Enumerators - Nigeria

Background

SoCha is an international monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) firm that delivers evidence-driven insights to help development and humanitarian actors make adaptive, impactful decisions. We bring experience from diverse regional contexts, including fragile and conflict-affected environments, combining technical rigour, trusted local partnerships, and innovative approaches to address complex challenges. Our expertise spans third-party monitoring, mixed-methods and complexity-aware evaluations, systems strengthening, and capacity-building, ensuring that programmes remain responsive to local realities and deliver meaningful results for vulnerable populations.

We are building a roster of qualified Nigeria-based Enumerators, Field Monitors, Field Supervisors, State Coordinators, and Data Quality Specialists for potential Third-Party Monitoring (TPM) assignments across Northeast, Northwest, and Northcentral Nigeria.

The roster will support possible humanitarian monitoring, independent verification, project-level monitoring, field visits, remote monitoring, data collection, geotagging, and verification of activities in conflict-affected, insecure, and hard-to-reach locations.

Priority will be given to candidates with experience in Borno, Adamawa, Yobe, and other states across the Northwest and Northcentral regions of Nigeria.

This is a roster/pre-qualification exercise only and does not guarantee employment. Shortlisted candidates may be contacted for further screening, interviews, reference checks, and future short-term assignments.

Key Responsibilities

Selected candidates may be considered for assignments involving:

• Conducting field monitoring visits and third-party verification of humanitarian project activities.
• Collecting qualitative and quantitative data through surveys, KIIs, FGDs, observations, and site visits.
• Verifying project outputs, beneficiary reach, service delivery, and implementation progress.
• Using digital data collection tools such as KoboToolbox, ODK, SurveyCTO, or similar platforms.
• Capturing GPS coordinates, geotagged photos, timestamps, and other verification evidence.
• Supporting remote monitoring and follow-up calls where physical access is limited.
• Reporting field observations clearly, accurately, and on time.
• Working in compliance with confidentiality, data protection, safeguarding, PSEA, and Do No Harm principles.
• Supporting monitoring across sectors such as Food Security, Nutrition, Health, WASH, Protection, Shelter/NFI, Cash Assistance, and Livelihoods.

Minimum Requirements

Candidates should have:

• Experience in third-party monitoring, evaluations, independent verification, humanitarian monitoring, surveys, or development data collection.
• Experience working in Nigeria, especially in Northeast, Northwest, or Northcentral regions.
• Strong knowledge of state, LGA, ward, and community-level contexts.
• Fluency in English and preferably Hausa and/or Kanuri. Other local languages are an advantage.
• Experience working in insecure, conflict-affected, or hard-to-reach environments.
• Familiarity with humanitarian programming, especially Food Security, Nutrition, Health, WASH, and Protection.
• Experience using digital data collection tools, geotagging, GPS, smartphone-based data collection, and data verification methods.
• Ability to work under tight deadlines and follow field protocols.
• Access to an Android smartphone. A power bank and reliable mobile data are an advantage.
• Willingness to sign a Code of Conduct, confidentiality agreement, data protection.

Type:

Short-term consultancy / Roster / Field-based assignments

Priority Locations:

Borno, Adamawa, Yobe, and other states across Northwest and Northcentral Nigeria

How to apply

Interested candidates should complete the application using this form.

Applicants should provide accurate information on their location, LGA coverage, language skills, humanitarian experience, digital data collection skills, expected daily rate, and references.

Only shortlisted candidates may be contacted.