MEAL Officer

Job Description

Title: MEAL Officer

Company Name: Breaking the Silence (BTS)

Vacancy: 1

Age: At most 45 years

Job Location: Cox`s Bazar (Teknaf, Ukhia)

Salary: Tk. 52800 (Monthly)

Experience:

• At least 5 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): College, NGO

• Masters in Statistics, Economics, Mass Communication and Journalism, Social Science, or any other relevant subjects or any discipline (Relaxed for experienced candidates)

• At least 5 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): College, NGO

• Age At most 45 years

Age : Age limit Maximum 45 years

Experience Requirements:

• Working Experience: Must have at least 5 years experience in the relevant Field.

• Applicants should have experience in the National NGO.

• Experienced women are encouraged to apply.

• Work experience in Cox’s Bazar regarding child protection system and community development at host community/Rohingya community will give priority in selection process

Additional Requirements

• Fluency in written and spoken English.

• Previous experience conducting field data collection with humanitarian or development organizations is desirable

• Strong organizational skills

• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to effectively communicate with both field teams, local authorities, and local communities

• Flexibility and adaptability are essential, as well as the ability to plan, take initiative and organize work independently.

• Positive attitude and a willingness to learn

• Comfortable working in refugee camp settings and spending majority of time in the field. Comfortable working in a cross-cultural environment

• Must have computer skills in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint.

Breaking the Silence is a non-profit, voluntary organization registered with the Department of Social Services (Registration No. 05037, Date: 17 September 2000) and NGOAB (Registration No. 1642, Date: 20 May 2001). The organization works to establish child rights, prevent child abuse and child sexual abuse, prevent child marriage, accelerate child-friendly good governance, improve the quality of education at the primary and pre-primary level, prevent violence against women, empowering children and women. The organization is going to implement a project named ‘Responsive Emeregency Assistance for Communities in Humanitarian Crisis (REACH) under the Funding support from the United Nations for the Coordination of Humanitarian response (UNOCHA) and Technical Supported by IRC. The project focuses on Through its Child Protection and Protection and Rule of Law (PRoL) program, IRC delivers integrated protection interventions in targeted camps. These include structured curricula such as Psychosocial Support (PSS) and Safe Healing and Learning Spaces (SAFE), community-based child protection programming, adolescent programming, individual protection case management, Individual Protection Assistance (IPA), Cash for Protection, and wider community-based protection activities.. BTS is going to recruit a ‘MEAL Officer’ for the mentioned project and the position’s desk office at Ukhiya in Cox’s Bazar District.

Project Name : Responsive Emeregency Assistance for Communities in Humanitarian Crisis (REACH)

Job Location : Ukhiya and Teknaf Upazila in Cox’s Bazar District

The MEAL Officer oversees the development and maintenance of monitoring and evaluation frameworks, ensuring accurate data collection, analysis, and reporting, while also facilitating learning and accountability mechanisms within Breaking the Silence's programs. S/He will collaborate with program staff, conduct field visits, and provide training to ensure continuous improvement and alignment with organizational objectives

Job Description / Responsibilities:

Technical and system development:

• Developing and maintaining a comprehensive monitoring, evaluation, accountability, and learning (MEAL) framework aligned with child protection program objectives and donor requirements, adhering to best practices in the sector.

• Contributing to the formulation and updating of Breaking the Silence’s MEAL strategy, ensuring it reflects the organization's commitment to child protection.

• Designing and implementing data management systems and tools to facilitate efficient data collection, analysis, and reporting for child protection and Protection Rules of law (PRoL) initiatives.

• Regularly reviewing and adjusting monitoring and evaluation plans to ensure they remain aligned with the evolving goals and objectives of integrated protection programs.

MEAL implementation and management:

• Ensuring accurate, reliable, and timely collection, analysis, and reporting of program data related to child protection and Protection Rules of law (PRoL) activities.

• Establishing a robust system for monitoring and reporting program progress against predefined indicators and targets in the realm of child protection and Protection Rules of law (PRoL).

• Conducting regular field visits to monitor the implementation of child protection and Protection Rules of law (PRoL) programs, identifying areas for improvement, and providing feedback and technical guidance to program staff.

• Facilitating capacity building and awareness sessions on MEAL practices tailored to child protection and Protection Rules of law (PRoL) for program staff.

Learning

• Developing and implementing a learning plan that fosters organizational learning and continuous improvement in child protection and Protection Rules of law (PRoL) interventions.

• Documenting best practices and lessons learned from child protection program implementation, and delivering training sessions on MEAL and learning for project staffs.

Accountability Mechanisms

• Establishing and managing beneficiary feedback and complaints mechanisms specific to child protection programs, ensuring prompt and effective response to feedback and complaints.

• Develop and implement a system for collecting and responding to beneficiary feedback and complaints that are appropriate for the program and context.

• Oversee the proper management of the project Accountability database.

• Train program staff on the use of beneficiary complaints and feedback mechanisms. Analyze feedback and complaints to identify areas for program improvement.

Data management and data protection principles

• Ensure that volunteers respect confidentiality and follow ethical guidelines

• Ensure that files, registers and computer databases are used appropriately and correctly and ensure volunteers adhere to Information Sharing and Data Protection Protocol

• Ensure accurate case files are completed and that case management forms are utilised appropriately

• 6: Others

• Collaborating with support departments to ensure adequate resourcing and support for the child protection MEAL system, including finance, logistics, human resources, transparency, and security.

• Representing Breaking the Silence’s MEAL system in internal and external meetings, workshops, and training sessions related to child protection.

• Performing any other duties related to child protection MEAL as assigned by the immediate supervisor.

• Be able and willing to respond to natural disasters or emergency situations, when needed and any other task assigned by Supervisor and /or Senior Management of BTS.

• Accountability, Safeguarding and PSEA: MEAL Officer will ensure accountability, Child Safeguarding and PSEA, donor compliance issues for the REACH project. MEAL Officer is responsible for ensuring that safeguarding standards are fully integrated and implemented across all project activities, providing oversight, guidance, and accountability to uphold protection and child protection principles.

• Others: Any other duties that may be assigned by the management of organization.

Employment Status: Full-time

Tenure of Services Contract: 3 (Three) Months probation period. After successful completion of the probation period, based on the performance of the staff and recommendation from the supervisor, the post may be continued till the project’s lifetime.

• Gross: Taka 52,800.00 (Fifty Two Thousand Eight Hundred only ) Per Month

• 2 days weekend

• Bonus (One month equivalent salary)

• After confirmation the job, 5% salary deduction from Basic salary for depositing BTS Staff welfare fund.

• Office time, Annual Leave, Increment & other facilities will be applicable as per ‘Recruitment and Human Resource Management Policy’ of Breaking the Silence.