Summary of Position
The MEAL Manager is responsible for leading the Dorcas Ukraine MEAL team and for ensuring quality, relevance, effectiveness and efficiency in the development and implementation of the country programme’s monitoring, evaluation, assessment, learning and research activities and systems and processes in full compliance with Dorcas International and our international donor partner requirements.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Leading, supervising and supporting the Dorcas Ukraine MEAL team across all projects and programme areas with regular visits to all programme location.
- Design and implement a MEAL capacity development plan for the Dorcas Ukraine country programme, staff and partner organisations including arranging MEAL orientation- inductions; trainings and providing on-the-job coaching and mentoring.
- Ensure that every project has key performance indicators, a MEAL plan, and an associated database that effectively measures and tracks Dorcas performance, our impact and the changes we effect.
- Lead on the development and implementation of a country research and learning plan.
- Ensure timely and high-quality compliance with internal (Dorcas International) and external (funding partners) MEAL requirements for situational analyses, needs assessments, baseline surveys, mid-term reviews, end-line reviews, evaluations, lessons learned exercises and reporting.
- Where MEAL systems, procedures and guidance are absent or inadequate, take the lead in developing, creating and/or amending these to meet the needs of the country programme.
- Ensure all data collection and data processing personnel are adequately trained and their performance monitored.
- Ensure that the MEAL system enables evidence gathering and performance tracking to inform decision making for effective programming.
- Conduct regular quality assurance exercises to determine the quality, reliability and relevance of the data collected and the methods used.
- Ensures implementation of complaints mechanism for all projects.
- Ensures implementation of a beneficiary participatory monitoring and accountability system in each project.
- Ensure adherence to best Safeguarding and Do No Harm practices in all MEAL actions.
- Direct Supervision of 4 staff: a) MEAL Officer West; b) MEAL Officer East; c) Complaints Officer; and d) Communications Officer (for MEAL related components).
- participate in, contribute towards and represent Dorcas Ukraine in Dorcas International MEAL learning, training and capacity development events and activities.
Person Specification
• experience of implementing MEAL systems with a strong national or international NGO.
• supervisory, management experience.
• A degree in statistics, research methods or a relevant subject. A relevant post-graduate degree preferred.
• Experience of quantitative and qualitative research methods and digital data collection and processing in conflict affected and displacement contexts.
• Experience of managing MEAL actions in humanitarian and development/livelihoods contexts, ideally in Ukraine.
• Experience of international donor MEAL compliance (USAID/BHA, OCHA, ECHO, DEC etc) (preferably)
• Verbal and written fluency in Ukrainian and English.
How to apply
You are kindly invited to send a cover letter and resume (both in English) no later than January 31th to n.glagola@ukraine.dorcas.org.
Due to the urgency to fill this role, applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. We reserve the right to close this advert before the confirmed closing date when we are in receipt of sufficient applications. Should you wish to apply for this post you are kindly advised to submit your application as soon as possible. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. An assessment may be part of the recruitment process.