MEAL Coordinator 88 views

• Lead coordination of needs assessments, ensuring assessment findings are documented and analyzed.
• Provide trainings and capacity building for project field-level staff and partners as required on MEAL.
• Support the MEAL Manager in ensuring the design and development evidence-based programs of a high quality that contribute to the response’s strategies and plans.
• Maintain a database to ensure all project outputs and results are accurately recorded and coordinated to inform project staff.
• Provide technical MEAL guidance and leadership to effectively and timely track program progress, effectiveness and impact for donors reporting requirements and for use in new project design.
• Lead the design and coordination to conduct multi-sector need assessments, PDMs, onsite monitoring and evaluation.
• Support MEAL Manager to ensure sound program design and implementation, meeting Core Humanitarian Standards (CHS) and prioritizing program quality and constant improvement towards a robust community centered approach.
• Work with program and technical team to identify and proactively analyze available program data and/or gather additional external primary data, conduct secondary data reviews to ultimately identify trends to design innovative interventions to improve the
• implementation of future programs.
• Organize the planning for project data quality audits and monitor and coordinate routine data quality audits conducted in different sites.
• compile results at the level of a project and develop actions plans to implement corrective measures.
• Support in installing and configuring mobile data collection tools (OKD collect, Kobo collect, ONA collect, etc.) on smart phones or tablets and manage data on mobile servers (Kobe form builder, ONA form builder, etc.)
• Increase capacity of other staff in developing XLS form and setting up mobile data collection

  Implementation & Reporting

• Ensures the unified database of program outputs is maintained. Implements electronic, mobile data collection systems in MEAL processes.
• Support MEAL and the project program team on conducting statistical analysis including descriptive (univariate and bivariate data analysis) and inferential analysis using statistical software.
• Implement accountability mechanisms at field level, e.g. complaints and feedback response mechanisms -assessment, design, implementation, and review. Implement activities to raise awareness of prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse and handling of serious complaints in line with child safeguarding policy.
• Work closely with field project staff to ensure that they have all the required information, material, and resources needed for their day-to-day work.
• Ensure that regular monitoring and accountability (CFRM database) reports are received and communicated effectively to Humanitarian Accountability Coordinator and MEAL Manager.
• Support MEAL Manager conduct internal evaluations when appropriate based on Search Evaluation Guidelines and Policies.

Documenting Learning

• Lead the documentation of learning for NECR program and share with the program and technical team for considering in the new designs and adjustment of ongoing implementation. Promote learning in the project, particularly on issues of program quality and contribute to quality assurance of projects.
• Regularly produced and report on best practices and case studies; ensure new analysis and information is available.
• Provides technical support in evaluations and other research activities, including engaging in ToR preparation, selection of consultants, review of evaluation design and data collection methodology, data quality assurance, data analysis, involvement of stakeholders and dissemination plan.
• Ensure there is a system to document lessons learned and best practices, advise on and shape current implementation and inform future design.
• Provide MEAL technical support to the PMs and the Information System Manager (ISM) in developing effective and standardized IM systems.

Preferred Knowledge and Qualifications

• Minimum four (2) years of MEAL experience within the development I humanitarian sector, including experience working with BHA, ECHO. USG. UN agencies and EU proposal funding process.
• Demonstrated ability to transfer knowledge to diverse audiences through training, mentoring, and other formal and non­ formal methods together with strong presentation and reporting skills.
• Proven knowledge and experience of designing and delivering automated MEAL dataflows using CommCare and Power Bi, or similar software, and experience of GIS mapping is preferred.
• Self-motivated with excellent organization. planning, and analytical skills – able to work without close supervision. including prioritizing work and multi-tasking.
• Very high attention to detail, with experience refining and editing professional-level content.
• Advanced writing skills in English.
• Experience in large scale humanitarian emergencies.