MEAL Manager

MEAL Manager

Children have the right to grow up in peace, free from fear and violence. To develop their full potential and become the person they want to be. War Child makes a lasting impact. By protecting children from violence and offering psychosocial support and education. We unleash the children’s inner strength with our creative and involving approach. And inspire as many people as we can to participate in our cause. War Child is both implementing its own programmes and cooperating with a variety of partner organizations in 14 countries around the world. www.warchildholland.org

War Child is looking for a:

MEAL Manager based in Amman, Jordan

War Child Holland (WCH) is an international non-governmental organization that works exclusively to improve the well-being and resilience of children and youths affected by violence and armed conflict. As a learning organisation, War Child (WCH) continuously enhances its services to children affected by war and conflict. This includes striving to become a networked expert organisation, able to mobilise and provide services and technical assistance within and outside the organisation, as well as across programme teams in its various country offices.

War Child Programme for Syria

War Child has been responding to the needs of Syrian children. The programme is expanding and it is in need of professional supervision, as well as an entrepreneurial spirit for further growth. We are therefore seeking to employ an enthusiastic and passionate Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) Manager to join our dynamic team of professionals, who are dedicated to helping children and their families to positively deal with the consequences of being exposed to armed conflict.

The Challenge

The MEAL Manager is the focal point for monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning processes in the Syria country office. This role ensures that all MEAL activities are in line with global War Child standards and that effective processes are built into the project life cycles. The MEAL Manager offers technical input on the development and improvement of planning, monitoring and evaluation systems, manages the MEAL Unit, and guides capacity building on these technical areas for local partner organisations.

Result Areas

Manage monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning processes

• Identify the need for and develop new tools in collaboration with the sector-specific Technical Advisors and Implementation teams, to address any gaps in information.
• Manage the implementation of a MEAL system with associated documentation, processes and standards, tools, templates, and databases, to optimise planning, managing, and reporting on policies, programmes and projects, in accordance with WCH Global Monitoring Framework.
• Act as the primary placeholder of MEAL data collected through projects and support the team in presenting this on country level through interactive dashboards.
• Maintain, improve, and adapt accountability channels to support programming that is participatory and responsive to the views of the children and communities we work with.
• Support MEAL team to develop reports using the information and data obtained, ensuring that these are shared with the team, partners, and communities, to develop feedback loops of information.

Manage third-party monitoring and evaluation activities

• Lead on planning for and conducting needs/contextual assessments, reviews and evaluations through third-party monitoring/evaluation entities or partners.
• Manage third party monitoring and evaluation contracts from end-to-end, including procurement, contracting, tools development, delivery of final reports, and dissemination.
• Ensure that third-party quantitative and qualitative findings inform decision-making and planning in the Country Office.

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