Seyi AbolarinIM · MEAL · DATA ANALYTICS · GIS
Seyi Abolarin

Information Management · MEAL · Data Analytics · GIS

EXPERIENCE

Technical depth.
Programme perspective.

Experience across humanitarian response, public health, research and digital information systems in Nigeria, with remote technical support to programmes in Ghana and Cameroon.

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Career summary · Updated September 2026

July 2026–present

Information Management Professional

3iS · ECHO SHIELDS consortium

Donor / programme experience

ECHO · SHIELDS consortium

Support programme implementation across Northeast and Northwest Nigeria, working with ACF, PUI, BOWDI, GHIV Africa and other ECHO consortium organisations serving displaced and vulnerable populations in hard-to-reach areas.

  • Custom systems development. Work closely with frontend and backend developers and a subject-matter expert to build INIS (Integrated Nutrition Information System), HMIS (Health Management Information System) and CTS (Commodity Tracking System) from scratch. The technology stack includes Node.js, Next.js and React Native for mobile applications.
  • Programme workflows and referrals. Translate health, nutrition and multipurpose cash assistance needs into registration, case-management, referral, follow-up and commodity-management workflows.
  • Requirements and interoperability. Develop functional specifications, user roles, data dictionaries, indicator definitions, validation rules and shared identifiers. Define API and data-exchange requirements with ActivityInfo, DHIS2, SORMAS and other partner platforms.
  • Testing, governance and adoption. Coordinate user acceptance testing, issue logs and validation with programme teams and developers. Incorporate consent, role-based access, confidentiality and data minimisation, and support documentation, training and deployment.
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January 2025–July 2026

Country Information Management Specialist / Profiling Coordinator

Danish Refugee Council

Donor / programme experience

European Union (EU SPADS) · FCDO-funded projects, including COMPASS · ECHO (NEWCAP consortium) · BHA-funded assistance. Additional project experience: GERF in Borno and Adamawa; MSF in Katsina.

Served first as DRC’s Country Information Management Specialist / Profiling Coordinator, supporting projects across multiple donors and sectors. The portfolio included EU SPADS in Sokoto, FCDO-funded projects, GERF in Borno and Adamawa, MSF in Katsina and BHA-funded assistance. Subsequently took on an additional interim assignment supporting the NEWCAP ECHO Consortium as Information Management Specialist, May–July 2026.

  • EU SPADS profiling and geospatial planning. Worked closely with the Joint IDP Profiling Service (JIPS) team in Geneva on the European Union Support for Protection, Assistance and Durable Solutions (EU SPADS) project. Mapped IDP locations across Sokoto North and Sokoto South and enumeration areas across the local government areas of Sokoto Town.
  • Survey design and field-team leadership. Supported durable-solutions survey tools and training manuals. Trained, coordinated and led supervision of 30 enumerators, working with National Bureau of Statistics and Sokoto Bureau of Statistics staff. Supported analysis and development of the final report. Combined quantitative and qualitative analysis, including ATLAS.ti, to support interpretation of profiling and assessment findings.
  • Community-led local action plans. Supported development and coordination of local action plans with community chiefs and local actors, linking profiling findings with durable-solutions planning.
  • Livelihoods and programme tools. Designed the EU SPADS livelihood team’s labour-market assessment, savings and investment association, and graduation-criteria assessment tools, alongside programmatic dashboards. Developed humanitarian tools across sectors for FCDO-funded projects and supported GERF and MSF project information needs.
  • MPCA targeting and cash-platform coordination. Developed profiling tools with automated scoring criteria to support timely identification of households for multipurpose cash assistance (MPCA). Worked closely with the cash specialist and programme team to link beneficiaries to the NAGIS Cash platform.
  • BHA beneficiary-list automation. Developed Python scripts to automate beneficiary distribution lists for BHA-funded assistance, reducing the time needed to prepare lists.
  • NEWCAP consortium platform and RRM support. During the additional interim assignment, developed the ECHO consortium ActivityInfo platform and supported Rapid Response Mechanism (RRM) workflows. Built R cleaning and deduplication scripts connected to ActivityInfo to flag data inconsistencies for review.
  • Sector tools and accountability. Programmed scoring criteria in Kobo tools and developed Crisis Modifier, MPCA, post-distribution monitoring and Multi-Sectoral Needs Assessment (MSNA) tools. Developed the community feedback mechanism to support accountability and programme follow-up.
  • Automated sector and management reporting. Connected ActivityInfo and Kobo directly to Power BI through APIs, with dashboards for sector teams and management scheduled to refresh every six hours, daily. Produced fact sheets and reporting products to support programme monitoring, evaluation, learning and adaptive management across humanitarian sectors.
  • GIS and cross-country support. Produced geospatial reference maps, operational maps and enumeration grids for Nigeria. Supported DRC Cameroon with geospatial reference maps using ArcGIS and QGIS.
  • Capacity building, governance and coordination. Built the capacity of staff, partners and enumerators in collection tools, scoring, ActivityInfo, analysis and visualisation. Established DRC Nigeria’s Data Management SOP, documented workflows and supported technical handover and migrant-survey coordination. Trained MEAL and programme teams across DRC, Solidarités International and IMPACT Initiatives on ActivityInfo system design, user management, scoring and R–ActivityInfo interoperability. Served as DRC’s focal point on the National Technical Committee for Nigeria’s migrant survey, working with IOM and EU counterparts.
DRC staff engaging with community members during a field visit
Community engagement during my work with the Danish Refugee Council.
ActivityInfo and RRM workflows → Automated reporting → Profiling and assessments →

