MEAL Technical Officer

Contract Details: Definite

Job Purpose:

• The purpose of the position is to support local partners MEAL activities to be implemented in Dolo Ado And Dolo bay Woreda. The support include planning, monitoring, evaluation and reporting in line with Concern’s PCMS and Donners MEAL standards. The job holder is responsible support local partners in ensuring accountability and implementation of core humanitarian standards throughout the project implementation. The MEAL Technical Officer is responsible in supporting local partners to Undertake programme learning reviews and documentation using appropriate database system and digital solutions and disseminate results to appropriate audience internally and externally.

Main duties & Responsibilities:

Monitoring and Evaluation

• Support the Partners Field level MEAL team MEAL Coordinator in the management and implementation of field-level M&E data collection activities
• Support local partners in carrying out data collection where it is an M&E responsibility as per the M&E plans
• Ensure that M&E systems are being implemented to plan at the field level and communicate any issues or inefficiencies that arise to the MEAL Coordinator in a timely and proactive manner

• Provide and Support facilitation of training for local partner’s staff and enumerators that conduct baseline, midterm, and end line surveys (including ethics and safety, sampling and respondent selection, device use, as well as survey contents)
• Support local partners in managing field external enumerators in conducting baseline, midterm, and end line surveys
• Support programme staff in accessing and utilizing data

Digital Data Gathering

• Support Concern’s and local partner’s  MEAL Coordinators in administrating the project’s  DDG profile
• Liaise with the concern Head office( Addis Ababa )  DDG team on issues related to device management, survey requests, and administration of the in-country iForm DDG platform
• Complete new and modified survey and tool requests as needed
• In consultation with Concern’s MEAL Coordinator , provide field-level support to local  partner staff in device management and utilization of the Concern DDG system

Accountability and Learning

• Support local partners to analyze project M&E data and summarizing it into accessible, understandable, useful information for programme teams to use for decision-making and applying adaptive and results-based project and programme management
• Identify and manage effective and efficient information sharing mechanisms that are useful and supportive for programme staff
• Support partners in ensuring accountability and learning through planning and facilitating periodic progress reviews (at the activity and output levels) and results-based reviews (at the outcome level)

• Oversee and support local partner’s efforts to promote documentation and sharing of programme impact and learning, ensuring sharing of lessons learnt between programmes in country and other country programmes and Concern offices, government and other non-governmental organizations.
• Actively promote and sharing of learnings from baselines, endlines, reviews and evaluations internally and externally.
• Support Woreda team leader in facilitating learning workshops after every internal and  external evaluation

• Provide input to project learning reviews and donor reports, as required.

Capacity Building

• Support the development and implementation of needs-based training for partners  field team  on PM&E tools, concepts, and their application
• Research, analyze and  support partners in disseminating to staff relevant/ new approaches, concepts and frameworks, and learning from Concern, stakeholders, and the wider development sector

Additional Duties

• Perform other duties assigned by the line manager for the accomplishment of programme objectives.
  

Partnership

• In close coordination with MEAL  Coordinator at Addis Ababa office, support partners in using  effective  tracking of progress ,monitoring and evaluation (M&E) systems and relevant results frameworks;
• Provide capacity support in M and E to partners on relevant areas but not limited to project indicators, data collection , management and donner reporting,
• Coordinate with partner staff to conduct the baseline, midline and evaluation of project activities,

• Coordinate with partner to document learning from the programme through case studies and review workshop
• Acts as prime focal person of Concern for  routine support  in M and E  to the partners
• Support in enhancing partners visibility in the area of operation through cluster meeting and/or other sectoral  engagements

Emergency response

• Concern is committed to responding to emergencies efficiently and effectively in order to help affected people meet their basic needs, alleviate suffering and maintain their dignity. To this end, when emergencies strike and the Ethiopia Programme is to respond, all staff are required to actively participate in the response, regardless of location and contribute to the efforts aimed at achieving the humanitarian objective of the organization.

Accountability

In line with Concern’s commitments under the Core Humanitarian Standard (CHS): 

• Actively promote meaningful community participation and consultation at all stages of the project cycle (planning, implementation, M&E); 
• Work with relevant colleagues  to ensure that the Complaints and Response Mechanism (CRM) is functional and accessible, that feedback and complaints are welcomed and addressed; 
• Work with relevant colleagues to ensure that information about CRM, safeguarding and expected staff behaviour is disseminated among programme participants and communities. 

