MEAL Coordinator/Monitoring Evaluation and Learning Coordinator 160 views1 application

Purpose of the Job

MEAL coordinator’s primary responsibility will be undertaking regular field level activities in targeted Woreda’s (Bosset, Shashego, and Ambassel). He/she conducts monitoring, evaluation and reporting activities and ensuring implementation of project together with project officers, coordinate, tracking progresses, facilitating accountability and feedback mechanisms at project and AP level.  S/he will be responsible for project and AP level planning, monitoring, evaluation and reporting processes together with the re-greening the glob project team in particular and AP team in general. S/he will be responsible for Project and AP level documentation of learning and best practices and sharing of the best and promising practices.  S/he will be responsible for compiling, rolling out project and social accountability mechanisms at the project level, compiling and analyzing feedbacks from communities and stakeholders and supporting the project manager and technical officers.  S/he will be responsible for timely tracking of project implementation, gathering data regularly, analyzing and synthesizing the data, preparing regular project based, AP level updates, and reports. 

Major Activities

·         Responsibly develops and prepares performance monitoring plan (PMP) guide and implement it together with project team including Project manager, technical officers and collaborate with other AP sectoral officers and finance team

·         Identify and contextualizes key indicators from the National Standard TPs including target indicators that relate to project objectives and activities.

 ·         Maintains detailed schedules of activity and budget implementation tracking systems for activities monitoring and budget utilization for each Woreda

·         Undertake all project’s monitoring, evaluation and reporting activities using set performance indicators by working closely with project technical officers  & Hub manger using appropriate monitoring and reporting tools and methodologies.

·         Prepare integration framework to coordinate work with Regreening the Glob project and support the smooth implementation of the project.

·         Facilitates all project’s monitoring and evaluations systems are maintained within the project and AP operational area by liaising with MEAL Department, Support Service Division (SSD) at HO, RO and CPO as appropriate

·         Ensure to prepare, and submit quarterly, biannual and annual plan and report activities undertaken as required to pace forward to the desired goal,

·         Maintains detailed schedules of activity and budget implementation tracking systems for activities monitoring and budget utilization for each Woreda

Prepare various donor/government reports as per the standard.

·         Use appropriate data management systems, analyses data, aggregates data to the required level and synthesis results for report writing using appropriate and relevant tools.  Use project prepared dashboards, Regreening the glob  Applications, WV systems and procedures including HORIZON and other NO’s established protocols

·         Coordinate and supervise MEAL tools are developed and utilized as needed, such as for household surveys, focus group discussions, and for collecting data from re-greening project sites on the engineering, economic and social aspects

·         Work in collaboration with teams under this project as well as other units in at most professional manner as deemed necessary

·         Qualification required: BA/BSc Degree in Social sciences, Development Studies and related fields.

·         Preferred:  MA/MSc/MBA/MSW in Social Sciences, Development Studies and related fields

·         Experience:  3-.5 years’ experience in relevant field and NGOs experience is preferred

·         Significant bi-lateral donor grant experience with program implementation, funding acquisition, and reporting

·         Must be a creative individual with strong sense of priorities and organizational skills and an ability to work with diverse teams across considerable distances

·         Excellent communication skills (written and oral) and strong interpersonal skills are needed

·         Must be able to negotiate ideas within and outside the World Vision partnership, particularly with donor communities and government.

·         Optimum level of interpersonal skills to keep up internal and external harmonious working relation

·         Quick learner with ability to think strategically and creatively

·         Excellent ability to meet deadlines

·         Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English and Federal language/s

·         Proficient computer literacy using of Microsoft Office Microsoft Word, Excel & MS Power Point

·         Excellent level of skills and knowledge on use of data management systems ( SSPro, Stata etc..)

Travel and/or Work Environment Requirement

·         Office-based 75%

·         Travel:  25 % Frequent travel to project site, (RO, CPO & AP travel)

Duration of the contract: One year