MEAL Manager
Job Description
Title: MEAL Manager
Company Name: Relief International
Vacancy: Not specific
Job Location: Anywhere in Bangladesh
Employment Status: Contractual
Educational Requirements:
∎ Master’s degree in an area of social science, humanities or equivalent.
Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 8 year(s)
Job Context:
∎ Position Summary:
∎ The MEAL Manager will work to ensure that RI is adhering to quality and accountability, both from donor requirements and, importantly, resulting in immediate and long-term changes in the lives of the communities that RI serves. The MEAL Manager will bring considerable experience and new ideasto lead on MEAL system implementation, review and evaluations, MEAL budgeting, recruitment, and proposal writing and log frame building. The MEAL Manager will work in close collaboration with Regional and Global MEAL teams to ensure quality implementation of organizational initiatives.
∎ The Manager will ensure that all RI and Partner projects are supported by measuring the quality, efficacy, and appropriateness of their programs. It will be critical for the Manager to document and disseminate lessons learnt in order to improve current and future programs. To ensure the quality of interventions, this position will support RI and Partner teams in maintaining an effective monitoring system across all sectors, including the utilization of community feedback data.
∎ A central focus of this position will be on building and supporting MEAL capacity among all staff and partners. This will include, notably, accountability towards and participation of affected communities that RI serves. The Manager will also guide an evidence-based agenda that will inform program direction through assessments, regular meetings with program staff, and mid/end line evaluations.
Additional Requirements:
∎ Recommended a minimum of eight years management and/or MEAL experience in a both emergency and development contexts, preferably with solid experience in more than one of the RI’s current priority sectors in Bangladesh: protection, health and nutrition, social cohesion and emergencies.
∎ Knowledge of the major evaluation methodologies (e.g. qualitative, quantitative, mixed-method, and impact) and data collection and analysis methodologies a plus
∎ Experience in planning and managing surveys.
∎ Experience in developing and refining data collection tools.
∎ Experience with data quality assessments and oversight.
∎ Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills including influencing, negotiation and coaching
∎ Highly developed cultural awareness and ability to work well in an international environment with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures
∎ Strong results orientation, with the ability to challenge existing mindsets
∎ Experience of solving complex issues through analysis, definition of a clear way forward and ensuring buy in
∎ Fluency in English, both verbal and written, preferred.
∎ Ability to present complex information in a succinct and compelling manner
∎ Ability and willingness to dramatically change work practices and hours, and work with incoming surge teams, in the event of emergencies
∎ Previous deployments in complex conflict situations
∎ Previous experience in Cox’s Bazar
∎ Remote management/contingency planning
∎ Commitment to RI values.
Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.
Application Deadline: 4 Aug 2022
Company Information:
∎ 26 Jul 2022
∎ Relief International
∎ Business : Relief International, headquartered in USA, is a leading international non-government organization working in 16 countries to relieve poverty, ensure well-being and advance dignity. We specialize in fragile settings, responding to natural disasters, humanitarian crises and chronic poverty.
Relief International (RI) has been working in Bangladesh since 2004, implementing programs covering emergency response, health, economic opportunity, trafficking in persons, gender equality and youth empowerment. RI has been present in Cox’s Bazar since 2014 where it was implementing a trafficking in persons project in Ukhiya and Teknaf supporting old caseload refugees as well as host communities prior to the large-scale influx. Since 2017, RI has scaled up its operations in Cox’s Bazar to support the emergency response by providing integrated, multi-sectoral programming for refugee and host communities, covering health services, including a 132 bed COVID-19 Isolation and Treatment Center in Ukhiya, child protection, SGBV, complimentary food and livelihoods opportunities to support social cohesion. Relief International is currently implementing a large scale refugee response program in Cox`s Bazar in Bangladesh in collaboration with multiple partners including UNHCR, WFP, USAID.RI maintains a country office in Dhaka with multiple field offices in Cox`s Bazar.
Relief International combines humanitarian and development approaches to provide immediate services while laying the groundwork for long-term impact. Our signature approach which we call the RI Way emphasizes local participation, an integration of services, strategic partnerships, and a focus on civic skills. In this way, we empower communities to find, design and implement the solutions that work best for them.
Category: NGO/Development
: Interested candidates are requested to apply through online.Qualified female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply. Applications will be reviewed as they are submitted, so candidates are encouraged to apply early.RI Bangladesh has a non-negotiable policy of ZERO TOLERANCE towards Safeguarding. All employees are expected to abide by the Code of Conduct, Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA) , Child Protection Policy and Human Trafficking Policy of Relief International.
