Department: MEAL Unit
Contract duration: Fixed
Location: Maralal, Kenya
Starting Date: April 2024
Background on ACTED
ACTED is a French humanitarian NGO, founded in 1993, which supports vulnerable populations, affected by humanitarian crises worldwide. ACTED provides continued support to vulnerable communities by ensuring the sustainability of post-crisis interventions and engaging long-term challenges facing our target populations, in order to break the poverty cycle, foster development and reduce vulnerability to disasters. Their interventions seek to cover the multiple aspects of humanitarian and development crises through a multidisciplinary approach which is both global and local, and adapted to each context. Their 3,300 staff is committed in to responding to emergencies worldwide, to supporting recovery and rehabilitation, towards sustainable development.
ACTED is seeking a dynamic and experienced individual to join our team as MEAL Officer. Based in Maralal, Samburu County, the MEAL Officer will play a vital role in ensuring the effectiveness and impact of our programs in the region.
Objective
The main aim of the MEAL Officer is to support in the effective implementation of all appraisals, monitoring, and evaluation work for Acted at the field level in line with the Acted’s global MEAL procedures, and contributing to ensuring that Acted’s projects and programs perform as planned.
Duties and responsibilities
Monitor and report on field level MEAL activities.
- Under the direction of the MEAL Manager, monitor and report on project MEAL work plans and activities as per the geographic scope of the position;
- Prepare and submit weekly MEAL progress reports, outlining achievements, challenges and progress;
- Work closely with other units in order to provide information for mapping, proposal development and reporting; liaise with partner/collaborating organizations for MEAL activities, as required;
- Responsible for coordinating MEAL related logistics and financial procedures at the field level; and
- Perform additional tasks as per the request of the Line manager.
Development of MEAL ToRs, data collection tools and methodologies
- Assist in the design of MEAL methodologies, data collection terms of reference (TORs) and the development of data collection tools to monitoring progress and outcomes of Acted’s projects for field level activities (including, but not limited to, Post-distribution monitoring, Needs Assessments, Asset Baselines/Verification, Beneficiary verification);
- Ensure that monitoring and evaluation activities are in-line with expected project goals, objectives and measure the defined indicators.
- Plan and conduct field-level data collection missions, ensuring the collection of accurate, reliable and useful data;
Facilitate the collection of accurate, reliable, and useful data for project implementation and development.
- Provide field supervision and plan logistical arrangements for conducting MEAL activities, including training of enumerators;
- Supervision of data entry and conduct data checking/cleaning for quantitative and qualitative data.
Conduct and share quantitative and qualitative analysis and write timely reports for programme development, management, and implementation.
- Conduct analysis of quantitative data, including preparing cross-tabulations, graphs and statistical analysis when required;
- Conduct qualitative analysis including writing up field-notes and use different methods to improve programme implementation, such as SWOT analysis, Problem-Solution tree, etc.
- Produce timely and high-quality MEAL reports, at the base level, including, but not limited to: PDMs, Asset Baselines, and Capacity Assessments.
Management of internal and external relationships
- Supervision of MEAL Assistants & Enumerators, including development of work plans;
- Work with management and support staff to comply with Acted rules and procedures; and
- Provide inductions and trainings to staff outside of the MEAL unit, to ensure MEAL principles and practices are understood and utilized across all programme units.
Proactively ensure organizational learning through the documenting and follow-up of lessons learned
- Capture and record field-level learnings through regularly updating the LEARN database;
- Follow-up and support programme teams on the implementation of recommendations and learnings;
- Proactively identify challenges and risks faced by programme implementation teams and escalate to the MEAL Manager.
Ensuring proper and timely information management for all field level activities
- Ensuring all MEAL documents are properly stored as per the MEAL Unit’s Information Management Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
Manage and promote Acted’s Complaints and Response Mechanism (CRM)
- Establish, implement and monitor the beneficiary Complaints and Response Mechanism (CRM) for the country mission in line with Acted standard beneficiary CRM procedures; including receiving, documenting and managing complaints through telephone hotline, in writing and in person;
- Treat urgent and/or sensitive complaints with the immediate attention they require, and ensure a fast resolution;
- Promote the CRM internally and externally to ensure the CRM is known and accessible to all of Acted’s beneficiaries.
Protection mainstreaming
- Promoting of and adhering to Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse policy and guidelines (for site residents, Acted staff, partner agencies, casual labours etc).
Potential Candidate Profile
- University degree in development studies, computer science, statistics, social studies, international relations or other related field.
- A minimum 3 years of working experience in Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning related functions.
- Technical skills in setting up quality MEAL processes and creating logical frameworks and data analysis.
- Proficiency and experience with mobile data collection such as Kobo, ODK Collect,
- Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, SPSS, or other similar software,
- Knowledge of PowerBi, or GIS are additional assets.
- Knowledge of the location context and language is preferred.
How to apply
Qualified Kenya Nationals with the required skills are invited to submit their applications by 20/03/2024, 05:00 PM to [email protected] with the subject line: APPLICATION FOR MEAL OFFICER accompanied with:
- Curriculum Vitae (Maximum 04 Pages)
- Cover Letter (Maximum 01 Page)
Cover Letter and CV must be shared as a single PDF document i.e with the Cover Letter being on the first page and CV starting on the next page, detailing 03 work referees and their day time contacts. Please do not attach any other documents while sending your application. If required they will be requested at a later stage.
Applications failing to respect the criteria above will not be considered.
Please note:
- Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
- Review of Applications and Shortlisting will be done on rolling basis and ACTED reserves the right to hire before the deadline.
- ACTED will at no stage of the recruitment process request candidate to make payments of any kind. Further, ACTED has not retained any agent(s) in connection with recruitment.
ACTED is committed to protecting beneficiaries within our programmes from exploitation and abuse and any kind of misconduct. ACTED has specific policies, including PSEA and Child Protection, which outlines the expected behavior and the responsibility of all staff, beneficiaries, consultants and other stakeholders and has zero tolerance towards misconducts. Any candidate offered a job with ACTED will be expected to sign ACTED’s organizational Policies and Code of Conduct as an annex to their contract of employment and agree to conduct themselves in accordance with the provisions of these documents.
ACTED is an Equal Opportunity Employer.