Overall purpose of the role:
- The MEAL Officer will be responsible for
conducting Monitoring & Evaluation activities as per the work plan.
This role has program focus and ensures compliance with DRC MEAL
procedures and guidelines within the program locations. The role
contributes to program quality assurance and data management, which are
translated into action plans and day-to-day tasks. The role provides MEAL
technical support and/or guidance to field operations. The role will
be responsible for ensuring effective MEAL systems and tools are in place,
and are adopted by field teams, partners and other implementing agencies.
The incumbent will work closely with Project Manager, MEAL Coordinator,
all the DRC program staff, & staff from partner agencies.
Responsibilities:
Designing, planning &
implementation of strategies for data collection & storage, analysis &
sharing:
- Responsible for all projects database.
She/he will work in designing databases on project
activities/beneficiaries and assist in updating regularly the database
according to the project requirements.
- Support project staff and partners in
planning for and executing MEAL activities, including, data collection
methodology and tools and data management, analysis and use.
- Support and contribute to the development
and implementation of MEAL systems for DRC and partners, including SOPs,
guidance and tools.
- In collaboration with the MEAL
Coordinator make recommendations about the methods the projects should use
to collect, analyze and manage data to improve data quality and the
efficiency of data systems.
- Support DRC local partners in all MEAL
requirements including capacity building, assessments, and reporting
- Ensure accurate data entry of new
information into the beneficiary database and regularly update, maintain
existing database system records
- Strengthen and maintain networks with
other partners by attending relevant M&E working group meetings to
help analyze trends, findings and best practices.
- Ensure all project data (Distribution
data, persons reached in various activities among others) is AGD (Age,
Gender and Diversity) disaggregated.
- Support in conducting assessments and
community visits as needed, facilitate focus groups and other qualitative
data collection exercises.
- Conduct all field data collection through
mobile data collection for quantitative data and paper forms for
qualitative data. – ensure tablets and phones to be used for assessments
are charged before commencement of assessment exercises.
- Conduct data analysis and providing
inputs, information and statistics for monthly, quarterly, annual and
other reports for the project.
Design and Implementation of
Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability & Learning Plans:
- Participate in the baseline, mid-term and
end of term evaluations of program activities
- In coordination with PM and MEAL
coordinator, guide and cooperate with advisors/consultant who are
contracted to implement specific surveys, assessments and studies required
for evaluating outcomes and impact.
- Under the direction of the MEAL
Coordinator, support research and study activities on M&E related
issues.
- Conduct community visits, focus group
discussions with beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries to receive feedback
on project activities.
- Maintain the Complains and feedback
received and ensure a timely and appropriate follow-up or referral if
needed.
Report Writing &
Documentation:
- Coordinate and quality assure MEAL
activities and processes within the ECHO HIP consortium
- Build capacity of partners in the
consortium on MEAL
- Ensure the Indicator performance tracking
tool is updated monthly for all projects by the project team and partners.
- Compile and submitting relevant project
reports to the project manager.
- Prepare sector’s operation plans/work
plans & reviews
- Maintain a clear and transparent filing
system.
- Documentation and dissemination of
lessons learned from monitoring data, grant closure reviews, evaluations
and project studies.
- Undertake any other duties and
responsibilities as assigned by the project manager.
Experience and technical competencies:
- Minimum of 4 years of work experience
within the field of monitoring and evaluation;
- Working knowledge in Turkana and Garissa
County or ASAL areas
- Working experience in the field of
Economic Recovery/Self- reliance, Protection, SGBV, Social Work, Child
Protection preferred.
- Experience in working with protection
information management systems.
- Experience in participatory assessments
and community-based monitoring approaches;
- Clear understanding of Core Humanitarian
Standards (CHS);
- Experience with capacity building of
staff, and in convening and facilitating trainings and workshops
- Excellent knowledge of MS Office Word,
Excel Power Point, and other Statistical software
- Excellent analytical and report writing
skills (English)
- Time management and organizational
skills.
- Previous work experience in hardship
areas or emergency setting.
- Female candidates are encouraged to apply
Education:
- A Bachelor’s Degree in
Statistics/Information management Sciences, MEAL or related field
- Fluency in written and spoken English is
essential.
How To Apply