Job Description

IRC is Responding to the world’s worst humanitarian crises in a great variety of roles, the International Rescue Committee’s staff is a force for humanity and hope. If you’re skilled and passionate, we’d like to add your energy to ours.

We are one of the world’s largest humanitarian agencies, provide relief, rehabilitation and post-conflict reconstruction support to victims of natural disaster, oppression and violent conflict in 42 countries. We are committed to innovation and creative partnerships.

Active in public health, education, livelihoods, women's empowerment, youth development, and protection and promotion of rights, we assist people from harm to home.

Country Background:

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives. Founded in 1933, the IRC offers lifesaving care and life-changing assistance to refugees forced to flee from war or disaster. IRC has been working in Ethiopia since 1999 and is implementing coordinated, community-managed programs aimed at improving the quality of lives and recovery of livelihood of the disaster affected population, including host communities, through promoting individual participation, strengthening institutions, and emergency response.

Position overview

The MEAL Assistant is part of the M&E department and will work closely with the field-based M&E Officer and CR Officer based in Addis. The position holder will be responsible for ensuring the implementation of robust client feedback channels at their respective locations which may include design and administration of surveys, focus group discussions, proactive and reactive feedback mechanisms. The employee will be accountable for aggregating client feedback, identifying key themes and challenges or opportunities to respond to, and presenting these to the management team for a decision on how to respond. The candidate will also be desirable for recording and monitoring feedback, and for ensuring that the loop is closed, and clients are advised of decisions taken.

​Specific Responsibilities:

Feedback Planning and Implementation

• Collect client feedback through various channels that IRC installs including community meetings, surveys, discussions, phone lines, suggestion boxes, SMS among others

• Regularly update the excel based Feedback Registry on everyday basis and raise cases including breach of IRC code of conduct, allegations of child abuse or sexual exploitation and other major programmatic complaints

• Receive, record, and classify complaints for attention by the MEAL Officer and refer to the respective sectors.

• Collect response from the program staff on the feedback and communicate back to client

• Facilitate the preparation of CRA logistics before field visits e.g. paper based data collection tools, promotional materials etc.

• Ensure accurate and confidential filing of CRA reporting forms such as client feedback form, Feedback Registry, surveys, interview, minutes from community meetings, reports, datasets among others

• Generate reports on the implementation and use of feedback channels, per sector, including limitations and challenges.

Feedback Monitoring, Reporting, and Response

• Aggregate and disaggregate client feedback (according to gender, age, status, sector, risk-level and other client appropriate disaggregation).

• Present statistics on feedback received and feedback content in clear formats to highlight feedback trends to the program team, as well as synthesize qualitative feedback in ways which provide the detail that the program will need to craft an appropriate response.

• Analyze key themes, challenges, and opportunities for program improvement.

Other Tasks

Provide support to the M&E Officer to conduct ongoing monitoring and evaluation activities.

Other duties as assigned by the supervisor to enable and develop IRC programs

Job Requirements

• BA degree or Diploma/Level IV in social science and other relevant field of studies

• 0- Year work experience for BA Degree and 3 years work experience for Diploma holders

• Analyze and communicate data in a way that facilitates effective decision making

• Proactively engage with clients and community members, acting as a community liaison focal point

• Driven and able to balance multiple tasks, commitments, and to work flexibly in a team

• Creativity, curiosity and passion, and the ability to develop and test new ways of working and solutions to problems

• Strong oral and written communications in local language and Amharic is required.

Desirable

• Working experience with refugees and/or IDPs, and an understanding of the feedback channels preferred by displaced people

• Experience in implementing feedback channels. These may include surveys, FGD, hot lines, suggestions boxes, open feedback etc.

• Written and verbal communication in English is an added advantage.

• Passionate about humanitarian work and assistance!

Reporting line :

The MEAL Assistant will report to the MEAL Officer on issues related day to day activities.  On technical issues related to Client Responsiveness the candidate will be received technical support by the CR Officer in Addis.

​ Time frame

The length of the posting is for one year initially but could be extended, contingent upon satisfactory performance evaluation and funding.

Professional Standards: The IRC and IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in IRC Way - Standards for Professional Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, and Accountability. In accordance with these values, the IRC operates and enforces policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Anti Workplace Harassment, Fiscal Integrity Anti-Retaliation and Combating Trafficking in Persons.

Gender Equality: IRC is committed to narrowing the gender gap in leadership positions. 

How to Apply

Candidates meeting the above qualifications are encouraged to apply only through the below IRC On-line recruitment website: 

External

https://rescue-pilot.csod.com/ux/ats/careersite/1/home/requisition/23152?c=rescue

 Internal

https://rescue-pilot.csod.com/ux/ats/careersite/2/home/requisition/23152?c=rescue

Your application letter/cover letter must include the following information.

• Name of the position you have applied for

• Date of application

• Summary of your qualifications and experience

• Motivation/objective of why you have applied for the job

• Permanent Address and present address (if different from permanent) and telephone number if possible, also email address

• Disclose any family relationships with existing IRC employees.

IRC is an Equal Opportunity Employer IRC considers all applicants on the basis of merit without regard to race, sex, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status or disability.

Standards of Professional Conduct: The IRC and IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in IRC Way - Standards for Professional Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, and Accountability. In accordance with these values, the IRC operates and carries out policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Anti Workplace Harassment, Fiscal Integrity, and Anti-Retaliation.

Gender Equality: IRC is committed to narrowing the gender gap in leadership positions. We offer benefits that provide an enabling environment for women to participate in our workforce including parental leave, gender-sensitive security protocols and other supportive benefits and allowances

Equal Opportunity Employer: IRC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. IRC considers all applicants based on merit without regard to race, sex, color, national origin, religion, age, marital status, veteran status, disability or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.