MEAL Senior Officer

17 نوفمبر، 2022

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MEAL Senior Officer

الوصف الوظيفي

Action Against Hunger is an international non-governmental organization working in more than 40 countries in the fields of nutrition, food security and livelihoods, water sanitation and hygiene, and care practices. ACF is looking for its program in Jordan for MEAL Senior Officer

Work place: Irbid with 50% travel to field sites

Position Overview:

The Senior Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability & Learning (MEAL) Officer will ensure quality and accountability standards are integrated into Action Against Hunger’s program in implementing bases. The Senior MEAL Officer will have a key role in establishing and promoting use of MEAL systems to ensure that our program staff and strategies are effective and respond to the needs identified by the program. S/he will assist the MEAL department in leading the collection of quantitative and qualitative data on Action Against Hunger’ programs and general pre-project data, and supervising the assessment workers in the field.

Objectives:

1) Facilitate the collection of data on the impacts of the project

In coordination with the MEAL manager develop a suitable MEAL framework/plan that guides all MEAL work in the project, in line with the LFA;
Develop APR templates for new projects working with Program Managers
Develop and adapt suitable tools to be used for M&E purposes to collect relevant and reliable information;
Support the organization on needs assessments, baseline and endline assessments in coordination with relevant partners;
Support planning, implementation and follow-up of activities and exercises;
Ensure MEAL staff has sufficient resources to undertake their work;
Provide quality assurance on the data collected by project staff.
Support the conduct and facilitation of lessons learned workshops as relevant.

2) Field Management and data collection

Conduct pilot monitoring and review the tools.
Ensure that the assessment workers complete assignments accurately and on time by checking their work plan and field reports.
Evaluate the time required to process data and provide feedback on progress during processing;
Data processing and analysis for qualitative and quantitative collected data;
Check the data entered, detect missing, redundant data and propose possible improvements;
Assist the MEAL Manager with database quality control and inform him/her of any technical problems;
File questionnaires and IT data in an organized manner accessible to all (clear file names, well- organized etc.)
Gather the elements required for the analysis of data, cross check and report results.

3) Provide sufficient and reliable information to guide program development

Provide relevant, accurate and timely information to the MEAL Manager and program staff as requested;
Provide suggestions to the MEAL manager and program team on how to improve the MEAL system in the project;
Conduct data analysis including pre and post assessments and present and disseminate information to inform program management;
Submit all required monitoring reports, especially monitoring field visit reports
Support the development of dashboards and other visualization and analysis tools
Provide inputs to the med-term and final donors’ reports, Grand review meetings, kick off and close out meetings.

4) Quality assurance

Run periodic spot checks on the activities within the project areas;
Debrief field teams and project managers and report to the MEAL Manager the outcomes of the spot check to allow for improvements;
Update APRs with MEAL related figures/outcomes in a monthly basis
Support the monthly revision of the APRs
Conduct monitoring and validation field visits to ongoing activities.
Support in implementing feedback and complaint mechanism when conducting MEAL exercises;
Support the rollout of the referral mechanism working with the MEAL officer and Accountability Assistant

5) Mission 5: Capacity building

In coordination with the MEAL Manager, deliver training and organize other capacity building activities for project staff on MEAL and selected cross-cutting themes;
Orient program team on MEAL roles and responsibilities;
Deliver Capacity building activities related to data collection and use of ODK and KOBO tools;
Support the MEAL Officer and Assistant in providing technical support to program team and other bases in designing data collection tools using ODK/KOBO;
Supervise and manage the MEAL officer
Provide any additional support requested by MEAL Manager.

6) Fulfil general responsibilities and contribute to broader Action Against Hunger Jordan operational quality and consistency

Maintain the confidentiality of all sensitive information at all times
Perform other job-related tasks as requested by the supervisor
Commit to and comply with the organization’s gender, age, and diversity principles and policies (working with people, communication)
Lead on the promotion of gender, age and diversity principles through daily activities and / or through the management of teams, as well as through the planning and implementation of operations and strategies (managing performance and development)

المهارات

Strong computer and communication equipment skills; experience taking creative approaches to working with digital data collection (ODK / KOBO) required
Excellent intercultural, interpersonal, organisational, prioritising, and communication skills
High capacity of work, able to overcome stress and work under pressure with respect for deadlines, with high degree of flexibility
Autonomous, reliable, organised, and self-motivated
Diplomatic and tactful, professional and transparent
Ability to train and deliver technical support
Demonstrable commitment to gender equity
Able to identify creative approaches to navigating the humanitarian-development nexus
Solution-oriented working style
Firm understanding of ‘Do No Harm’ approach
Demonstrate understanding, willingness, and capacities to commit to, comply with, implement, and promote age, gender, and diversity principles and policies

Education:

Bachelor degree in social sciences, management information systems, data science or any other related qualifications.

Type of professional experience requested:

At least 3 years of MEAL experience in humanitarian and development programming, with at least 2 years of field experience in a similar role
Experience working on the Syrian crisis or in the Middle East is preferable but not mandatory
Excellent writing and reporting skills, track record in external publications is an asset
Experience in multi-sectoral and participatory appraisals would be an asset
Knowledge of Action Against Hunger Jordan sectors of intervention would be an asset (FSL, WaSH, MHPSS)
Experience developing and rolling out integrated multi-sectoral, multi-area databases required
Experience working with data analysis software and platforms, including for dashboard development
Action Against Hunger experience a plus but not mandatory

Language level: English (Very good) required / Arabic (native) required.

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Action Against Hunger is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

Action Against Hunger has zero-tolerance for bribery, corruption or abuse of power in any form.

Please note that any application submitted through the abuse report address will not be considered.

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How to apply:

Deadline for receiving applications: 27/11/2022 CoB.
Shortlisting will be done on a rolling basis and if the ideal candidate is identified before the closing date, Action Against Hunger reserves the right to close the recruitment before the application deadline.
Before applying, please make sure that you have read the requirements for the position and that you qualify.
Local recruitment is highly encouraged
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted