Job Description

Title: MEAL Officer

Company Name: Society for Health Extension and Development (SHED)

Vacancy: 01

Job Location: Cox's Bazar (Ukhia)

Employment Status: Full-time, Contractual

Educational Requirements:
∎ Bachelor / Masters in statistic / MIS / social science/ Development studies/ and other related subject.

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 3 year(s)

Job Context:
∎ Society for Health Extension and Development (SHED), a national NGO working in Cox`s Bazar distrcit is implementing the multi-sectoral PRM funded "Comprehensive, Integrated Multi-Sector Response for Rohingya Refugees and Host Communities in Cox`s Bazar" Project in Rohingya Refugee Camps and the host community in Cox`s Bazar from August 2023 to July 2026, in consortium with CWW, IRC and BBC Media Action (SuBaSh Consortium).SHED is looking for the qualified candidates for the following position.
∎ Job Title: MEAL Officer
∎ No. of Positions 01
∎ Exact Job Location: Ukhiya, Cox`s Bazar
∎ Reportable to: Project Manager
∎ Contract details: Up to 31 August 2024
∎ Job purpose: The MEAL Officer will ensure the establishment and implementation of an effective and efficient system to monitor progress, impacts and successes of project activities and performance at all levels.
∎ Under the direction of the Project Manager, the MEAL Officer will work with the Programmes, Monitoring/Evaluation and Operations teams, as well as other relevant internal and external stakeholders, to ensure high standards of accountability to our beneficiaries in line with international humanitarian standards.
∎ Liaises with: The MEAL Officer will work closely with the Project Manager, project team, and Field staffs and externally with Concern`s Programme and MEAL team

Job Responsibilities:
∎ Main duties & responsibilities:
∎ Project Design:
∎ Support Project Manager on finalization of the design and lead the implementation of the project MEAL plan and Indicator Performance Tracking Table (IPTT).
∎ Track progress and provide updates on the progress of indicators by partner agencies on their respective outcomes.
∎ Assist to design and development of MEAL strategy and plan
∎ Support partner colleagues to ensure that monitoring data and related recommendations are used for decision-making to improve programme quality and address under-/over-achievement.
∎ Promote a Consortium culture that values the importance of MEAL for improving programme quality.
∎ Manage the Programme Toolkit (including log frames, M&E plans, activity, output, and outcome tracking).
∎ Identify and manage effective and efficient information sharing mechanisms that are useful and supportive for programme staff.
∎ Conduct or commission operations research or studies, ensuring methodological rigour and produce research publications and the visibility of research findings.
∎ Assist Project Manager monthly, quarterly and donor reporting.
∎ Any assignment by the supervisor have to perform as a priority basis.
∎ MEAL system Monitoring and quality control:
∎ Support Project Manager for the evaluation of the project especially baseline, midline and end line evaluations.
∎ Contribute to the design and delivery of internal assessments and reviews, as required
∎ Ensure quality and efficiency of Annual outcome monitoring survey design, tool development, data collection, data analysis and reporting.
∎ Develop detailed M&E activity plans with team members and liaising with Programme staff to ensure that all roles and responsibilities are agreed, understood, managed, and implemented to plan.
∎ Lead situational assessment and information collection for development of the detailed implementation plan.
∎ Support development of Theory of the change and log frame of the programme.
∎ Analysis of monitoring data and present report to programme management for decision making and reporting to donor.
∎ Ensure that programme base line, mid line and end line studies are conducted with sound methodology at project and contextual level, peer reviewed, documented and disseminated as per requirement.
∎ Prepare M&E report regularly that captures outputs, outcomes and process of the project and recommend the points that need revision, attention or more examination
∎ Disseminate report finding during monthly, quarterly meeting at project level.
∎ Undertaking regular field visits to monitor project progress throughout project areas.
∎ Evaluation and proficient using of tools:
∎ Work with MEAL team to establish processes for linking analysis of community feedback and monitoring data.
∎ Analyse M&E data and summarizing it into accessible, understandable, useful information for programme teams to use for decision-making and applying adaptive and results-based project and programme management.
∎ Identifying tracking trends and recommending improvements for program activities where appropriate.
∎ Collect and process information and perform data quality and consistency control.
∎ Produce summary statistics.
∎ Prepare MEAL report regularly that captures outputs, outcomes and process of the project and recommend the points that need revision, attention or more examination.
∎ Work closely with the Project Officers to ensure that relevant tools are available across all sites/camps and that quality reports are prepared and shared to the relevant bodies in time.
∎ Facilitate management response plan based on evaluation recommendations and follow up for implementation.
∎ Prepare ToR(Terms of Refference) for the consultants appropriate for the projects.
∎ Identify issue based research topics and guide or undertake such research as and when necessary.
∎ Support the project and partner staffs to identify and to document case studies..
∎ Accountability and learning:
∎ Supervise Helpdesk and CRM Assistants, ensure accountability to the programme participants are well followed and their queries are addressed on time.
∎ Coordinate and liaise with different Accountability Platforms clusters to share CWW Accountability achievements and plan and also to receive the Response and seek to leverage their assistance in support of CWW's accountability plan.
∎ Support functioning Help desks in Camp, Host Community & programmes team as needed.
∎ Ensure accountability and learning through planning and facilitating periodic progress reviews (at the activity and output levels) and results-based reviews (at the outcome level) and M&E and Programme staff for the programme.
∎ Ensure the MEAL findings and organisational learning.
∎ Ensure that the evaluations, researches, feasibility studies, case studies.
∎ Prepare MEAL report regularly that captures outputs, outcomes and process of the project and recommend the points that need revision, attention or more examination.
∎ Disseminate report finding during monthly, quarterly meeting at project level.
∎ Oversee Distribution Management as required.
∎ Knowledge Management:
∎ Conceptualize and produce content such as articles, case studies, factsheets, research briefs, and digital content for internal and external use; managing materials and information resources such as presentations for external visitors.
∎ Establish and maintain strategic relationships with peers, internal and external stakeholders.
∎ Support programme team members with writing, editorial support and establish linkage with other support units.
∎ Establish and support programme's external and internal communication needs as required.
∎ Ensure agreed programme communication strategy and key messages are met and are consistent with CWW's core values and central communications policies.
∎ Actively participate in different Forum and facilitate cross programme collaboration and learning.
∎ Ensure the safety of team members from any harm, abuse, neglect, harassment and exploitation to achieve the programme's goals on safeguarding implementation. Act as a key source of support, guidance and expertise on safeguarding for establishing a safe working environment.
∎ Accountability
∎ Train key staff on using analysed data to inform program quality control, document lessons learnt and future project development. Orientating project team and other stakeholders on the CHS standards, and in particular the Complaint Response Mechanism (CRM).
∎ Ensure necessary periodical capacity building of staff and effective safeguarding system in place across the project as per standard & policies.
∎ Ensuring the CRM is implemented within the project
∎ Learn from experience through monitoring and evaluation so as to continually improve the programme quality.

