Job Description
Title: MEAL Officer
Company Name: Uttaran
Vacancy: 1
Location: Barishal, Khulna
Experience:
∎ 3 to 5 years
Published: 4 Feb 2025
Education:
∎ Master’s degree in statistics, economics, or any discipline
∎ Master’s degree in statistics, economics, or any discipline
Requirements:
Additional Requirements:
∎ Experience:
∎ Minimum 3-5 years of experience in community development, disaster management, or related fields.
∎ Prior experience in conducting PRAs, FGDs, and community mobilization activities.
∎ Skills:
∎ Strong communication, facilitation, and leadership abilities.
∎ Proficiency in MS Office and report writing.
∎ Understanding of sustainable livelihoods, risk assessment, and disaster response.
∎ Data collection, filtering and validation skill
∎ Experienced in conducting baseline, mid-term, and end-line evaluations.
∎ Skilled in using apps-based data collection tools such as KOBO and ODK. MS Team, Zoom, Google meet and others
∎ Behavioural Competencies:
∎ Gender-sensitive and inclusive approach in community engagement.
∎ Ability to work in remote locations and manage multiple tasks under pressure.
Responsibilities & Context:
∎ As the MEAL Officer, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring the effective implementation of project activities within the Monitoring and Evaluation. Key responsibilities include:
∎ Collaborating with the Project Coordinator to design, plan and execute the M&E framework of the project
∎ Ensuring proper preservation of project-related Monitoring and Evaluation documents, reports, publications, and other relevant materials
∎ Demonstrating knowledge of qualitative and quantitative M&E systems, large database management, and monitoring of access to resources, services
∎ Managing M&E and MIS database, including template design, data entry, cleaning, logical checks of monitoring data
∎ Preparing event report, monthly, quarterly, annually and other reports as per the donor and Uttaran’s requirement
∎ Creating success stories/case studies with photographs
∎ Monitoring and evaluating field level project activities
∎ Ensure the implementation of all activities of the project qualitatively and quantitatively
∎ Work with relevant committees, and working groups to implement program activities following the work plan, implementation in the schedule, and Monitoring & Evaluation plan
∎ Submission of weekly/monthly activity plan.
∎ Safeguarding
∎ Respond in a timely manner to safeguarding concerns to ensure pupils are kept safe from harm.
∎ Pro-actively work with parents / carers and other agencies through joint planning and monitoring of their arrangements for the safeguarding of children.
∎ Report to the Safeguarding Lead on all safeguarding concerns to ensure they retain oversight of Safeguarding within the project and consortium.
∎ Job Context
∎ Uttaran is an NGO working in Bangladesh since 1985 to uphold rights and entitlements and to improve the socio-economic condition of the poor and disadvantaged community people. Uttaran is a people-centered organization using a rights-based approach to alleviate poverty, diversify livelihood opportunities and empower poor communities of Bangladesh.
∎ Uttaran invites applications for the vacant position titled- MEAL Officer for the Fisherfolk Integration for Sustainable Habitat and Natural Ecosystem Transformation Project
∎ Reports to: MEAL and safeguarding for secretariate
∎ Job Responsibilities
Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ ● Employment Status: Contractual- Fixed Term Contract for 3-4 years
∎ • Job Location: Khulna and Barishal division
∎ • Work station : Khulna
∎ Salary: 45,000 BDT to 50,000 BDT and 1 festival bonus equivalent of 1 month gross salary yearly
∎ Compensation & other benefits: As per Uttaran's Policy and Project Design.
Employment Status: Full Time
Job Location: Barishal, Khulna
Apply Procedure:
Hard Copy:
∎ Application Process:
∎ Please send your resume/CV with a photograph latest by 11th February 2025. Application should be sent via bdjobs online application only. Only properly complete applications will be considered for short-listing and will be contracted for the Interview
∎ Join Uttaran to make a difference in the lives of poor and disadvantaged communities in Bangladesh!
∎ Note - Uttaran is dedicated to creating a secure and equitable environment that is free from all forms of discrimination and harassment. This applies to employees, partner organizations, participants, and other stakeholders, who are all entitled to be treated with respect and dignity and have equal opportunities at every level. Regardless of age, sex, gender, religion, ethnicity, color, physical and mental ability, we believe that everyone has the right to live free from sexual abuse, exploitation, and harassment. To achieve this goal, we have a zero-tolerance policy towards any conduct that is incompatible with the objectives of Uttaran, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority, and discrimination. All candidates who are selected for a position with Uttaran will be expected to adhere to our safeguarding policies, code of conduct, child protection guidelines, and other procedures. They will be subject to rigorous reference and background checks, which may involve verifying their academic credentials, employment history, and obtaining police verification if deemed necessary. Additional information may be required from selected candidates to facilitate the background check process.
∎ Uttaran`s contact address is House # 32 (Flat-B1), Road # 10/A, Dhanmondi, Dhaka-1209, and our website is www.uttaran.net.
Company Information:
∎ Uttaran
∎ House # 32 (Flat-B1), Road # 10/A, Dhanmondi, Dhaka-1209
∎ www.uttaran.net
∎ Uttaran is a national development organization working in the southwest Bangladesh since 1985 to uphold rights and entitlements and to improve the socio-economic condition of the poor and disadvantaged. Uttaran facilitates in getting access to and control over resources by the poor and disadvantaged to improve agricultural productivity and economic empowerment.
Address::
∎ House # 32 (Flat-B1), Road # 10/A, Dhanmondi, Dhaka-1209
∎ www.uttaran.net
∎ Uttaran is a national development organization working in the southwest Bangladesh since 1985 to uphold rights and entitlements and to improve the socio-economic condition of the poor and disadvantaged. Uttaran facilitates in getting access to and control over resources by the poor and disadvantaged to improve agricultural productivity and economic empowerment.
Read Before Apply: Please apply only who are fulfilling all the requirements of this job
Application Deadline: 11 Feb 2025
Category: NGO/Development
