Under the line management of the MEAL Manager, the Country MEAL Coordinator will work closely with technical leads at country level, programme field teams, and field-based MEAL staff, to ensure that the DRC MEAL minimum operating procedures are adhered to, systems and processes are rolled out and being implemented.

The Country MEAL Coordinator will be responsible for coordinating all country led MEAL related works, supports in logical framework development for proposals, leads on the writing of PDM/evaluation reports, as well as DRCs Results Plan.

The coordinator will provide technical support to MEAL field teams, and serve as backstopping support to area offices. The Country MEAL Coordinator working closely with the MEAL Manager, will be responsible for strengthening DRC Somalia’s monitoring, evaluation, learning, and accountability

Requirements

• Minimum of 4 years of work experience within the field of monitoring and evaluation
• Experience working with International NGO’s, UN agencies, line ministries and/or local authorities in migrants’/refugee settings in complex emergencies
• A bachelor’s degree in relevant field (development, social research preferable with a focus on monitoring and evaluation as well as compliance issues) or any other social science.
• Primary and Secondary education.
• Experience in BHA DQA, participatory assessments, and community-based monitoring approaches
• Clear understanding of Core Humanitarian Standards (CHS)
• Have good interpersonal skills and maintain good rapport with communities and respective local authorities
• Experience with capacity building of national staff, and in convening and facilitating trainings and workshops

Responsibilities

Monitoring and Evaluation

• In coordination with programme technical leads and grants, lead on logical framework development for all proposals.
• Develop MEAL Plans for all projects and ensure dissemination and trainings to MEAL field staff.
• Ensure PDM tracker, MMP, and ITT are all up to date in close collaboration with field MEAL teams and in line with internal standard operating procedures.
• Develop or review relevant tools/methods to improve data collection for e.g.