MEAL Coordinator - for Ukrainian nationals only

Monitoring & Evaluation

JOB TITLE: Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) Coordinator TEAM/PROGRAMME: Operations LOCATION: Chernivtsi GRADE: 3 B Type of Contract: till 31 December 2024

CHILD SAFEGUARDING: 3

The role holder will have contact with children and/or young people either frequently (e.g. once a week or more) or intensively (e.g. four days in one month or more or overnight) because they work in country programs; or are visiting country programs; or because they are responsible for implementing the police checking/vetting process staff.

SCOPE OF ROLE:

Reports to: Head of Program Operations

Staff reporting to this post: 3

Budget Responsibilities: ensure MEAL activities in the project are adequately executed according to MEAL and Workplan

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:

MEAL System

• Undertake responsibility for the roll-out of the MEAL system for West Area projects;
• Ensure that project MEAL staff and other project staff understand the various steps and tools for the MEAL system and that this is used consistently across projects / areas;
• Support West Area MEAL teams to conduct quality monitoring against international standards through participatory methodologies (including child-friendly methodologies);
• Provide technical support and participate as required in all other aspects of ME&A at project level, for example surveys, assessments, baselines, evaluations, joint projects reviews / lessons learning workshops/events.

Technical MEAL Support and Capacity Building

• Provide management/leadership and technical support to SC and partner organizations MEAL staff in specified projects to ensure that the MEAL system is operational;
• Contribute at the project level towards the creation of an organisational culture that promotes MEAL and understands its link to quality and accountable programming;
• Assist the SC and partner organizations MEAL staff at field level to form a solid MEAL team identity within the project and area office and create cohesion between team members working in different sites;
• Provide trainings and capacity building for SC and partner organizations project staff as required on MEAL;
• With support from the Accountability, ensure all areas are progressing against the Core Humanitarian Standard (CHS) on accountability including through mainstreaming information sharing in all projects and piloting complaints response mechanisms.

Project level MEAL Support

• Ensure that regular monitoring and accountability (i.e. CRM database) reports are received and communicated effectively to Thematic and Program Managers.
• As required by the Head of MEAL and field level MEAL teams support on the design and roll-out of standardised monitoring tools and methodologies. Provide technical assistance and capacity building for staff in how to use and maximize use of tools and methodologies.
• Ensure that periodic project level reports include accurate key data summaries and brief narrative descriptors of previous period’s achievements/challenges and future period’s planned activities in relevant areas;
• As requested by the Area Management team provide input on programme design, if required;
• Be an integral part of the National MEAL team and create strong relationships with them ensuring the MEAL standarts and approaches are applied and disseminated to relevant field team;
• Lead the process of undertaking data quality assurance in project sites.

• Any other tasks required by Head of MEAL and Area Management team.

  SKILLS AND BEHAVIOURS (SCI Values in Practice)

Accountability:

• Holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values
• Holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities - giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved

Ambition:

• Sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves (and their team), takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages others to do the same
• Widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
• Future orientated, thinks strategically

Collaboration:

• Builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, members and external partners and supporters
• Values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength
• Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to

Creativity:

• Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
• Willing to take disciplined risks

Integrity:

• Honest, encourages openness and transparency

  • QUALIFICATIONS
• BSc/ MSc degree in an area of social development or equivalent.
• Working knowledge of English language, required
• Fluency in Ukrainian and/or Russian, both verbal and written, required

• Commitment to Save the Children values

  EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

Essential (all mandatory):

• Recommended a minimum of 1-2 years management and/or MEAL experience in a both emergency and development contexts, preferably with solid experience in more than one of the Save the Children priority sectors: education, protection, rights governance, food security and livelihoods, health and nutrition, and emergencies. Experience in setting up a MEAL system in CVA programming a plus.
• Professional proficiency in MS Office suite
• Experience managing people;
• Proven experience coordinating quantitative surveys and qualitative studies, including calculating sample sizes, selecting a sampling methodology, developing data collection tools and training enumerators
• Proven experience coordinating quantitative and qualitative data analysis and interpreting results, and experience using statistical software
• Experience using KoBo Toolbox, ODK or other mobile data collection software
• Experience coordinating the operationalization of child-friendly and inclusive Accountability to Children and Communities (ACC) systems, including feedback and reporting systems

• Willingness and ability to travel to emergency contexts.

  Additional job responsibilities

The duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the role holder may be required to carry out additional duties within reasonableness of their level of skills and experience

Equal Opportunities

The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI Diversity, Equity and Inclusion policy

Child Safeguarding:

We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse

Safeguarding our Staff:

The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI Anti-Harassment policy

Health and Safety

The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with SCI Safety & Security policy and procedures

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