MEAL Officer

Job Description

Title: MEAL Officer

Company Name: Friends in Village Development Bangladesh (FIVDB)

Vacancy: 01

Job Location: Cox's Bazar (Teknaf)

Employment Status: Full-time

Educational Requirements:
∎ Master of Social Science (MSS) in English Literature, Development Studies, Mass Communication, Public Health, Disaster Management or any other relevant discipline

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 3 year(s)
∎ The applicants should have experience in the following area(s): at least 2 years of experience in similar position., Clear understanding in baseline survey

Job Context:
∎ Friends in Village Development Bangladesh (FIVDB) is going to implement the Improved relations between Rohingya Refugees and Host Communities by joint protection of the shared environment with Rohingya and Host communities under its Humanitarian Preparedness and Response Program, Cox`s Bazar funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), coordinated by Welthungerhilfe (WHH).
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∎ The project aims to work with Forcibly Displaced Myanmar Nationals (FDMNs) and Host Communities in Camps 23, 24 and 27, as well as Nhilla and Baharchara Unions of Teknaf Upazila through increased social cohesion and safety. The project will set up a community-based protection mechanism for increased awareness of protection problems and improved access to protection services. Furthermore, the project will support FDMNs and Host Community members in assessing the risk in their immediate surroundings and in developing mitigation strategies. The project team will have to work in a very sensitive context in which the project should not lead to further conflicts between the different groups and in which the "Do-No-Harm" principle is essential. Moreover, the team will have to work closely with responsible duty bearers in the area to make sure that the structures created within the project are agreed upon by all actors and thus, can have a lasting impact.
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∎ The duration of the project is 36 Months and the job is contractual for the project period with a 3 months` period of probation.. The position will be recruited for implementing the project based at the Project Office in Hnila/Baharchara, Teknaf, with substantial field activities at different camps and host community at Teknaf.

Job Responsibilities:
∎ The incumbent is responsible for the delivery and management of technical expertise, ensuring high quality and timely inputs, and for ensuring 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. S/he will also closely work with operations unit at Cox's Bazar, different cluster including the protection working group, UN agencies, relevant government officials, private sector, non-government and civil society organizations.
∎ The Monitoring Evaluation, Accountability and Learning Officer is responsible for the program in Cox's Bazar, for supporting 1. The development and harmonization of effective monitoring and documentation tools and systems, 2. The treatment, analysis and reporting of data related to implemented projects, 3. Develop survey tools and methodologies, 4. Look after the work of the founded Community based Monitoring-Committees. The MEAL Officer 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, ensuring that programs have specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and time bound indicators
∎ Contribute to ensure quality and accountability (donors and beneficiaries related accountability)
∎ Support program coordinators, project managers and finance officer with date analysis and the production of high quality, evidence-based, donor compliant reports (monthly, quarterly, annual and final) and documentation in a timely manner to accurately reflect field level conditions and programming progress
∎ 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
∎ Train, assist and/or participate in rapid or baseline assessments to inform program design scope of work for evaluation teams.
∎ Work with program coordination and contribute to support and train to apply lessons learnt, case studies and follow up on progress through monitoring and provide on-going support
∎ Carry out daily monitoring visits, focus group discussions, participatory assessments, key informant interviews, information collection and management plans and standards, ensuring appropriate treatment of sensitive information
∎ Assess individual protection issues captured or identified during daily activities and make appropriate referrals for services to humanitarian or other actors as per the referral pathway or best practices
∎ Set up a functioning Complaints and Response Mechanism
∎ Ensure proper documentation and secure storage of any protection data collected (hard and soft copies)
∎ Complete daily reporting on findings

Additional Requirements:
∎ Age 25 to 50 years
∎ Both males and females are allowed to apply
∎ Dynamic individual with a demonstrated ability to achieve results in a demanding and difficult environment
∎ Practical, quick, reasoning skills; must be able to communicate with all parties of the project
∎ Demonstrated ability for people management
∎ A team player; committed to motivating and leading staff
∎ Clear understanding of the working of major donors and their perspective, requirements and standard
∎ Able to work and manage in a hardship post and willingness to frequently travel in and out of field
∎ Excellent command on writing in both English and Bangla language
∎ Prior experience of working in greater Chittagong Division and knowledge.
∎ Understanding of local culture.
∎ Good behavior with the coworkers
∎ Should not be involved in any illegal behavior, such as theft, illegal drug use, intoxication, or violence, are grounds for immediate termination.

Salary:
∎ Tk. 53590 (Monthly)
∎ Deduction of Tax at source

Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Weekly 2 holidays, Insurance
∎ Festival Bonus: 1
∎ Staff Welfare Fund (Payment made after project closing/ Leave from FIVDB)

Application Deadline: 15 Dec 2020

Company Information:
∎ 6 Dec 2020
∎ Friends in Village Development Bangladesh (FIVDB)
∎ Address : FIVDB, Khadimnagar, Sylhet-3103
∎ Web : www.fivdb.net
∎ Business : 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.

Category: NGO/Development