MEAL officer

With over 70 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith.

Come join our 33,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable childrens life stories!

Employee Contract Type:

International Assignment – Fixed Term (Fixed Term)

Job Description:

% of time Activity End Results
10% 1. Program Design
Support MEAL Coordinator as requested (One Syria Response, strategy, sectoral
frameworks, EBP (based on Regional and Global strategic priorities for Evidence
Building), overall MEAL system setup, adhoc requests)
MEAL Coordinator is supported, ensuring learning throughout the
process.
Support MEAL Coordinator Coordinator in leading the proposal development process
regarding MEAL input (logframe, budgeting for MEAL activities and staffing, MEAL
narrative plan, etc.)
Proposals are submitted with good quality and measurable indicators.
Develop projectspecific MEAL frameworks in coordination with project staff MEAL frameworks are completed, including all details about
indicators, definitions, sources of data, and responsibilities.
50% 2. Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting
Develop methodology, sampling, and tools for the outcome and process monitoring
studies, including pre/posttests, PIMs/PDMs, FGDs, KIIs, etc.
Methodologies and tools that abide by MEAL and sectorspecific
standards are developed.
Plan, lead and oversee the implementation of outcome monitoring studies for grants
such as PIMs/PDMs, midline and endline studies, pre/posttests, FGDs, KIIs, etc.
(coordinate, follow up, and review the outcome monitoring methodology, tools and
reports for grants
Outcome monitoring exercises are implemented with quality and on
time, abiding by the MEAL, donor and sector requirements.
Lead projectspecific evaluations and baselines at the field level (development of ToR,
select and shortlist consultants, coordinate with the consultant, review of design
methodology and tools, review final reports, attend interpretation workshops, etc. if
externally led; and conduct data analysis and report writing if internallyled)
Project baselines and evaluations are completed on time and with
quality.

Implement fieldlevel tasks for the outcome and process monitoring of grants, including
pre/posttests, PIMs/PDMs, midline and endline studies, FGDs, KIIs, etc. (training of
casual workers, planning field data collection, coordination of data collection,
supervising, facilitating, coding tools, developing datasets, data cleaning, analysis,
reporting)
The monitoring plan for grant projects is implemented as a set, and
MEAL reports are submitted on time and with good quality.
Implement fieldlevel tasks for the Syria strategy Impact Assessment (casual training
workers, ensuring the quality of data collection through supervision, data cleaning)
Process of data collection for the Syria strategy Impact Assessment at
the field level is well led, and quality data is collected.
Responsible for the coordination of projects baselines and evaluation studies
(coordination at field level with consultants, beneficiaries and partners/stakeholders if
externally led and methodology, development of tools, data collection, and cleaning if
internally led)
Baselines and evaluations are completed on time and with quality
Provide support in training project staff and partners on reporting requirements, core
humanitarian standards, output level monitoring and conduct regular training for
Operations staff on data collection and data entry for prepost tests
Operations staff and partners are supported and trained on MEAL
skills.
Contribute to the MEALrelated component of the Child WellBeing Report (a
requirement by GC for Response Offices to also submit a CWBR as per frequency set
by GC)
CWBR is submitted with good quality, including all relevant sectorspecific
information from the field level.
Conduct ITT verifications of projects in coordination with project staff every month and
ensure project level ITT are updated with accurate data monthly, and key findings are
shared with management at the program review meetings
ITTs are submitted with accurate figures and data, and All outputs &
activities are reported monthly
Conduct project site visits regularly and monitors partner & direct implementation for
quality standards through scheduled visits, data quality audits, and spot checks. Quality implementation of projects is ensured
Ensure that critical MEAL findings and recommendations are discussed and addressed
by management
MEAL findings are shared with key stakeholders to ensure continuous
learning and improvement of organizational processes

community preferences and needs to inform the design of contextuallyappropriate
accountability processes and share outcomes/results with communities,
colleagues and partners
A relevant and effective accountability system is activated for WV
programmes
Implement the accountability plan/design developed based on the community
preferences on providing information, consulting with communities, promoting
participation and collecting & acting on feedback and complaints
Accountability to children & communities is ensured through a
comprehensive accountability system

Receive, process and respond to feedback and complaints and communicate progress
back to the children, communities and stakeholders
Contextuallyappropriate feedback & complaints mechanism is
operational
Implement the plan for sharing information according to the information needs and
preferences of community stakeholders and adjust accordingly and collaborate with
colleagues to collect relevant and accurate organizational and programme information
that will be shared openly with communities, stakeholders and partners
Transparency toward beneficiaries is ensured
Ensure that all the feedback & complaints received from communities are
recorded/updated timely and accurately in the system and loops closed within the
timeline
Effective accountability practices are in place
Sensitize community members about their right to information, to be consulted,
participate and provide feedback and complaints, balanced with a responsibility to
support solutions
accessibility to the feedback and complaints channels is ensured
Support investigating allegations of irregularities, fraud, corruption or other forms of
misconduct by directly liaising with the affected communities, according to guidelines
and promptly that promotes trust and safety
Resolution of received serious complaints is ensured
Engage community members in measuring the effectiveness of Accountability practices
and, provide recommendations for and address areas that need improvement in
coordination with the accountability core team, conduct other consultation activities
which can support the design of new programmes
Ensure most affected people are consulted
Conduct exit interviews, observation and reporting
4. Research and Learning
Colead lessons learned events for projects with project managers and technical staff
(preparation, facilitation and report writing)
Lessons learned events are supported with MEAL evidence and are
well documented.
Implement any potential research studies/EBP at the field level (data collection,
cleaning) (based on Regional and Global strategic priorities for Evidence Building)
Evidence on sectorspecific programming is built.
5% 5. Miscellaneous
Complete Horizon tasks relevant to assigned projects (uploading MEAL plans and
monitoring data) (a requirement by GC to roll out Horizon at the Office level) Horizon is updated on time with all relevant MEAL information

Applicant Types Accepted:

Local Applicants Only