MEAL Assistant at Save The Children

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY: 

Monitoring 

• Assist in programme updates for programme management and internal information sharing
• Assist with data collection processes as necessary
• Conduct field monitoring visits (including the use of the quality benchmarks/ monitoring checklist) and facilitate focus group discussions
• Assist with the implementation of programme evaluations (data collection)
• Support MEAL in conducting assessments as needed
• Assist in raising PRs and planning training for enumerators
• Any other duties as assigned.

Quality Benchmarks:

• To conduct quality monitoring of programme activities, measured against international standards and using participatory methodologies (including child-friendly methodologies) and quality benchmarks

Evaluation: 

• Provide support to the evaluation team while conducting periodic evaluations of project interventions at the field level, if required. 
• Assist in capturing quality case studies from the program team.   

Accountability

• Support in facilitating focus groups and other qualitative and qualitative data collection exercises.
• Support the MEAL Project Officer, programming and field staff to ensure that projects are carried out with participation from all affected communities (including children) and that information is shared with affected communities.
• Responsible for handling, documenting, confidentiality and security of all informational resources related to feedback and complaints from beneficiaries.
• Support Complaints and Feedback Mechanism, including communicating responses to complainants; liaise with programmes and operations to ensure prompt follow-up on feedback and complaints received.
• Learning and project quality
• Assist in developing quality reports and findings. 
• Support in generating key learnings from reports/evaluations.
• Support learning events 
• Participate in the Review meetings and Close-out meetings in order to highlight cross-project components aimed at replicating good practices and strengthening synergies between projects or programmes.
• Perform other duties as directed by the MEAL sector lead. 

OTHERS:

• Documentation and Dissemination:
• Contribute to preparing weekly, monthly and quarterly reports on MEAL.
• Prepare field visit reports and do debriefing and action planning with relevant staff.

Coordination:

• Coordinate and communicate with MEAL and relevant programme staff regarding feedback and complaints.
• Maintain liaison with MEAL unit and programme, particularly field coordination/community mobilization team.

BEHAVIOURS (Values in Practice)

Accountability:

• holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values.
• holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities - giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved.

Ambition:

• sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages their team to do the same.
• widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others.
• future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale.

Collaboration:

• builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, Members and external partners and supporters.
• values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength.
• approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.

Creativity:

• develops and encourages new and innovative solutions.
• willing to take disciplined risks.

Integrity:

• honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates highest levels of integrity.

QUALIFICATIONS  

• A bachelor’s degree or Diploma in relevant field such as Statistics, Economics, Information Technology, Sociology, Community and Rural Development, Business Administration, Public health and MEAL other courses on social research preferable with a focus on monitoring and evaluation as well as compliance issues). 
• At least a minimum of 2-years previous MEAL relevant experience with implementation of MEAL systems for emergency, recovery and development program under Health, Nutrition, Protection, FSL and WASH, such as data collection and analysis, reporting for Health, Nutrition, Protection, FSL and WASH beneficiaries and baseline, midline, or Endline KAP Survey, PDM, monthly beneficiary data validation and determination and beneficiary verification. 

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

• Verbal and written communication skills
• Listening skills
• Problem analysis and problem solving
• Proficient in relevant computer applications
• Ability to work in a team with flexibility to undertake challenging task and adapt to different working conditions.
• Good spoken, reading and writing skills in English with the ability to produce quality reports

Cosing: 07/07/2023