MEAL Officer

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Save the Children MEAL Officer Myanmar SAVE THE CHILDREN Jobs 2024

Save the Children looking for “MEAL Officer”. Applicants with a Bachelor’s degree may apply on or before 12-Jul-24.

The Save the Children has published a job vacancy announcement on 01-Jul-24 for qualified applicants to fill in the vacant post of MEAL Officer to be based in , Myanmar. For more jobs, please visit https://unjoblink.org

Company Name: Save the Children

Job Title: MEAL Officer

Duty Station: , Myanmar

Country: Myanmar

Application Deadline: 12-Jul-24

 

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Responsibilities:

 

Performance Monitoring (25%)

  • Under the support of MEAL Coordinator, compile and provide required data for reporting to donors and SCI requirements (monthly, quarterly and yearly)
  • Contribute to Total Reach annual planning and reporting processes, consistent with SCI operational requirement
  • Use process level quality benchmarks as reference to undertake field monitoring visits, focusing on programme quality aspects, discuss with relevant staff and share reports with relevant colleagues
  • Work with the programme team to develop data collection tools and ensure data collection forms/necessary materials are present at township.
  • Work with programme team to regularly collect data related to project level indicators
  • Follow up on M&E Plan with respective responsible program staff to collect all data and information that is planned and maintain database which is communicated to the MEAL Coordinator.
  • Under the guidance of the MEAL Coordinator devise innovative and context specific approach to collect outcome level data for learning and accountability purposes.
  • Monitor the status of child participation in the project using the Child Participation Indicator tool on a quarterly basis and provide data to MEAL Coordinators for analysis.

Quality Monitoring (10%)

  • Develop and implement plans for quality benchmark monitoring in coordination with the Porgramme team for key activities mapped during the onset of the project Conduct quality monitoring using checklists developed by the Sector Lead on a regular frequency by conducting field visits.
  • Be a custodian of quality action tracker for recommendations for improvement generated after quality benchmarks monitoring/use
  • Conduct follow-up monitoring visits to support implementation of action plans.
  • Share findings from quality monitoring with relevant project staffs and facilitate the preparation of action plan to fill gaps from quality monitoring.
  • Share action plan from quality monitoring with MEAL Coordinator, and Program Manager
  • Support MEAL Coordinator and programme manager for developing effective working coordination with partner MEAL and program team by enhancing their understanding on quality monitoring usually through trainings and orientations.

Information Systems Managements (10%)

  • Perform regular field visits to ensure the quality of data collected by programme staff and to verify the accuracy of reported data
  • Work closely with program field staff and MEAL Coordinator to plan, coordinate and priorities for preparing quality data reports for both internal and external purpose.
  • Support programme team to collect data from source (usually field or communities) on a regular frequencies outline in the MEAL Plan
  • Conduct quality audits for reports and data submitted by partners on a bu monthly basis.
  • Maintain database for total reach, both direct and indirect, at for the Child poverty project (usually township) and by disaggregating data by gender, age, ethnicity and disability.
  • Update and manage MEAL tracking tools (Accountability Tracker; Quality Action Tracker; Indicator Performance Tracking Tool dashboard (only review); Project Evaluation and Research Tracker, Evaluation and research decomposing tool) for the project
  • Assist MEAL coordinator in donor report preparation in coordination with program manager- in particular preparation of Dashboards to accompany Quarterly and semin annual and annual reports.

Evaluations Baselines/Assessments, dissemination and learning (10%)

  • Work closely with the program team and Senior Project Coordinator to support internal and external program/project evaluations, baseline and end-line assessments and final evaluations.
  • Support programme team in development and management of databases for occasional surveys, need assessment and program expansion.
  • Support dissemination of baselines/assessments/evaluations and effectively track recommendations and lessons learned from monitoring processes including program review meetings, assessments, surveys and evaluations and ensure they are incorporated in project planning and future programming by leading on the dissemination of findings to the project teams in close coordination with all relevant colleagues

Accountability (20%)

  • Work with the project team to develop and implement accountability plan for the project in line with the Core Humaniatarian Standards and the SCI Myanmar Accountability Standard Operating Procedures
  • Ensure that communities are well oriented and know about and how to use Feedback and Response Mechanism.
  • Establish an effective functional system for feedback handling and response mechanisms at community level with the support from MEAL Coordinator.
  • Guide MEAL assistants in conducting monthly/quarterly discussions with communities targeting different sub-groups to collect feedbacks for improving project service delivery.
  • Coordinate and conduct objective quarterly satisfaction survey for services delivery to participants and share the finding with the project coordinator and MEAL Coordinator

Capacity building (10%);

  • Support training for partners and project staff on MEAL and data collection tools reported data.
  • Ensure common understanding of SCI MEAL framework with the project team

Child Safeguarding Responsibilities (5%)

  • Support the process of ensuring that child safeguarding and child protection mainstreaming are integrated into all M&E frameworks through measurable output and outcome indicators; and support the process of piloting and scaling up local level beneficiary complaints’ mechanisms in relation to staff conduct, with an emphasis on the Child Safeguarding Policy and measure to prevent sexual exploitation of women and children.

Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Social / Development Sciences/Economics/ Information Technology or other related subjects
Myanmar