Job Description

Title: MEAL Expert

Company Name: Friends in Village Development Bangladesh (FIVDB)

Vacancy: 01

Age: at least 25 years

Location: Sylhet (Goainghat, Zakiganj)

Maximum Salary: Tk. 60000 (Monthly)

Experience:
∎ At least 3 years

Published: 20 Oct 2024

Education:
∎ Master of Science (MSc) in Statistics, Master of Social Science (MSS)

Requirements:

Additional Requirements:
∎ Age at least 25 years
∎ Minimum of 3 years of relevant experience in Monitoring & Eavluation field, preferably in Bangladesh or South Asia.
∎ Proven experience in implementing agro-ecological practices and working with rural communities.
∎ Extensive experience working directly with smallholder farmers and rural communities, particularly in Bangladesh or similar contexts.Strong understanding of ecological principles and their application in agriculture.Excellent training and capacity-building skills.Experience in research, monitoring, and evaluation of agricultural projects.Strong communication and report-writing skills.Ability to work collaboratively with diverse stakeholders.Experiences in value chain promotion.Practical experiences on village development planning process and execution.Good oral and written communication skills and substantial experience in monitoring, evaluation and reportingExperiences in capturing learnings, innovations and best practices including writing case stories and disseminationSkill in Computer software as MS-Office, MS Excel and MS Power Point.Practical knowledge and experiences on IEC/BCC materials development.Ability to drive motorcycle with having valid driving license.Ability to generate new ideas/innovation and ways of working to continuously improve existing work processes, practices, and concepts.Ability to work in a team and with good networking and interpersonal skills.
∎ Works with trustworthiness and integrity and has a clear commitment to FIVDB's core values and humanitarian principles.
∎ Has basic awareness and sensitivity to gender and diversity.
∎ Minimum of 3 years of relevant experience in Monitoring & Eavluation field, preferably in Bangladesh or South Asia.
∎ Proven experience in implementing agro-ecological practices and working with rural communities.
∎ Extensive experience working directly with smallholder farmers and rural communities, particularly in Bangladesh or similar contexts.
∎ Strong understanding of ecological principles and their application in agriculture.
∎ Excellent training and capacity-building skills.
∎ Experience in research, monitoring, and evaluation of agricultural projects.
∎ Strong communication and report-writing skills.
∎ Ability to work collaboratively with diverse stakeholders.
∎ Experiences in value chain promotion.
∎ Practical experiences on village development planning process and execution.
∎ Good oral and written communication skills and substantial experience in monitoring, evaluation and reporting
∎ Experiences in capturing learnings, innovations and best practices including writing case stories and dissemination
∎ Skill in Computer software as MS-Office, MS Excel and MS Power Point.
∎ Practical knowledge and experiences on IEC/BCC materials development.
∎ Ability to drive motorcycle with having valid driving license.
∎ Ability to generate new ideas/innovation and ways of working to continuously improve existing work processes, practices, and concepts.
∎ Ability to work in a team and with good networking and interpersonal skills.
∎ Works with trustworthiness and integrity and has a clear commitment to FIVDB's core values and humanitarian principles.
∎ Has basic awareness and sensitivity to gender and diversity.

