Short Term MEAL Officer (6 months)

Job Description

The MEAL officer will work with EH & ERD program teams as well as local partner organizations to ensure the collection of quality M&E data for the IRC program. The MEAL officer will be responsible for supporting the project including the Baseline, midline, and end line data collections, leading 3 post distribution monitoring, analyze data to provide understandings to program teams, contribute to report writing. The MEAL officer will be the member of the project team learning and reflection processes, leading discussion of beneficiary feedbacks.

RESPONSIBILITIES: ---------------------

Leadership and Partnership

- Develop MEAL systems for reporting and validating program using Excel and CommCare applications. - Work closely with program team and local partners, to ensure effective monitoring, evaluation and reporting of program activities and results. - Coordinate reporting with local partners, tracking data frequency, ensuring adherence to monitoring formats and requirement and ensuring also the reporting quality, accuracy and timely submissions. - Develop data quality assessment plan

Technical Oversight

Accountability to beneficiaries

- Sanitize program, partner staff and beneficiaries on client feedback and response management. - Conduct field visits, spot-checks, and follow up of client feedback cases to close the feedback loop. - Participate in the recruitment and onboarding of country MEAL officers, assistants, and (if relevant) external consultants. - Record feedback in feedback registry to prepare a monthly CRM report for program adaptation.

KEY WORKING RELATIONSHIPS: ------------------------------

- Position Reports to Senior MEAL officer & Technical Coordinators for WASH & ERD - Position directly supervises: None.

Qualifications

- A University degree in a relevant field (such as: statistics & data management, social science, public health, development economics, or a related subject area) – a technical degree together with additional relevant work experience may substitute for education. - A Minimum 3 years of working experience in Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning-related functions. - Technical skills in setting up quality MEAL processes and data analysis that leads to learning and action. - Proficiency and experience with mobile data collection such as Kobo, CommCare, ODK Collect is vital as well as proficiency with Microsoft Excel, SPSS, STATA or other similar software. Knowledge of Tableau, PowerBI, or GIS software tools are additional assets. - Demonstrated analytical, systematic-thinking, and problem-solving skills. - Self-motivated with good organization, planning skills, including prioritizing work and multi-tasking. - A strong understanding of accountability and proven ability to build Client Feedback Systems. - Willingness to travel to various remote field-locations. - Proven English Language proficiency.

Standard of Professional Conduct

The IRC and IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in IRC Way - Standards for Professional Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, and Accountability. In accordance with these values, the IRC operates and enforces policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Anti Workplace Harassment, Fiscal Integrity, and Anti-Retaliation.

Gender Equality & Equal Opportunity

Gender Equality: IRC is committed to narrowing the gender gap in leadership positions. We offer benefits that provide an enabling environment for women to participate in our workforce

including parental leave, gender-sensitive security protocols and other supportive benefits and allowances.

Diversity and Inclusion

at IRC, we are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. Organizations that are diverse in age, gender identity, race, physical or mental ability, nationality, and perspective are validated to be better organizations. More importantly, creating a safe workspace environment where everyone, from any background, can do their best is the right thing to do. So, bring your whole self to work.

IRC is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive, respectful, and safe work environment where all persons are treated fairly, with dignity and respect. In keeping with our core values of Integrity, Service, Accountability and Equality, IRC strives to maintain a work environment built on mutual respect in which all individuals treat each other professionally, and free of bias, prejudice, and harassment. IRC expressly prohibits and will not tolerate discrimination, harassment, retaliation, or bullying of IRC Persons in any work setting. All IRC staff, wherever they are located, are accountable for creating an environment free of discrimination, harassment, bullying, and retaliation.