MEAL Officer (Emergency Roster)

Monitoring & Evaluation

Overview

Provide technical support for MEAL activities in emergency settings.

You have:

• A minimum of 3 years of MEAL experience within the humanitarian or NGO field.
• University degree in statistics, economics, social sciences or related discipline.
• Fluent in English.
• Fluent in Somali.
• Demonstrated experience translating log frames and results frameworks into monitoring plans.
• Excellent analytical, presentation, and report writing skills.
• Experience using software applications such as Excel, Access, or statistics software such as SPSS, STATA.
• Previous experience with electronic or mobile data collection.

Contract

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Are you an experienced emergency practitioner looking for a challenging new role? Looking to work with and for affected people in ensuring their rights are respected and protected in crisis situations? Danish Refugee Council, one of the world’s leading humanitarian NGOs, is currently looking for new colleagues to join our Emergency, Protection, Assistance and Coordination Team, a multifunctional team of senior Emergency Response Specialists deployable within 72 hours to support DRC Country Offices respond to emergency situations.

Overall purpose of the role: The Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning Officer will provide technical support to all projects and oversee all MEAL activities, including assisting project teams in defining indicators, developing data collection tools and data collection methodologies, and leading data assessments and project audits in the Mandera Area Office. The Officer will collaborate closely with the Country MEAL Manager and Area Programme teams to ensure compliance with DRC MEAL requirements and best practices.

Responsibilities:

• Ensure full compliance with DRC’s Minimum Monitoring Evaluation, Accountability and Learning Standards in all projects implemented by the Area Office.
• Lead the development of MEAL components of project proposals, including the development of indicators and project-specific MEAL plans. MEAL plans and Detailed Implementation Plans (DIP) will be developed in close collaboration with program teams and will be used to populate DRC’s Performance Monitoring Tracker (PMT), which will be used by the program and MEAL teams to provide monthly updates and analysis of progress against indicators.
• In close collaboration with the Country MEAL Manager and Area Programme Teams, develop sector-specific data collection tools and ensure their proper use by implementing teams. The position will ensure the timeliness and quality of data collection, and ensure all captured data is managed according to protection information management standards and best practices.
• Lead rapid emergency beneficiary verification and post-distribution monitoring, assist programme teams in conducting needs and contextual assessments and analyses.
• In collaboration with the Country MEAL Manager, assume responsibility for the implementation of the DRC Beneficiary Feedback and Response Mechanism, and all associated tools and SOPs, in the Area Office, ensuring that beneficiaries of emergency interventions have access to feedback and complaints channels and that feedback and complaints are logged and resolved in a timely and compliant manner.
• Produce monthly analysis reports with updates on the implementation status of all assigned projects. This will entail flagging areas of concern, developing recommendations for corrective actions to share with the Area Manager, implementing teams and MEAL Manager, and documenting lessons learned.
• In collaboration with the MEAL Manager, facilitate field-level learning events to capture, document and disseminate lessons learned for internal and external purposes.
• Under the guidance of the MEAL Manager, conduct internal project audits with an eye to ensuring means of verification are documented and reflect data reported by the implementing teams.
• Identify and conduct MEAL-related capacity building needs and opportunities for DRC’s program staff in the Area Office assume responsibility for facilitating trainings on Core Humanitarian Standards (CHS), and beneficiary feedback and response mechanisms.
• Provide support in preparing and reviewing reports and verifying consistency between collected data, means of verification, the PMT and donor reports.

Experience and Technical Competencies:

• A minimum of 3 years of MEAL experience within the humanitarian or NGO field.
• Demonstrated experience translating log frames and results frameworks into monitoring plans, developing data collection tools and protocols, leading data collection and management process, designing and managing databases, and analyzing data.
• Proven technical skills in monitoring and evaluation and experience with both qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis.
• Excellent analytical, presentation, and report writing skills.
• Experience using software applications such as Excel, Access, or statistics software such as SPSS, STATA.
• Previous experience with electronic or mobile data collection.

Education:

• University degree in statistics, economics, social sciences or related discipline

Languages;

• English (fluent)
• Somali (fluent)

DRC’s Core competencies: All DRC roles require the post-holder to demonstrate and master the below DRC’s core competencies:

• Striving for excellence: you focus on reaching results while ensuring an efficient process.
• Collaborating: you involve relevant parties and encourage feedback.
• Taking the lead: you take ownership and initiative while aiming for innovation.
• Communicating: You listen and speak effectively and honestly.
• Demonstrating integrity: you Uphold and promote the highest standards of ethical and professional conduct in relation to DRC’s values and Code of Conduct, including safeguarding against sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment.

Conditions: Salary and conditions will be in accordance with the Danish Refugee Council terms of employment for National staff. Availability: October 2022 Duty station: Mandera / Garissa / Turkana Key stakeholders: Internal & External: Beneficiaries, Community leaders, National and International NGOs, Donors, Third Party Monitors, Government Authorities

General Commitments: DRC has a Humanitarian Accountability Framework, outlining its global accountability commitments. All staff are required to contribute to the achievement of this framework (http://www.drc.dk/HAF.4265.0.html)

Application Process: Qualified candidates are invited to submit their applications, which should include a 1-page cover letter clearly stating their motivation, and qualifications and a CV. Applications should include contact details of three professional referees who have supervised the candidate in the last five years. One referee must be the applicant’s most recent manager. Only applications that address the stipulated duties and meet the required qualifications will be considered. We only accept applications sent via our online-application form on www.drc.ngo under Vacancies. Applications should be sent no later than: 1st September 2022.

Gender Equality: DRC is committed to achieving gender parity in staffing at all levels. In light of this, female candidates and those from minority groups are strongly encouraged to apply.

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