MEAL Assistant at Lindii Peace Foundation (LPF)

Duty Description: 

The MEAL Assistant will be a part of the MEAL team. He/she will assist the MEAL team with activities, including data collection, validation and entry. S/he will support in coordination with operations and assist in planning field visits and assessments. S/he will also support in ensuring Accountability in supported communities including information sharing, participation and ensuring efficient feedback and response mechanisms.

This position is field based.

Job Description: 

Monitoring and Evaluation:

• Assist with data collection and verification processes as necessary.
• Conduct field monitoring visits and ensure the use of the quality benchmarks/ monitoring checklist & work with project teams to develop action plans based on findings.
• Assist with planning, logistics & data collection for project assessments and evaluations

Accountability:

• Responsible for handling documenting, confidentiality, and security of all informational resources related to feedback and complaints from beneficiaries.
• Support Complaints and Feedback Mechanisms, including communicating responses to complainants; liaise with programs and operations to ensure prompt follow-up on feedback and complaints received.
• Support in facilitating participation activities in implementing communities

Knowledge Management & Learning

• Support in the archiving of hard and soft copies of reports, project documents and MoVs 
• Support in gathering information for the development of case studies and success stories for the project.
• Support is preparing relevant project reports

Requirements and skills 

• Computer literate with experience in the following computer packages; MS word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, and MS Access
• Experience in quantitative and qualitative data collection
• Excellent communication skills.
• Problem analysis and problem-solving.
• Proficient in Microsoft Suite & other relevant computer applications.
• Ability to work in a team with flexibility to undertake challenging tasks and adapt to different working conditions.
• Good spoken, reading, and writing skills in English with the ability to produce quality reports.
• Ability to work under pressure often to strict deadlines.
• Fluent in English and Local language (Hausa or Kanuri)

Integrity: 

• Works with trustworthiness and integrity and has a clear commitment to LPF\'s core values and humanitarian principles. 
• Resilience/Adaptability and flexibility: Ability to operate effectively under extreme circumstances including stress, high-security risks, and harsh living conditions. Works and lives in a flexible, adaptable, and resilient manner. 
• Awareness and sensitivity of self and others: Demonstrates awareness and sensitivity to gender and diversity. 
• Have experience and the ability to live and work in diverse cultural contexts in a culturally appropriate manner.
• Has a capacity to make accurate self-assessments, particularly in high-stress and high-security contexts. 
• Adhere to implementation standards, LPF ways of working, and the terms of the LPF Code of Conduct; including the commitment to zero tolerance on SEA and the obligation to report SEA cases. 
• He / She must not use their position of being engaged in LPF work to gain favours or material advantage.