Title: Monitoring Evaluation Accountability and Learning (MEAL) Specialist Location:  Gambella area office with frequent travel to field locations

Employment Category:  G2

Salary Range: USD 946.00 – 1,151.00 per month which specific amount will be determined up on candidates experience and educational relevancy

Reporting To:  Area Manger

Start of Contract & Duration:  5 months up to Dec 31, 2023

Posting date: July 14, 2023

Required Employee: 1                    

INTRODUCTION

The Danish Refugee Council (DRC), an international non-governmental organization (NGO), has been providing relief and development services in the Horn of Africa since 1997. DRC promotes and supports solutions to the problems faced by refugees, internally displaced people (IDPs), and migrants. The organization has offices across the region and has been operational in Ethiopia since 2009.  With funding from bilateral and multilateral donors, DRC is currently implementing a range of activities across Ethiopia and Djibouti, including WASH and shelter provision, child and youth protection, gender-based violence response, awareness-raising of migration risks, protection monitoring of migration routes, and livelihoods support for returning migrants or those at-risk of migration.

OVERALL PURPOSE OF THE ROLE:

The MEAL Specialist will provide technical support to all projects and ensure all the required MEAL activities are implemented in Gambella area office. The specialist will ensure that the area office’s MEAL activities are in line with the country office MEAL framework as well as DRC global MEAL model. The specialist will work closely with Addis Ababa-based MEAL Manager, Accountability Coordinator, MEAL specialist and program team to ensure compliance with DRC’s MEAL requirements and best practices.

Main Responsibilities:

Monitoring and evaluations

• Ensure full compliance with DRC’s Global MEAL model and DRC Ethiopia MEAL framework in Gambella area office

• Maintain DRC MEAL systems and tools used to track project implementation progress and analyze the information to measure project results and progress and used for decision making purposes.  

• Engage in the development of MEAL components of project proposals, including support in development indicators

• Engage in development of project specific MEAL plan for all projects in Gambella area office.

• In close collaboration with the Addis Ababa-based MEAL Manager and the program team, develop sector-specific data collection tools and ensure their proper use at Gambella field office. The position will ensure the timeliness and quality of data collection, and ensure all captured data is managed according to protection information management standards and best practices.

• Regular update project performance tracker sheets such as indicator tracker tables and analyses them

• Produce monthly analysis reports with updates on the implementation status of all assigned projects. This will entail flagging areas of concern, developing recommendations for corrective actions to share with the Area Manager, implementing teams and MEAL Manager, and documenting lessons learned.

• Take the lead in coordinating field-level assessments (e.g. baseline, midline, endline, PDMs), including leading and/or overseeing field data collection, training of data collectors, and the provision of support towards data analysis and reporting.

• Organize and facilitate field-level learning events to capture, document and disseminate lessons learned for internal and external purposes.

• Conduct regularly field monitoring visits and provide timely feedback to inform decision making and program quality improvement

• Support the program team in DIP development and actively participate in organizing kick off meetings, review meetings and close-out meetings

• Engage in internal project data quality assessments and audits

• In collaboration with the country-level Accountability Coordinator, assume responsibility for the implementation of complaint and feedback mechanisms in compliance with DRC Ethiopia’s Beneficiary Feedback and Response Mechanism, and all associated tools and SOPs, in the Gambella area office.

• Identify and conduct MEAL-related capacity building needs and opportunities for DRC’s program staff in Gambella field office including on Core Humanitarian Standards and beneficiary feedback and response mechanisms

• Coordinate with regional technical lines bureaus and the Refugees and Returnee Services (RRS) for reporting purposes and during project monitoring exercises and terminal evaluations

• Provide support in preparing and reviewing reports and verifying consistency between collected data, means of verification, the PMT and donor reports.

• Provide technical assistance and advise to Gambella team in the design and implementation of MEAL  activities

• All DRC roles require the post-holder to master

  DRC’s core competencies:

  • Striving for excellence: You focus on reaching results while ensuring an efficient process.  

  • Collaborating: You involve relevant parties and encourage feedback.  

  • Taking the lead: You take ownership and initiative while aiming for innovation.  

  • Communicating: You listen and speak effectively and honestly.

  • Demonstrating integrity: You act in line with our vision and values.  

Job Requirements

Experience and technical competencies: (include years of experience)

• A minimum of 4 years of MEAL experience within the humanitarian or NGO field.

• Demonstrated experience translating log frames and results frameworks into monitoring plans, developing data collection tools and protocols, leading data collection and management process, designing and managing databases, and analyzing and reporting data.

• Sound technical skills in CHS, accountability, and establishing functional CFM systems

• Proven technical skills in monitoring and evaluation and experience with both qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis.

• Excellent analytical, presentation, and report writing skills.

• Experience using software applications such as Excel, or statistics software such as SPSS, STATA.

• Previous experience with electronic or mobile data collection.

• Experience in facilitating MEAL trainings and capturing and disseminating lessons

• Ability in managing several activities effectively with desired quality and detail as well meeting deadlines

EDUCATION: (include certificates, licenses, etc.)

• At least university degree in Economics, Statistics, social sciences or relevant discipline.

LANGUAGE: (indicate fluency level)

• Advanced English proficiency required.

• Fluency in Amharic required.

• Local language Nuer, Agnuak is an asset

How to Apply

 TO APPLY

Interested candidates who meet the required qualifications and experience are invited to submit an updated CV and cover letter explaining their motivation and why they are suited for the post. 

We only accept applications sent via our online-application form on THIS LINK under Vacancies.  

Please forward the application and CV, in English through the stated website no later than July 29, 2023. 

For general information about the Danish Refugee Council, please consult www.drc.ngo
Gender Equality: DRC is committed to achieving gender parity in staffing at all levels. In light of this, women candidates are particularly encouraged to apply to bridge the gendergap.
Equal Opportunities: DRC is an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and we are committed to creating an inclusive environment based on mutual respect for all employees. We do not discriminate on the basis of age, sex, disability status, religion, ethnic origin, colour, race, marital status, or other protected characteristics
We encourage only qualified Ethiopian Nationals to apply. DRC considers all applicants based on merit.