Monitoring Evaluation Accountability & Learning (meal) Officer

Danish Refugee Council, one of the world’s leading humanitarian NGOs, is currently looking for a highly qualified Monitoring Evaluation Accountability and Learning (MEAL) Officer for our operations in East Borena with frequent travel to field.

Overall purpose of the role

The Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning (MEAL) Officer in EAST Borena will be tasked with implementing an effective monitoring and evaluation (M&E) system at emergency program site including in Dhas, wachile and Hudet woredas. This includes developing tools and methodologies to ensure the quality of DRC's project activities in the area.The MEAL Officer will regularly monitor project progress, gather data, assess project outcomes, and provide feedback to the team to improve program delivery. They will also ensure accountability mechanisms are in place, enabling communities to provide feedback, and work closely with project teams to promote learning and continuous improvement based on evaluation findings.

Your main duties and responsibilities will be:

Support to DRC MEAL strategy

• Ensure full compliance with DRC’s Global MEAL model and DRC Ethiopia MEAL framework at the field 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

Planning monitoring, evaluation and reporting

• Development and operationalization MEAL plans for all projects in East Borena based on project documents and existing MEAL systems
• Conduct regular monitoring visits to all projects activities to ensure projects are on the right track and implemented based on the desired and provide timely feedback to inform decision making
• Ensure the use of proper sector-specific data collection tools and the required data is generated.
• Engage in data collections of several surveys/ assessments and engaged in recruitment, training and managing data collectors and also data is properly collected per the desired quality and time and ensure all captured data is managed according to protection information management standards and best practices.
• Engage in data analysis and drafting of survey reports
• Engage in updating different monitoring tools including indicator trackers and ensure they are updated per the desired timeline and quality
• Engage in implementing data quality assessments and audits per the DRC guide and report the findings of the assessment results
• Undertake validation analysis of programmatic reports and facilitating improvements of record keeping and programmatic data reporting.
• Compile monitoring related reports and submit to the Emergency manager, HOP and CO MEAL team with the desired quality and timeline

Accountability and lesson learnt

• Undertake data collection to generate lesson learnt and analyze it.
• In collaboration with the country-level MEAL team, engage in assessment of complaint and feedback mechanisms as well its establishment under the intervention areas under the field office.
• Support/engage in the developing information sharing materials and events
• Engage in establishment and implementation functional of Beneficiary Feedback and Response Mechanism
• Ensure the complaints are received, recorded, documented and responded appropriately.
• Analyze the CFM data for further use.
• Provide support in reviewing government and donor reports and verifying consistency between collected data, means of verification and reports.
• Assume other MEAL responsibilities at the Emergency response level per the guidance from the AM and CO MEAL team

Experience and technical competencies:

• A minimum of 2 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 data.
• 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,
• Previous experience with electronic or mobile data collection such as Kobo toolbox.
• Ability in managing several activities effectively with desired quality and detail as well meeting deadlines
• Technical skills in CHS, accountability, and establishing functional CFM systems.

EDUCATION: (include certificates, licenses, etc.)

• University degree in statistics, economics, social sciences, development studies or related discipline.

LANGUAGE: (indicate Fluency level)

• English (fluent)
• Knowledge of local language Affan Oromo and Somali is a requirement .

In this position, you are expected to demonstrate DRC’ five 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 uphold and promote the highest standards of ethical and professional conduct in relation to our values and Code of Conduct, including safeguarding against sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment.

We offer

Contract length: 7 Months

Contract Type: National Contract

Band: H2 – Non-Management

Designation of Duty Station: East Borena.

Start date: ASAP

Salary and conditions will be in accordance with Danish Refugee Council’s Terms of Employment for National employees

Skills Required:

• Economics / Statistics
• Social / Science / Project / Management / Development