Job Description

Title: MEAL Officer - Health

Company Name: Friendship

Vacancy: --

Location: Anywhere in Bangladesh

Minimum Salary: Negotiable

Published: 10 Nov 2024

Responsibilities & Context:
∎ Provide assistance to design the methodologies and tools to ensure the availability of clear and accurate information at the program/project level.
∎ Play an important role in data management and quality by designing a MEAL system that adheres to standard MEAL Guidelines, the MEAL Minimum Standards for Quality, and the guiding MEAL policies and procedures.
∎ Provide technical support to the program and build capacity in the health program through strengthening learning and knowledge sharing across the wider humanitarian community.
∎ Support in project development including preparation and management of the MEAL budget, staffing plan and project design.
∎ Oversee the data entry system from the health facilities and other centers in the field and timely reporting of data and statistics to different stakeholders.
∎ Lead the regular Report process and work closely with program technical leads to aggregate project data.
∎ Provide support in the planning for project data quality audits and monitor and coordinate routine data quality audits conducted in different sites, compile results at the level of a project and develop action plans to implement corrective measures.
∎ Provide support and coordinate data gathering and data management of population-based surveys and surveillance activities.
∎ Write full narrative reports (needs assessments, internal reviews, progress reports) and executive summaries.
∎ Support in Community-Based Feedback and Response Mechanism (CBFRM) and other participative forms of community engagement and feedback collectionCommunicate with Facility In-charges of all health facilities and data entry-related staff to ensure quality data entry from field level.
∎ Support to program and MEAL team with developing the results framework, theory of change, logframe Program Monitoring Tool (PMT), and MEAL plan including indicators for existing and new projects.
∎ Assist the team to ensure accountability to affected populations (AAP) data is collected routinely throughout the project cycle, enabling evidence-based programming and corrective action.
∎ Support to implement DHIS2 where appropriate and applicable, control and manage DHIS2 and data entry requirements.
∎ Conduct regular site visits or when required to monitor service provision and ensure data quality.
∎ Support MEAL and the project/program team on conducting statistical analysis including descriptive (univariate and bivariate data analysis) and inferential analysis using statistical software.
∎ Organize internal reviews and lessons learned workshops and present practical recommendations.
∎ Ensure after-action reviews and lessons learned exercises, including data collected through.
∎ BSC or MSC or any other relevant discipline from any recognized University with minimum second class in all exams/CGPA.
∎ Minimum experience of 2 years with NGOs, UN agencies or international development organizations, and out of 3 years experience in the Health project or Programme as MEAL or related position.
∎ Knowledge on current national and global development trends related to Data management, analysis etc.
∎ Responsible for:
∎ Provide assistance to design the methodologies and tools to ensure the availability of clear and accurate information at the program/project level.
∎ Play an important role in data management and quality by designing a MEAL system that adheres to standard MEAL Guidelines, the MEAL Minimum Standards for Quality, and the guiding MEAL policies and procedures.
∎ Provide technical support to the program and build capacity in the health program through strengthening learning and knowledge sharing across the wider humanitarian community.
∎ Support in project development including preparation and management of the MEAL budget, staffing plan and project design.
∎ Activities:
∎ Oversee the data entry system from the health facilities and other centers in the field and timely reporting of data and statistics to different stakeholders.
∎ Lead the regular Report process and work closely with program technical leads to aggregate project data.
∎ Provide support in the planning for project data quality audits and monitor and coordinate routine data quality audits conducted in different sites, compile results at the level of a project and develop action plans to implement corrective measures.
∎ Provide support and coordinate data gathering and data management of population-based surveys and surveillance activities.
∎ Write full narrative reports (needs assessments, internal reviews, progress reports) and executive summaries.
∎ Support in Community-Based Feedback and Response Mechanism (CBFRM) and other participative forms of community engagement and feedback collectionCommunicate with Facility In-charges of all health facilities and data entry-related staff to ensure quality data entry from field level.
∎ Support to program and MEAL team with developing the results framework, theory of change, logframe Program Monitoring Tool (PMT), and MEAL plan including indicators for existing and new projects.
∎ Assist the team to ensure accountability to affected populations (AAP) data is collected routinely throughout the project cycle, enabling evidence-based programming and corrective action.
∎ Support to implement DHIS2 where appropriate and applicable, control and manage DHIS2 and data entry requirements.
∎ Conduct regular site visits or when required to monitor service provision and ensure data quality.
∎ Support MEAL and the project/program team on conducting statistical analysis including descriptive (univariate and bivariate data analysis) and inferential analysis using statistical software.
∎ Organize internal reviews and lessons learned workshops and present practical recommendations.
∎ Ensure after-action reviews and lessons learned exercises, including data collected through.
∎ Skill and Competencies:
∎ Educational Requirements:
∎ BSC or MSC or any other relevant discipline from any recognized University with minimum second class in all exams/CGPA.
∎ Experience Requirements:
∎ Minimum experience of 2 years with NGOs, UN agencies or international development organizations, and out of 3 years experience in the Health project or Programme as MEAL or related position.
∎ Additional Requirements:
∎ Knowledge on current national and global development trends related to Data management, analysis etc.
∎ Read Before Apply
∎ “FRIENDSHIP is committed to safeguarding children, young people, and adults, and employees, Donors, visiting Doctors, visiting Journalists, visitors, beneficiaries including communities where we work and volunteers/interns. We believe every stakeholder and every member of the communities we work with, has the right to be protected from all forms of harm, abuse, neglect, harassment, and exploitation - regardless of age, race, religion, and gender, status as an individual with a disability or ethnic origin. Therefore, our recruitment policy and procedure fully include background checks and disclosure of criminal records in order to ensure safeguarding.  FRIENDSHIP is an equal opportunity employer and will do everything possible to ensure that those who are suitable to work within our values and beliefs are recruited to work for us. Any personal persuasion will result in a disqualification of candidature”.
∎ Photograph must be enclosed with the resume.

Employment Status: Contractual

Job Location: Anywhere in Bangladesh

Company Information:
∎ Friendship
∎ K-14/2A, Baridhara North Road (Kalachadpur), Dhaka - 1212, Bangladesh
∎ https://friendship.ngo/

Address::
∎ K-14/2A, Baridhara North Road (Kalachadpur), Dhaka - 1212, Bangladesh
∎ https://friendship.ngo/

Read Before Apply: Please apply only who are fulfilling all the requirements of this job

Application Deadline: 16 Nov 2024

Category: NGO/Development