Additional Requirements:
∎ Age at least 25 years
∎ Both males and females are allowed to apply
∎ 3 years' work experience in MEAL (USAID / BPRM experience preferred)
∎ Strong analytical skills with prior experience carrying out quantitative and qualitative data analysis.
∎ Strong computer skills, particularly with Microsoft Word, Excel, ACCESS, KoBo toolbox.
∎ Experience working in the Rohingya Response.
∎ Strong written and verbal communication skills in English is desirable.
∎ Keen attention to detail, particularly in written work.
∎ Cultural sensitivity and ability to work in a cross-cultural environment.
∎ Prior experience working with Complaints, Feedback and Response Mechanisms of humanitarian organizations.
∎ Excellent organisational, leadership and interpersonal skills.
∎ Knowledge of/Familiarity with Microsoft Power or other data visualization programmes.
∎ Strong database management skills, including familiarity with range of database management software.
∎ Experience of participatory research methods.

Salary: Tk. 64194 (Monthly)

Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Mobile bill, Weekly 2 holidays

Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.

Application Deadline: 10 Dec 2023

Company Information:
∎ 4 Dec 2023
∎ Society for Health Extension and Development (SHED)
∎ Address : PC-180, Kayuk Khali Para, Fishery Road, Teknaf, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh
∎ Business : SHED - the Society for Health Extension and Development is a renown organization of Bangladesh especially in Cox`s Bazar District was established as the successor to the ICDDR,B Teknaf Station following the closer of the former in September, 1989. The organization has flourished and stepped into one of the reputed Non-Government National Organizations in Bangladesh and engaged in transforming the lives of the community people towards positive changes in selected areas of the country. Currently SHED has been implementing fifteen more projects with Department of Women Affairs DWA of GoB, UN-WFP, UNICEF, HANDICAP INTERNATIONAL, Action Against Hunger, Solidarites International, CARE Bangladesh, USAID, Aroynak Foundation, GIZ in different upazilas of Chittagong and Cox`s Bazar District.

Category: NGO/Development

: Attachments: Interested candidates must send their application with:Cover letter/motivational letter with a signature & date.Updated CV with two references with their contact details details.(Reference may be checked before or after the recruitment)Two copies of recent passport size color photo.Photocopy of all educational certificates.Photocopy of national ID card, Experience & Clearance Certificate.