
• Minimum of two years relevant work experience in the humanitarian sector
• Experience in design and implementation of M&E systems, methods and approaches, as well as in data and information analysis
• Essential computer literacy
• Communication and reporting skills
• Organisational skills and ability to manage efficiently multiple priorities, deadlines and tasks
• Excellent time management skills and resourcefulness
• Attention to details
• Teamwork and cooperation
• Service orientation
• Confidentiality
• Commitment to INTERSOS principles
• English Language.