Responsibilities & Context:
∎ The incumbent is responsible for the delivery and management of technical expertise, ensuring high quality and timely inputs, and for ensuring the standard of project activities and its strategic vision for attaining project objectives and goals result in the achievement of its intended outputs in a cost-effective and timely manner.
∎ S/he will be responsible for leading the activities of MEAL through planning, implementing, and managing the delivery of policies, reports, knowledge of services, and other results approved in the project document or periodical/annual work plans.
∎ The MEAL Expert will be involved in and provide support to capacity-building and training activities on monitoring, evaluation, documentation, and lesson-learning topics.
∎ Ensure quality monitoring and documentation at the program level and build a nationwide system that captures and presents results
∎ Contribute to the review and development of global and sartorial monitoring and evaluation plans and strategies, ensuring crosscutting issues are well integrated
∎ Design tools and SOP aimed at monitoring project activities implementation against work-plan and logical framework
∎ Support project coordinator with data analysis and the production of high-quality, evidence-based, donor-compliant reports
∎ Ensure data quality and integrity by periodically conducting field visits and spot-checks
∎ Provide training and assistance to develop staff skills in participatory and qualitative design, monitoring approaches, to implement realistic monitoring plans that capture quantitative and qualitative data for comparison against a project's targets
∎ Work with program coordination and contribute to the support and training to apply lessons learned, case studies and follow up on progress through monitoring and providing on-going support
∎ Carry out daily monitoring visits, focus group discussions, participatory assessments, key informant interviews,
∎ Assess individual protection issues captured or identified during daily activities and make appropriate referrals or best practices
∎ Ensure proper documentation and secure storage of any protection data collected (hard and soft copies) Complete daily reporting on findings
∎ Friends in Village Development Bangladesh (FIVDB) is going to implement the “The Green Evolution: Pathways to Transforming Food Systems in India, Bangladesh and Nepal” project funded by the Welthungerhilfe (WHH).
∎ In recent decades, there has been a global collapse of food systems, especially local food systems, caused by neoliberalism, industrialization, "super-marketing" and commercialization combined with ecological collapse. Women, as well as smallholder and marginal farmers, are particularly hard hit by worsening inequalities, job insecurity and social unrest. It is clear from the following facts that existing food systems do not meet people's needs and need to be redesigned, taking full account of socio-cultural interactions, issues of justice and, in particular, the needs of the poorest, who spend most of their income on food. The international community accepted this overarching goal and made efforts to work towards food security . Recently, the United Nations convened the Food Systems Summit to "raise awareness in the world that we all need to work together to change the way the world produces, consumes, and thinks about food." The proposed project aims to develop a transition pathway to sustainable food systems aligned with the SDGs in three selected South Asian countries that rank low globally in the relevant indices calculated for 2022.
∎ A fundamental transformation of food systems is needed to meet the evolv-ing and future needs of consumers and producers and the vital resources available. Food systems encompass the various activities, people, and places involved in the production, processing, distribution, preparation, and consumption of food, as well as the outcomes of these interactions in the fields of food and nutrition, socio-economics, and the environment. Sustainable and resilient food systems provide food security for all, without jeopardising the economic, social and environmental foundations for food security for future generations, and can adapt and transform in the face of shocks and pressures.
∎ Therefore, project main aims to:
∎ Level/Step 1: Increasing the efficiency of industrial and conventional processes to reduce the use and consumption of expensive, scarce or polluting inputs.
∎ Level/Step 2: Replacement of industrial/conventional equipment and processes with alternative processes.
∎ Level/Step 3. Transforming the agroecosystem so that it functions on the basis of a new set of ecological processes. At this level, fundamental changes to the overall design of the system eliminate the root causes of many of the problems that persist at levels 1 and 2.
∎ Level/Step 4. Restoring a more direct link between food producers and consumers.
∎ The project will identify the gaps and develop farm and landscape models based on agroecology principles. The lessons learned will be transferred to larger areas and levels through training and capacity building. Finally, the knowledge developed is brought to bear in the representation of interests at national, regional and international level.
∎ As an implementing partner FIVDB will implement in Zakiganj and Gowainghat Upazila under Sylhet district. The duration of the project is up to May, 2028, and the job is contractual for the project period. The position will be recruited for implementing market and value chain related activities at the Project locations with substantial field activities.
∎ MEAL Expert will be recruited for implementing the project based at Zakiganj and Gowainghat Upazila under Sylhet district. The job may be regularized after the completion of 3 months of services under FIVDB.
∎ The incumbent is responsible for the delivery and management of technical expertise, ensuring high quality and timely inputs, and for ensuring the standard of project activities and its strategic vision for attaining project objectives and goals result in the achievement of its intended outputs in a cost-effective and timely manner.
∎ S/he will be responsible for leading the activities of MEAL through planning, implementing, and managing the delivery of policies, reports, knowledge of services, and other results approved in the project document or periodical/annual work plans.
∎ The MEAL Expert will be involved in and provide support to capacity-building and training activities on monitoring, evaluation, documentation, and lesson-learning topics.
∎ Duties and areas of responsibility
∎ Ensure quality monitoring and documentation at the program level and build a nationwide system that captures and presents results
∎ Contribute to the review and development of global and sartorial monitoring and evaluation plans and strategies, ensuring crosscutting issues are well integrated
∎ Design tools and SOP aimed at monitoring project activities implementation against work-plan and logical framework
∎ Support project coordinator with data analysis and the production of high-quality, evidence-based, donor-compliant reports
∎ Ensure data quality and integrity by periodically conducting field visits and spot-checks
∎ Provide training and assistance to develop staff skills in participatory and qualitative design, monitoring approaches, to implement realistic monitoring plans that capture quantitative and qualitative data for comparison against a project's targets
∎ Work with program coordination and contribute to the support and training to apply lessons learned, case studies and follow up on progress through monitoring and providing on-going support
∎ Carry out daily monitoring visits, focus group discussions, participatory assessments, key informant interviews,
∎ Assess individual protection issues captured or identified during daily activities and make appropriate referrals or best practices
∎ Ensure proper documentation and secure storage of any protection data collected (hard and soft copies) Complete daily reporting on findings

Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Mobile bill, Weekly 2 holidays
∎ Festival Bonus: 2
∎

Workplace:
∎ Work at office

Employment Status: Full Time

Job Location: Sylhet (Goainghat, Zakiganj)

Read Before Apply: FIVDB is an equal-opportunity organization Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for an interview. FIVDB affirms the 'ZERO' tolerance approach against sexual exploitation and abuse. And is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behavior at work including sexual harassment, lack of integrity, and financial misconduct, and expects staff to promote the welfare of children and adults at all times. FIVDB expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment through our Code of Conduct. We place a high priority on ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate this commitment are recruited to work with us. Join us on our Facebook page for more updates: www.facebook.com/fivdbngo

Company Information:
∎ Friends in Village Development Bangladesh (FIVDB)
∎ Khadimnagar, Sylhet-3103
∎ FIVDB is a development organization, established in 1979. Its major operation cover 7 major districts and concentrates round in the north-east of Bangladesh. It mission is to give disadvantage women, men and children greater voice, reduce their vulnerability, increase use of citizenship rights and help them enhance their quality of life.

Address::
∎ Khadimnagar, Sylhet-3103
∎ FIVDB is a development organization, established in 1979. Its major operation cover 7 major districts and concentrates round in the north-east of Bangladesh. It mission is to give disadvantage women, men and children greater voice, reduce their vulnerability, increase use of citizenship rights and help them enhance their quality of life.

Application Deadline: 24 Oct 2024

Category: NGO/Development