Senior MEAL Officer

VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT

Position: Senior MEAL Officer

Job Location: Gaziantep
Reporting to: IMU/MEAL Manager

Working area: Gaziantep, Turkey

Number of positions open: 1

ACCOUNTABILITIES

Key relationships: Project officer, Grant officer, Syria field officers, IM officer.

General objective of the position:

The Senior MEAL Officer is responsible for leading key project MEAL activities and will oversee project-level performance monitoring data and evaluation analysis. Working in collaboration with the MEAL manager, the Senior M&E Officer is responsible for leading the design and implementation of an M&E system, ensures that SAMS evaluation’s achievements and lessons learned are captured and used for project improvement, and captures and communicates project outcomes to appropriate audiences.

Main tasks and responsibilities:

· Work with the program team to develop a detailed M&E plan for the program based on the project log-frame to track progress against agreed indicators.

· Track the M&E plan and frequently provide the program team with trend analysis of tracked indicators while identifying outliers.

· Work with MEAL manager and MEAL Team to ensure the collection of relevant and appropriate data needed for an effective M&E system which will be utilized in monitoring strengths, weaknesses and gaps in existing program and services and for reporting on donor commitments as well as producing board summaries.

· Lead program monitoring activities including tool design and analysis in collaboration with IMU and project team.

· Work closely with filed MEAL Officers to ensure that up-to-date monitoring activities is implemented and data collected for all projects, in line with the project targets, and in a timely manner.

· Ensure all MEAL frameworks for all SAMS’s running projects are in place and updated on monthly basis.

· Build the capacity of MEAL field team through regular trainings and coaching to ensure adoption of monitoring tools and quality of data collected in line with agreed M&E plans and indicators.

· Ensure proper training protocols and field work protocols are being followed by the field teams.

· Work with MEAL manager and accountability officer on developing and implementing field needs assessment.

· Strengthen monitoring and evaluation procedures and systems with support from the MEAL Manager.

· Contribute to organizational development of local partners, including the support in developing systems to track progress on capacity building and organizational development of partners.

Coordination and communication

· Identify external, third party stakeholders that can undertake monitoring/evaluation visits and facilitate and supervise their activities.

· Provide regular feedback to the project team and MEAL manager on project implementation.

Office Culture:

· Initiate team building initiatives

· Promote and model a positive, professional and respectful office culture.

· Ensure effective internal communications

THE CANDIDATE’S REQUIREMENTS

Mandatory Qualifications required

· University degree of computer science, Information technology, English literature, Pharmacy or other related backgrounds.

· Minimum 3-year experience in MEAL scope of work.

Languages

§ Fluency written and spoken in Arabic

§ Advanced written and spoken English

§ Intermediate Written and spoken Turkish

Competencies:

§ Self-starter who can work independently under pressure.

§ Demonstrated skills in M&E management, frameworks, indicator development, systems development and report writing required.

§ Cross-cultural sensitivity, flexible world view, and emotional maturity.

§ Excellent written and oral communication skills. Experience integrating international humanitarian standards in emergency programming (including humanitarian accountability).

§ Experience in project design, proposal development, and writing reports.

§ Advanced analytical skills (MS pivot table, Power-bi and others).