Job Description

Title: Senior Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability & Learning (MEAL) Officer

Company Name: International Rescue Committee (IRC)

Vacancy: Not specific

Job Location: Cox's Bazar (Ukhia)

Employment Status: Full-time, Contractual

Educational Requirements:
∎ Master's degree preferred with relevant specialization in a quantitative field (e.g. Economics, Sociology, Geography and Environment, Anthropology, Statistics or from other social science groups)

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 5 year(s)

Job Context:
∎ Under the supervision of the Sr. MEAL Manager, the Senior MEAL Officer ensures all projects have data collection tools, Indicator Performance Tracking Table (IPTT), and regularly reviews and maintains IPTT updated. The Sr. MEAL Officer will also be responsible for incorporating relevant program indicators into project MEAL systems to enable measurement of the contribution of individual projects in achieving program objectives. The other purpose of the Sr. MEAL Officer position is to provide guidance and support to the partner organization in establishing and maintaining project MEAL systems.
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∎ • Sr. Monitoring Evaluation Accountability Learning (MEAL) Officer
∎ International Rescue Committee (IRC)
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∎ Job Context
∎ The Sr. MEAL officer will maintain a centralized database of indicators for IRC and will ensure that all project (s/he is responsible for) data collection systems are appropriate for each sector and are responsive to the program`s data collection needs. This role must familiarize him/herself with the program components, activities, and donor reporting requirements. The Sr. MEAL officer will review and consolidate data from multiple indicators and sectors on a daily basis, and will be responsible for providing daily reports through the MEAL system to technical coordinators, managers, and others who review data.
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∎ The Sr. MEAL officer will collaborate with all technical coordinators, project coordinators, managers, partners and facility in-charge to train their teams on correct use of data collection tools and to adapt the M&E systems for their sector`s needs. This role will be responsible for regularly reporting progress on indicators internally and externally, particularly to donors and clusters.
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∎ The Sr. MEAL officer will maintain the mobile data collection system, adding and amending forms as required. The Sr. MEAL officer will consolidate data on indicators into CommCare database. As needed, the Sr. MEAL officer will organize and coordinate assessments by designing tools, training surveyors, enumerators and/or data entry clerks. This role will report directly to the Sr. MEAL Manager and share update with Project Coordinator.
∎ Contract length: 1 year (with possibility of extension)

