MEAL Officer

Job Description

Title: MEAL Officer

Company Name: Centre for Disability in Development

Vacancy: 01

Age: At most 45 years

Job Location: Bagerhat (Sarankhola)

Salary: Tk. 40000 - 40000 (Monthly)

Experience:

• At least 3 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO

• Master Degree in any discipline preferable in social science/ development studies/ statistics or any other relevant subjects from a reputed institution.

• At least 3 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO

• Age At most 45 years

• At least 03 years' experience for working with MEAL (Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability & Learning) in a Local or National or International NGO;

• Must have sound knowledge on logical framework, monitoring tools, accountability framework and theory of change.

• Have knowledge on data collection techniques, sampling methodology, and MEAL concepts.

• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.

• Strong writing and reporting skills;

• Proven experience working with persons with disabilities, partner organizations and other stakeholders.

• Have time management, analytical ability, communication, presentation and report writing skills;

• Have adaptability, teamwork and relationship building skills ;

• Computer skills, including MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Access) especially excel and quantitative analysis (through SPSS).

*** Job Responsibilities:

• Work for planning and implementation of data collection, data entry, and validation processes for effective project monitoring.

• Regularly update the MEAL (Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning) reports aligned with project goals and donor requirements.

• Assist CDD management to ensure accountability to the most at risk community, concern donor and the Government of Bangladesh.

• Conduct regular field visits to monitor project activities, assess quality, and gather feedback from program participants and stakeholders.

• Exercise MEAL tools of the project and orient project teams on their usage.

• Prepare timely and quality donor reports based on evidence and analysis.

• Ensure effective functioning of the Complaint and Feedback Response Mechanism (CFRM) to support accountability.

• Document lessons learned for internal learning and external reporting.

• Provide technical and need-based support to project teams to improve planning, implementation, accountability and learning.

• Maintain proper documentation and database management for tracking progress and reporting from accountability point of view.

• Monitoring and mentor OPDs and women groups in executing their plans.

• Execute standardized MEAL system, accountability reporting at project level.

• Closely work with different project teams to document practices and draw lessons learnt, design and conduct survey and produce reports .

• Collecting the reports for all the teams’ visits, ensuring the quality and compliance of these reports and ensure incorporation of recommendations in MEAL system jointly with PM.

Safeguarding responsibilities:

• Adhere to CDD's Children and Adults at Risk Safeguarding policy, ensuring the safety and well-being of all project participants.

• Promote a safe and secure environment for all participants and stakeholders of the project.

• Report any safeguarding concerns promptly and follow the designated reporting procedures.

Additional responsibilities:

• Perform any other responsibility/ special duty delegated by project and CDD management.

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*** Job Context:

• The Centre for Disability in Development (CDD) is a not for profit organization established in 1996 to develop a more inclusive society for persons with disabilities. CDD simultaneously builds technical capacities of the development stakeholders and the communities in how to be more inclusive whilst also enabling persons with a disability to participate in society by strengthening their leadership and providing them with essential rehabilitation and other supports.

• CDD is one of the most renowned organizations in the field of disability-inclusive development. CDD’s work in Bangladesh is supported by international and national donor agencies/development partners. CDD offers an inclusive, amicable, and respectable work environment.

• The Ramon Magsaysay Award (Asian version of the Noble prize) has been awarded to its Executive Director in 2010. In 2018, CDD was recognized by the Government of Bangladesh as one of the best organizations working on disability and development issues.

• CDD is accepting application for the position of ‘MEAL Officer’ under a project named ‘Promoting Regional Approaches to Inclusive and Gender Responsive DRR & CCA in South and South East Asia’ is implementing with the support of ASB & BMZ. The duration of the project is till 31st August 2027. The selected candidate will initially be hired for a three-month probationary period. Upon successful completion of this period, his/her employment contract will be renewed on an annual basis.

• T/A,Mobile bill,Weekly 2 holidays

• Prorata basis festival bonus;