Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability & Learning (MEAL) Manager

Job Description

Title: Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability & Learning (MEAL) Manager

Company Name: WORLD CONCERN (Cox's Bazar)

Vacancy: 01

Job Location: Cox's Bazar (Ukhia)

Employment Status: Full-time

Educational Requirements:
∎ Masters degree in any discipline
∎ Qualifications
∎ • Masters Degree (or equivalent) in relevant field of study
∎ • Demonstrated training and experience in monitoring and evaluation of humanitarian programmes using qualitative and quantitative data collection methods.
∎ • Strong working knowledge of English (spoken and written).
∎ • Understanding of Chittagonian and Rohingya Languages are an advantage.
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∎ Experience / Competencies
∎ • 5 years of experience in key M&E functions including data collection, analysis, interpretation of analysed data, report writing and communication.
∎ • 3 years of experience managing a humanitarian M&E system including supervising household surveys.
∎ • Knowledge of monitoring and evaluation standards and survey methodology.
∎ • Able to establish and maintain systems to measure / compile / analyse data for project management.
∎ • Ability to communicate monitoring and evaluation principles and to train others.
∎ • Good communicator. Initiative taker, able to plan and organise own workload.
∎ • Capacity to work under pressure and manage personal stress levels.
∎ • Team-player with good inter-personal skills. Creative, open-minded, flexible, self-learner.
∎ Skills Required: Monitoring and Evaluation

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 5 year(s)
∎ The applicants should have experience in the following area(s): Monitoring and Evaluation
∎ The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO

Job Responsibilities:
∎ Lead and support the development and implementation of World Concern's Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) plans and systems Rohingya Refugee response programme. Ensure the organisation adheres to international guidelines and standards and meets the reporting needs of internal and external key stakeholders. Provide overall management, technical advice and coordination to the MEAL team. Train and capacity build field staff involved in MEAL activities in order to increase impact and effectiveness of programmes. Interact with the organisation's Global Resources Information Team to improve indicator tracking tools.
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∎ Project Overview
∎ The role will focus on World Concern's multi-sector relief programme in the Kutupalong Refugee Camp, which includes: provision of Primary Health Care, Nutrition and Shelter support.
∎ Key Activity Areas
∎ Monitoring and Evaluation
∎ Design and implement, in collaboration with GSO M&E advisor and field sector advisors, surveys and assessments such as needs assessments, Post Distribution Monitoring, coverage surveys for emergency responses, SMART and KPC surveys using recognised survey methodologies(e.g. cluster sampling, LQAS) and write narrative reports as required.
∎ Train relevant programmes staff on M&E tools, data collection and analysis, and basic surveying and sampling techniques.
∎ Ensure the collection of good quality data in order to reflect the progress of programming by supervising enumerator teams, data clerks and translator teams.
∎ Coordinate design and implementation of M&E tools, including training and support for project managers and field teams, support data analysis and usage.
∎ Conduct periodic field visits and monitor projects regularly with the use of agreed supervision checklists.
∎ Lead the process of setting up paperless reporting system for health and nutrition projects.
∎ Staff Management
∎ Line-manage staff in the MEAL department; including development, coaching and training, appraisals, etc.
∎ Facilitate regular meetings to assist information sharing between team members, to ensure all staff members are aware of department objectives and current work plans and to provide the opportunity for feedback.
∎ Provide coaching and technical supervision to staff in order to develop ownership and full responsibility for department activities.
∎ Assess the training needs of staff and ensure that appropriate training is conducted.
∎ Beneficiary Accountability
∎ Train and support project managers and field teams to integrate monitoring activities within the project cycle.
∎ Promote the principles and practices of beneficiary accountability to colleagues by providing support in beneficiary feedback and other good practices as required.
∎ In discussion with project teams, coordinate AAP meetings and data collection/documentation and give pertinent feedback to project teams for quality improvement and necessary actions.
∎ Communications and coordination
∎ Provide, with input from field and HQ sector advisors, support for project managers, in projecting data, and compiling reports on progress towards indicators
∎ Provide analysis of data in a timely manner for internal monitoring and donor reporting, writing project reports as required.
∎ Provide, in collaboration with input from the project managers and field advisors, comprehensive written reports on survey results in a timely manner.
∎ Attend and participate in relevant working groups such as NIS regularly .
∎ Quality Management
∎ Coordinate the technical aspects of field M&E operations such as mapping the survey area and asking for the latest population data.
∎ Actively participate in designing questionnaires for surveys and assessments.
∎ Coordinate the logistics involved in survey related field work: following up with the project teams on enumerator recruitment progress and booking a training venue.
∎ Coordinate the translation and back translation of questionnaires and other data collection tools.
∎ Coordinate and oversee the deployment and payment of temporary data collection and entry teams in the field.
∎ Maintain robust records to provide a clear and transparent account of performance and take immediate action in areas of poor performance.

Additional Requirements:
∎ Age at least 23 years

Salary: Negotiable

Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Mobile bill, Weekly 2 holidays
∎ Festival Bonus: 1

Application Deadline: December 16, 2019

Company Information:
∎ WORLD CONCERN (Cox's Bazar)
∎ Address : Sikder house,A.K.N.J.C High School Road,Hijolia, Moddhom Raja Palong, Ukhiya,Cox's Bazar
∎ Web : www.worldconcern.org

Category: NGO/Development

Read Before Apply: Interested and motivated candidates must submit a CV and cover letter to apply for this position by 16 December 2019. Application can be submitted by e-mail to [email protected]. Please mention the name of the position in the subject line of the email.