Title: Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) Specialist
Location: Tigray Region (Shire)
Employment Category: G2
Salary Range: USD 946.00 – 1,151.00 per month which specific amount will be determined up on candidates experience and educational relevancy
Reporting To: Area Manger
Start of Contract & Duration: December 31, 2023 with possibilities of extension
Required Employee: 1
Job Description
INTRODUCTION
The Danish Refugee Council (DRC), an international non-governmental organization (NGO), has been providing relief and development services in the Horn of Africa since 1997. DRC promotes and supports solutions to the problems faced by refugees, internally displaced people (IDPs), and migrants. The organization has offices across the region and has been operational in Ethiopia since 2009. With funding from bilateral and multilateral donors, DRC is currently implementing a range of activities across Ethiopia and Djibouti, including WASH and shelter provision, child and youth protection, gender-based violence response, awareness-raising of migration risks, protection monitoring of migration routes, and livelihoods support for returning migrants or those at-risk of migration.
OVERALL PURPOSE OF THE ROLE:
The MEAL Specialist at Shire technically supervises the Shire MEAL team, give the necessary support to technical staffs and provides technical leadership regards to MEAL for all projects in Shire field office. S/he serves as primary focal point for all the MEAL activities at Shire field office. The position holder will work closely with Addis Ababa-based MEAL Manager, Accountability Coordinator, MEAL specialist and program team to ensure compliance with DRC’s MEAL requirements and best practices.
Responsibilities:
Support to Proposal development and mission strategy
- Ensure full compliance with DRC’s Global MEAL model and DRC Ethiopia MEAL framework in Shire area office
- Participate in program design and proposal discussions, including support on MEAL components of project proposals including log frame design and budgeting for M&E.
- Maintain DRC MEAL systems and tools used to track project implementation progress and analyze the information to measure project results and progress and used for decision making purposes.
Planning monitoring, evaluation and reporting
- Develop and operationalize MEAL plans for all projects in Shire based on project documents and existing MEAL systems
- Conduct regular monitoring visits to all projects to ensure projects are on the right track and implemented based on the desired and provide timely feedback to inform decision making
- Provide technical guidance in the design and implementation of M&E activities for all sectors in the area office
- In close collaboration with the Addis Ababa-based MEAL Manager and the program team, ensure proper use of sector-specific data collection tools at Shire field office. The position will ensure the timeliness and quality of data collection, and ensure all captured data is managed according to protection information management standards and best practices.
- Take the lead in coordinating field-level assessments (e.g. baseline, midline, endline, PDMs), and the provision of support towards data analysis and reporting
- Ensure timely submission of monitoring data through approved tools and mechanisms on a monthly basis including indicator tracking tools and analyses them
- Produce monthly analysis reports with updates on the implementation status of all assigned projects. This will entail flagging areas of concern, developing recommendations for corrective actions to share with the Area Manager, implementing teams and MEAL Manager, and documenting lessons learned.
- Perform validation analysis of programmatic reports and facilitating improvements of record keeping and programmatic data reporting
- Engage in program team in PIP development and actively participate in organizing kick off meetings, review meetings and close-out meetings
- Engage in internal project data quality assessments and audits
- Coordinate with regional technical lines bureaus and the Refugees and Returnee Services (RRS) for reporting purposes and during project monitoring exercises and terminal evaluations
- Engage in reviewing government a donor reports and verifying consistency between collected data, means of verification, the PMT
Accountability and lesson learnt
- In collaboration with the country-level Accountability Coordinator, assume responsibility for the implementation of functional and confidential complaint and feedback mechanisms in compliance with DRC Ethiopia’s Beneficiary Feedback and Response Mechanism, and all associated tools and SOPs, in the Shire area office.
- Engage in capturing lesson learnt from different projects on regular basis, document and disseminate them for internal and external stakeholders and incorporate them project designs.
- Maintain a database of MEAL tools, reports and lessons learned
- Identify and conduct MEAL-related capacity building training DRC’s program and partner staff on MEAL technical and conceptual areas in Shire field office including CHS standard, CRFM, etc and support program teams are well equipped and apply into their work.
All DRC roles require the post-holder to master
DRC’s core competencies:
- Striving for excellence: You focus on reaching results while ensuring an efficient process.
- Collaborating: You involve relevant parties and encourage feedback.
- Taking the lead: You take ownership and initiative while aiming for innovation.
- Communicating: You listen and speak effectively and honestly.
- Demonstrating integrity: You act in line with our vision and values.
Experience and technical competencies: (include years of experience)
- Minimum 3 years of experience in humanitarian settings mainly in MEAL engagements
- Demonstrated experience translating log frames and results frameworks into monitoring plans, developing data collection tools and protocols, leading data collection and management process, designing and managing databases, and analyzing and reporting data.
- Sound technical skills in CHS, accountability, and establishing functional CFM systems
- Proven technical skills in both qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis and data visualization.
- Excellent analytical, presentation, and report writing skills.
- Experience using software applications such as Excel, or statistics software such as SPSS, STATA.
- Previous experience with electronic or mobile data collection such as Kobo toolbox.
- Experience in facilitating MEAL trainings and capturing and disseminating lessons
- Ability in managing several activities effectively with desired quality and detail as well meeting deadlines.
EDUCATION: (include certificates, licenses, etc.)
- University degree in social sciences, economic development studies, statistics, project management or related field.
LANGUAGE: (indicate fluency level)
- Proficiency in English and Amharic required
- Knowledge of local language- Tigrigna is an asset
TO APPLY
Interested candidates who meet the required qualifications and experience are invited to submit an updated CV and cover letter explaining their motivation and why they are suited for the post.
We only accept applications sent via our online-application form on https://candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationForm/SinglePageApplicationForm.aspx?cid=1036&departmentId=19012&ProjectId=168739.
Please forward the application and CV, in English through the stated website no later than August 7, 2023.
For general information about the Danish Refugee Council, please consult www.drc.ngo
Gender Equality: DRC is committed to achieving gender parity in staffing at all levels. In light of this, women candidates are particularly encouraged to apply to bridge the gender gap.
Equal Opportunities: DRC is an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and we are committed to creating an inclusive environment based on mutual respect for all employees. We do not discriminate on the basis of age, sex, disability status, religion, ethnic origin, colour, race, marital status, or other protected characteristics
We encourage only qualified Ethiopian Nationals to apply. DRC considers all applicants based on merit.