Senior MEL Officer

Job Description

Title: Senior MEL Officer

Company Name: RDRS Bangladesh

Vacancy: 01

Age: 25 to 50 years

Job Location: Cox`s Bazar

Salary: Tk. 80000 - 90000 (Monthly)

Experience:

• At least 7 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO

• Masters

• Master’s in Statistics, Economics, Development Studies, Anthropology, Population Science, English, Social Science or any other relevant discipline with 7 years MEL experience.

• At least 7 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO

• Age 25 to 50 years

• Fair knowledge of Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning.
• Excellent communication skills in both Bengali and English.
• Very good computer skills (MS Word, Excel, Access, SPSS).
• Excellent skills in data analysis, interpretation, visualization, and report writing.
• Excellent online-based data gathering system skills.
• For experienced candidates, educational qualifications and age requirements may be considered with flexibility.

The Program

RDRS Bangladesh, in partnership with the Lutheran World Federation (LWF), Geneva has been implementing RDRS Emergency Response Program (RERP) in Rohingya camps and nearby host communities in Cox's Bazar district since 2019. The RERP contributes to international efforts to meet the humanitarian, and protection needs and increase the self-reliance and resilience of the Forcibly Displaced Myanmar Nationals (FDMNs) and host communities through Income Generating Activities (IGAs), tree plantation, life skills with livelihoods, and leadership development training. RERP also works on youth capacity building and creates market linkage to improve their living standards. This program also aims at cultivating social cohesion, ensuring social inclusion, promoting reforestation, and providing humanitarian support (i.e., food and non-food items, WASH, health, protection, etc.) to the FDMNs as well as the nearby host communities.

The Position

The Senior MEL Officer will report directly to the Team Leader, RERP, for day-to-day management and receive technical supervision from the Head of MEL. The position will be responsible for monitoring, evaluation, and learning from the program. The position is based in Cox's Bazar and requires frequent visits to field-based projects. The duration of the position is up to 31 December 2025 with possible extension.

Specific Job Responsibilities

The Senior MEL Officer will be responsible for:

Problem identification and reporting:

• Undertake frequent field visits (60% of his/her work), interact with different stakeholders, review various documents/registers, and thus identify problems.
• Prepare and share situational reports for management based on field visits, interactions, and document review findings.
• Identify gaps and prepare tools and techniques for effective information gathering, data storage, and analysis.

Data Management:

• Lead the collection of high-quality monitoring data, gathering data from various sources and storing data in databases or other storage systems.
• Frequently conduct field visits during program implementation to collect program-quality data.
• Structuring data to make it accessible, and usable to ensure data security and privacy.
• Using data to generate insights and support decision-making.
• Ensure adherence to data collection methodologies and the MEL system with the LREP team.
• Develop the capacity of project staff in data collection methodologies, report writing, process documentation, and the overall MEL system.

Collaboration:

• Collaborate with RDRS's internal MEL department to contribute to MEL systems for all projects the organization executes.

Report Writing:

• Prepare quarterly, midterm, and annual quantitative and narrative reports under RDRS Emergency Response Program (RERP) by consolidating and analyzing data on program implementation and indicators. Maintain the organization's learning system and prepare regular reports.

Management Information System:

• Develop and maintain an information management system. Prepare sectoral reports, project progress, monthly RERP MIS (Management Information System), and disseminate information.

Project Development and others:

• Participate in new proposal development, MEL guidelines, and framework development.
• Support safeguarding reporting procedures in case of any reportable incidents.
• Prepare a risk matrix and update it regularly.
• Identify lessons learned and prepare case studies to capture qualitative outputs of the project.
• Design and conduct qualitative and quantitative research.
• Perform any other responsibilities assigned by the supervisor according to the needs of LREP.

As per Project Budget