MEAL Coordinator-Accountability & Reporting (RE-Advertisement)

Job Description

Title: MEAL Coordinator-Accountability & Reporting (RE-Advertisement)

Company Name: Concern Worldwide

Vacancy: 1

Job Location: Cox's Bazar (Ukhia)

Employment Status: Contractual

Educational Requirements:
∎ Master's degree in social science/Development studies/statistics/Anthropology or other related subject

Job Context:
∎ Type of Contract: Fixed Term Contract up to August 2023
∎ Job Purpose:
∎ The MEAL Coordinator- Accountability & Reporting will ensure the establishment and implementation of an effective and efficient system to monitor the progress, impacts and successes of project activities and performance at all levels.
∎ Under the direction of the MEAL Advisor, the MEAL Coordinator- Accountability & Reporting will work with the Programmes, Monitoring/Evaluation and Operations teams, as well as other relevant internal and external stakeholders, to ensure Concern Worldwide programmes maintain high standards of accountability to our beneficiaries in line with Concern Worldwide and international humanitarian standards. The MEAL Coordinator- Accountability & Reporting is responsible for the quality of the MEAL work, ensuring that it captures the impact, outcomes, outputs and activities of the project and ensuring that MEAL support is adequately provided to the project on the MEAL database, best practices, tools, and processes. The MEAL Coordinator- Accountability & Reporting will work closely with the MEAL team in support of the programme. The position will liaise with the Project Manager and other departments; Logistics, Finance, and HR to ensure the project receives the necessary support from the support teams.

Job Responsibilities:
∎ Appropriate Set-up/Roll out of MEAL System:
∎ Strengthening and harmonizing monitoring approaches, developing MEAL tools, knowledge management and learning documentation
∎ Collecting MEAL data, select appropriate quantitative and qualitative methods, sampling methodologies, and online tools to ensure data quality and appropriate databases by minimizing and mitigating different types of bias and error
∎ Assist to design MEAL activity (KAP, MAD, NA, DDM/ODM, PDM, Outcome, Impact and situation analysis through various approaches
∎ Provide technical support to the program and build capacity through harmonizing learning and knowledge sharing, enabling evidence-based programming and corrective action.
∎ Organize the planning for project data quality audits/assessment 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
∎ Establish basic learning systems that incorporate program studies' findings, lessons learnt, achievements and gaps, and develop all the tools required to support learning practices and all sorts of consolidating MEAL reports as well
∎ Assist MEAL Advisor on Research, Evaluation and monthly, Quarterly, and Annual Reporting
∎ Partner's capacity building on MEAL system and reporting
∎ Any other tasks as specified by the MEAL Advisor
∎ Accountability to the Affected Population

∎ Set up and Roll out the AAP system and develop a CEA plan
∎ Supervise Helpdesk Assistant-MEAL position and ensure operationalize CFRM of each project of the organization
∎ Implementing Support Online MEAL system, tools related to the project activities to ensure accountability to the Affected population
∎ Ensuring the CHS standard of accountability is conceptualized and effectively implemented throughout the emergency programme
∎ Programme Activity Monitoring through field visits to monitor project progress, accountability and quality of service delivery and report back to Team Leader
∎ Rollout Complain, Feedback and Response Mechanism through Helpdesk
∎ Ensure RCCE in the Camp of Emergency Response programme
∎ Assist MEAL Advisor to implement CwC activities
∎ Partner Monitoring & Capacity Building Induction on different programmatic tools and techniques
∎ Reporting and providing feedback to the project colleagues on overall progress towards results and alignment
∎ Establish and functioning Helpdesk systems and proficiency in using the tools
∎ Knowledge Management:
∎ Conceptualise and produce content such as articles, case studies, factsheets, research briefs, and digital content for internal and external use
∎ Ensure CLA activities to strengthening the MEAL system
∎ Organize internal reviews, lessons learned workshops and practical recommendations and develop KML mechanisms and process
∎ Develop project-relevant documentary (Audio and Video)
∎ Ensure the documentation of the project begins at the very inception of the project to capture effectively the process and results.
∎ To ensure the effective collection, storage, analysis and sharing of information and exchanging of experiences, including management of web-based communications
∎ Ensure MEAL findings and Reporting:
∎ Prepare MEAL report regularly that captures outputs, outcomes and process of the project and recommends the points that need revision, attention or more examination.
∎ Work closely with the team to ensure DQA/RDAC that quality reports are prepared and shared with the relevant bodies on time.
∎ Ensure Joint Monitoring visit with partner and consortium team member
∎ Frequent visits to fields for monitoring programme activities to ensure quality benchmarking standards.
∎ Coordination and communication:
∎ Participate in different level coordination with other stakeholders supporting similar initiatives and highlighting concern works as well as picking best practices for adoption with concern programming.
∎ Support the MEAL Advisor to idenidentifyropriate beneficiaries and ensure database for better communication and assist in planning kick-off workshops are applicable.
∎ Ensuring that the Core Humanitarian standard of accountability
∎ Establish and support programme external and internal communication needs as required
∎ Research & Evaluation:
∎ Design and implement different organizational Research activities
∎ Participate in Needs Assessment, specifically in data collection, processing/collation and data exploration.
∎ Develop an online system to carry out issue-based research, baseline surveys, midterm reviews, special study and end-line evaluation.
∎ Lead and supervise the field team for any special study (satisfaction survey, Quality assurance and Accountability survey etc.)
∎ Analyse research findings, Produce summary statistics and Disseminate research findings at the different sharing meeting.
∎ 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.

Additional Requirements:
∎ Education and aptitude:
∎ 05 years of progressively responsible work experience in the area of M&E, CEA, CwC, AAP, CFRM, CLA and knowledge Management in humanitarian organisations with a strong understanding of MEAL principles and processes, including results-based management, quantitative and qualitative tools and methodologies, reporting etc.
∎ Strong understanding of research methodologies and the nature of evidence which will influence key decision makers in the area
∎ Competent in qualitative and quantitative research and statistical analysis, including the use of statistical analysis software such as SPSS, MS Access, or digital Programming
∎ Competent in database management, including programmes such as ACCESS
∎ Experience with and understanding of Digital Data Gathering (DDG) systems
∎ Key competencies:
∎ Advance Experience in MS Office Programme and verbal written and communication skills in both Bangla and English
∎ Experience in Emergency Rohingya Response
∎ Sound knowledge of AAP, CwC, CRM, Research and Evaluation
∎ Essential competencies:
∎ Skills in time management and prioritising
∎ Open to new ideas
∎ Information technology
∎ Problem-solving and decision making
∎ Ability to write short reports and concept notes clearly and correctly

Salary: Tk. 88473 (Monthly)

Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Monthly Hardship Allowance of BDT 10,000/-, Festival Bonus (02), Provident Fund, Gratuity, Group Life and Hospitalisation Insurance coverages, OPD coverage, Mobile ceiling and other admissible benefits as per organisational policy.

Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.

Application Deadline: 1 Oct 2022

Company Information:
∎ 21 Sep 2022
∎ Concern Worldwide
∎ Business : Concern Worldwide is a non-governmental, international, humanitarian organization dedicated to the reduction of suffering and working towards the ultimate elimination of extreme poverty in the world`s poorest countries. With its head quarter in Ireland, Concern has been working in Bangladesh since 1972.

Category: NGO/Development

Source: bdjobs.com

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