Job Responsibilities:
∎ Monitoring and Reporting
∎ Ensure data inputs in regular and periodic reports and data base and prepare internal and external reports quantitative and qualitative reports for donors, sectors, country office.
∎ Assist and ensure in project specific dashboard development and regular update for project implementation or review meetings.
∎ Through regular field visit and data analysis, prepare monthly monitoring reports to inform decision making
∎ Prepare and update PCM template, Log-frame, IPTT, and MEAL activity plans with collaboration of Sr. MEAL Manager
∎ Regularly track the monthly activities implementation plan and share the status for management decision with the collaboration of Sr. MEAL Manager.
∎ Work with project staff to ensure that the project work plans including monitoring activities are up-to date and progress tracked
∎ Work with the filed team and partners to ensure that data is collected and entered into databases and/or tracking sheets, and/or data platforms on a regular basis
∎ Work with project staff to track progress on action points related to implementation and MEAL activities
∎ Work with project staff to provide MEAL inputs for project and program reports
∎ Closely follow up field data collection and flag data collection issues to the Sr MEAL Manager and MIS and Data Management Specialist
∎ Conduct data quality audits to identify and resolve systemic problems affecting data quality
∎ Conduct exit interviews, FGDs, open discussion, surveys to receive feedback from the beneficiaries for improving services and supports of IRC or partners to strengthen accountability to the clients.
∎ Input into 4Ws, Activity Info, and any other tools/templates to report to the working groups and other coordinating bodies
∎ Coordination with partner organization-
∎ Ensure partner M&E and technical staff are equipped with knowledge, tools and resources to support MEAL functions
∎ Maintain liaison with the M&E focal point from the partner organization on data collection and providing feedback on the data quality
∎ Regular field visits to the partner's office as well as project sites for data verification and documentation and sharing findings with Sr. Program Mangers and Project Coordinator
∎ Evaluations and Research-
∎ Develop ToR for different assessment and training, orientation, workshop
∎ Provide quality assurance for assessments, baselines, surveys and evaluations.
∎ Plan for implementation and follow-up on internal (real time evaluations, evaluations of humanitarian action, project evaluations etc.) and participate in evaluations where required.
∎ Share findings and recommendations of assessments, baselines and evaluations
∎ Provide technical support to research studies
∎ Accountability systems-
∎ Assist Sr. Accountability Officer for collecting feedbacks from clients to support programs to operationalize client accountability systems
∎ With support from the Sr. MEAL Manager, develop and implement client feedback mechanisms
∎ Develop and increase utilization of accountability approaches, such as Complains and Response Mechanisms
∎ Support program implementation teams to consolidate feedback reports and monitor implementation of actions.
∎ Conduct exit interviews, FGDs, open discussion, surveys to receive feedback from the beneficiaries for improving services and supports of IRC or partners to strengthen accountability to the clients.
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∎ Knowledge Management and Learning
∎ Regularly collect data and develop impact stories or success stories with the collaboration of Sr. MEAL Manager
∎ Assist the Accountability and Knowledge Management specialist in conducting and documenting end of project learning reviews, and sharing lessons learned and best practices, incorporating these into new project designs
∎ In consultation with the MEAL Coordinator and in collaboration with the MIS and Data Management Specialist organize lesson sharing events like lesson bazars to fertilize learning among different projects and/or sectors
∎ Assist the Accountability and Knowledge Management specialist in identifying, documenting, storing and sharing lessons learned that have implications for refinement of best programmatic practice
∎ Support diagnostic studies, evaluations and surveys.
∎ Staff capacity building
∎ Provide training and facilitate orientation session on new project records, tools, assessment questionnaires to the program team and partners
∎ Provide support and ensure the proper documentations of all potential project record and reports through engaging program team and partners.
∎ Prepare MEAL staff mentoring coaching plans and implement accordingly
∎ Train program staff in data collection methods, management, analysis, and how to use data for decision making
∎ Assist in recruitment of enumerators and Human Resources onboarding
∎ Provide consistent, supportive supervision to strengthen staff performance as necessary to meet monitoring objectives.
∎ Data Collection and Program Quality
∎ Work with technical coordinators, mangers and facility in-charge to develop surveys, tools, templates to support data collection (paper-based tools and mobile data collection tools)
∎ Ensure that program staff are collecting and reporting on the required/all indicators in a timely manner (according to the M&E framework)

Additional Requirements:
∎ Master's degree preferred with relevant specialization in a quantitative field (e.g. Economics, Sociology, Geography and Environment, Anthropology, Statistics or from other social science groups)
∎ Minimum of 5 years professional working experience in MEAL within the humanitarian and development sector
∎ Ideally familiarity with integrated Health, Education, WASH, Nutrition, Food Security and Livelihoods, and Protection programming
∎ Extensive experience in data analysis, program monitoring, including designing monitoring systems, indicators, developing MEAL plans, data quality assessments, survey techniques incl. sampling, qualitative investigation, and statistical analysis.
∎ Demonstrated ability to coordinate complex activities, meet deadlines, and exercise sound judgment
∎ Fluency in English and strong English writing skills
∎ Exceptional analytical skills and proven skills in data management; and statistical analysis using SPSS/ STATA/ CSPro, or any other statistical application.
∎ Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
∎ Excellent time management skills and resourcefulness with strong attention to detail
∎ Excellent interpersonal and communication skills and ability to guide others and build the capacity of diverse teams

Salary: Tk. 70000 (Monthly)

Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Mobile bill, Weekly 2 holidays, Insurance, Gratuity
∎ Two retention benefits in a year equivalent to two basic salaries

Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.

Application Deadline: 1 Jan 2022

Company Information:
∎ 26 Dec 2021
∎ International Rescue Committee (IRC)
∎ Address : 1st floor, Sayemon Heritage Residence, Baharchora, Cox’s Bazar
∎ Web : https://www.rescue.org/
∎ Business : The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster to survive, recover and gain control of their future. In more than 40 countries and in 26 U.S. cities, our dedicated teams provide clean water, shelter, health care, education, protection and empowerment support to refugees and displaced people. The International Rescue Committee (IRC) Founded in 1933. David Miliband, President and CEO of the International Rescue Committee, is a former Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom.

Category: NGO/Development

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