August 2019–January 2025

Data Analytics, Informatics & MEAL

Palladium · USAID Data.FI

Donor / programme experience

USAID/PEPFAR · CDC and DOD interagency reporting · FCDO technical support

Progressed through Data Use Assistant (August–October 2019), Data Analyst (May 2020–July 2021), Technical Specialist (August 2021–January 2023) and Technical Advisor (January 2023–January 2025), supporting national health information systems, programme monitoring, analytics and government data use.

  • National information systems. Led NOMIS development and deployment and configured DHIS2 for OVC partner reporting across 17 Nigerian states, including datasets, reporting workflows and analytical products.
  • Coordination and data use. Coordinated National OVC Situation Room meetings, interagency USAID/CDC/DOD reporting and data-quality reviews. Streamlined DHIS2-to-DATIM transfer and supported partner harmonisation reviews.
  • Data quality and capacity building. Led the OVC transition data-quality assessment across 15 states and supervised more than 400 enumerators. Trained more than 300 government M&E officers in analysis, visualisation and data use, and supported development of the national OVC DQA protocol.
  • Surveys and assessment management. Led data management for the National Interagency OVC pilot survey across six states, including CSPro collection-tool development. Supported assessments involving 584 health facilities and 54 community-based organisations across 17 states.
  • GIS and response information. Developed and managed the ArcGIS Service Availability and Readiness Assessment (SARA) dashboard for Palladium IHP across three states. Supported COVID-19 Emergency Operations Centre setup across eight states and GIS-enabled vaccination and disease-response information products.
  • Analytics, automation and MEAL. Developed Power BI, DHIS2 and ArcGIS dashboards for OVC, HIV/AIDS, GBV, COVID-19 and facility performance. Designed and implemented MEL frameworks for public-health interventions and produced data-use briefs, monthly bulletins and quarterly information products.
  • Regional technical support. Provided four months of analytical technical support to Palladium’s Ghana JET project during inception.
National systems and data use → GIS and health planning → Training and capacity building →

Consultancy & research

WHO Nigeria · Data Analytics & Research Lead

Donor / programme experience

WHO Nigeria · N-PEN and NHCI evaluation programmes

February–June 2023 · Evaluation support for N-PEN and NHCI across FCT, Kano and Ogun; enumerator supervision, analysis and reporting.

Jhpiego · USAID RISE

Donor / programme experience

USAID · RISE programme

December 2019–April 2020 · Technical consultancy supporting data quality, reporting, capacity building and LAMIS troubleshooting.

Jhpiego · USAID MCSP / RMC

Donor / programme experience

USAID · MCSP / RMC programme

October 2016–July 2018 · Research Assistant supporting qualitative research, REDCap collection, transcription, analysis and reporting.

Education

M.Sc. Biochemistry (Toxicology)

University of Ilorin · 2016

B.Sc. Biochemistry (Enzymology)

University of Ilorin · 2011

Selected training

  • DHIS2 Fundamentals · University of Oslo, 2021
  • Project Development Professional Foundation · PM4NGOs, 2024
  • Data Quality · Global Health eLearning Centre, 2019
  • HEAT · GardaWorld, 2022

Languages

English (fluent) · French (basic)

Contact: seyiabolarin@outlook.com · seyiabolarin.github.io

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