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Danish Refugee Council Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning Officer (Internal Only) Afghanistan DRC Jobs 2024
Danish Refugee Council looking for “Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning Officer (Internal Only)”. Applicants with a Bachelor’s degree may apply on or before 11-Jul-24.
The Danish Refugee Council has published a job vacancy announcement on 04/07/2024 for qualified applicants to fill in the vacant post of Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning Officer (Internal Only) to be based in Kabul , Afghanistan. For more jobs, please visit https://unjoblink.org
Company Name: Danish Refugee Council
Job Title: Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning Officer (Internal Only)
Duty Station: Kabul , Afghanistan
Country: Afghanistan
Application Deadline: 11-Jul-24
Responsibilities:
Implementation of Project MEAL systems for all programmers in respective area
- Assist sectorial MEAL specialists in developing MEAL tools, contextualization and translation.
- Measure and report on indicators in compliance with DRC grant agreements and based on Project MEAL plans.
- Implement and update the MEAL plan monthly, including the collection, entry and basic analysis of program data.
- Review the Means of Verification for each project activity, providing regular reports to the MEAL Manager and guidance to program staff.
- Assist in drafting project-based MEAL Plans.
- Provide weekly and monthly reports to the MEAL manager on the implementation of MEAL plans and exercises.
- Train enumerators in data collection and supervise the enumerators during monitoring and evaluation exercises.
- Work closely with program teams, following their work plans and updating the MEAL plan accordingly.
- Support annual updates and rapid needs assessments in coordination with the MEAL Officer.
- Work with the MEAL Officer to conduct assessments, research, and other M&E activities.
- Conduct FGDs for gathering feedback on the assessment of current MEAL practices.
Data collection tools development and use
- Assist country office MEAL Team in the development of relevant and quality data collection tools for quantitative and qualitative research, e.g. baseline /end-line surveys, needs assessment questionnaires, PDM tools, FGD and KII guides etc.
- Lead on translation of necessary documents such as data collection tools and databases
- Lead field testing of questionnaires and coordinate it with the relevant specialists.
- Conduct all field data collection, monitoring exercises and evaluation plans through mobile data collection and paper forms
- Data management, analysis, and use
- Assist MEAL teams in area offices and in country office in basic quantitative and qualitative data analysis
- Closely coordinate with relevant programme staff to ensure project-relevant information is shared and used to properly track progress of projects in the appropriate tracker at area- and project-level
- Collaborate with Programme teams at area-level to ensure actions are taken based on MEAL findings and recommendations, and document such actions in a Process Monitoring Tracker
- Enter questionnaire in Kobo
- Create short memos on quantitative datasets and qualitative transcripts
- Writing of field visit monitoring report after each field visit
Accountability
- Document all feedback received from beneficiaries and local communities and ensure that the feedback is addressed in a timely manner.
- Closely coordinate with the area MEAL team to ensure relevant programme teams properly implement accountability measures as per DRC standards and in line with the Core Humanitarian Standards
- Ensure all beneficiaries are treated with respect, confidentiality and are provided with informed consent with the support of CRM specialist.
- Support accountability specialist for Staff capacity building in term of providing training on existence feedback mechanism to the new employee and focal points.
- Assist CRM specialist in drafting the quarterly accountability report.
- Coordinate with MEAL TLs to share the monthly update of the CRM database
- Consolidate the CRM database of the area/field offices and make sure all data updated correctly
- Follow-up the pending cases with the area MEAL team and program team
- Receive and register feedback correctly through DRC hotline numbers
- Monitor CRM awareness in the distribution point.
Learning
- Co-facilitate the learning sessions.
- Report learning received from certain activities and data.
Other
- Assist in other tasks as required by the MEAL Manager/CRM specialist Team, including extensive support to all programmes/sectors and other areas whenever deemed necessary
To be successful in this role you must have:
Experience and technical competencies:
- Two years of work experience in MEAL (working in accountability is an asset).
- Data collection tools development and use
- Experience in mobile data collection tools and using Kobo.
- Capacity to think critically and analyse quantitative and qualitative data.
- Capacity to produce good quality reports.
- Excellent interpersonal, communication and listening skills.
- Ability to work with people from various groups and provinces.
- Understanding the sensitivity and needs of different groups of people.
- Commitment to meeting deadlines.
- Create short memos on quantitative datasets and qualitative transcripts
- Writing of field visit monitoring report after each field visit
- Ability to respond to urgent needs for reporting.
Education/qualifications:
- Bachelor Degree in social sciences, Agriculture, humanitarian and/or development studies, or relevant field
- Maters, Diplomas or Certification in M&E, IMS, Statistics or related fields an added value
Languages:
- Fluency in English, both written and verbal
- Ability to work in both Dari and/or Pashto