Safeguarding

• Able to seek appropriate advice and report concerns, and feel confident that they have been understood.
• Understands local safeguarding structures and arrangements.
• Practises in a manner that seeks to reduce the risk of abuse, harm or neglect.
• Identifies and refers to appropriate services any other associated persons including carers, family members and children at risk.

• Able to document safeguarding concerns, and maintain appropriate record keeping, recording the wishes and views of the adult or child at risk, differentiating between fact and opinion.
  

Gender Equality

• Ensure that all HR policies and procedures relating to Concern Ethiopia’s gender equality strategy are implemented
• Ensure that all gender sensitive policies and procedures are fully adhered to during recruitment processes
• Contribute to promoting a gender sensitive working environment within Concern Ethiopia

Person specification

• Masters or Bachelor’s degree in such as Statistics, Economics, Development studies, M&E  and Research with two and four  years relevant experience  in M&E or Programmes 
• NGO experience is a plus.
• Experience in humanitarian programming in addition to development programming is an advantage

• Clear understanding and experience in directly implementing primary quantitative data collection (surveys, etc.)
• Clear understanding and experience in directly implementing primary qualitative data collection (key informant interviews, focus group discussion, participatory qualitative methods, etc.)
• Clear understanding and experience of quality assurance in data collection 
• Ability to provide technical advice and support
• Experience of providing training and capacity building to programme and M & E staff

• Excellent communication skills; able to work as part of a team and establish relationships with field offices
• Excellent computer and digital data gathering system skills; must to have ability in statistical analysis software packages such as STATA,SPSS etc. and knowledge of iForm Building platform is desirable 
• Proficiency in  Writing and speaking English and local languages ( Somali, )

Competencies:

• Ability and willingness to frequently travel and stay at the field
• Ability to work collaboratively with colleagues across the organization developing effective working relationships to deliver outstanding results for target beneficiaries.
• Proven capacity to supervise, train and coach staff and working with Project stakeholders
• Good communication and report writing skills

• Good negotiation skill with government and other agencies
• Good interpersonal skills and team player with sensitivity to cultural diversity
• Ability to work under pressure

Skills Required

• Basic supervisory/managerial skills.
• Technical and report writing skills
• Computer literate.
• Fluent spoken and written English.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills

• Interested applicants should send non-returnable C.V., application letter outlining how their experience and education fit this vacancy through the concern link at   https://forms.gle/38xzyFkyuVpQas8i6

                                                    OR

• Apply in person in Concern Ethiopia, Human Resource Department Jijjiga  Coordination Office
• Please note that no need to submit your supporting documents at this stage:
• Only short listed candidates will be contacted
  

What we offer

• A competitive salary and benefit package
• Excellent medical benefits (100% cover including dependents)
• 20 days annual leave
• 26 weeks (paid) maternity leave, 18weeks(unpaid) parental leave

Safeguarding at Concern: Code of Conduct and its Associated Policies

• Concern has an organisational Code of Conduct (CCoC) with three Associated Policies; the Programme Participant Protection Policy (P4), the Child Safeguarding Policy and the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Policy. These have been developed to ensure the maximum protection of programme participants from exploitation, and to clarify the responsibilities of Concern staff, consultants, visitors to the programme and partner organisation, and the standards of behaviour expected of them. In this context, staff have a responsibility to the organisation to strive for, and maintain, the highest standards in the day-to-day conduct in their workplace in accordance with Concern’s core values and mission. Any candidate offered a job with Concern Worldwide will be expected to sign the Concern Staff Code of Conduct and Associated Policies as an appendix to their contract of employment. By signing the Concern Code of Conduct, candidates acknowledge that they have understood the content of both the Concern Code of Conduct and the Associated Policies and agree to conduct themselves in accordance with the provisions of these policies. Additionally, Concern is committed to the safeguarding and protection of vulnerable adults and children in our work. We will do everything possible to ensure that only those who are suitable to work or volunteer with vulnerable adults and children are recruited by us for such roles. Subsequently, working or volunteering with Concern is subject to a range of vetting checks, including criminal background checking.
• Women  and disabled people are highly encouraged to apply