Job Title: Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability & Learning (MEAL) Officer
Placement: Lombok Utara
Main Purpose of roles:
In consultation with the Project Coordinator the MEAL Specialist will lead the technical and strategic Monitoring and Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning (MEAL) processes for the country program; design, develop and implement a MEAL system; communicate evidenced-based results internally to inform management and program decisions, program participants (beneficiaries and duty bearers) for accountability; support knowledge/capacity building about MEAL among project and partner staff on in line with project standards; assist the program staff and advisors, providing technical assistance to design and implement research studies, surveys, and evaluations; set-up beneficiary accountability mechanisms and community feedback protocols, e.g. a Suggestion Box; support the supervision, monitoring and evaluation of all projects to ensure that quality, accountability, and reporting standards are met; aggregate M&E info-data from project staff to inform program design/redesign; promote program accountability, learning and sharing among staff, partners and other stakeholders; support positive relations (stewardship) by drafting reports, stories and other communication pieces to targeted audiences as requested; and ensure compliance with branding and marking plans.
RESPONSIBILITY AND TASK
Design, develop and implement the MEAL system
- Lead the design and development of a Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, Learning (MEAL) system/protocol using standard project tools and other M&E guidance and tools as needed
- With project coordinator, ensure proper use of the agreed MEAL system/protocols per project policies and procedures
- Provide input as requested for project design, funding proposals and budgets to ensure that MEAL activities are realistic, budgeted and in line with project guidelines/requirements
- Support the MEAL roll-out plan for each project
- Ensure the collection and analysis of accurate information and data (quantitative and qualitative), to be used in project reporting, and in decision-making for improved project performance.
- Ensure the reliable and accurate project participants counts, including required disaggregation for age and gender, and to avoid duplicate counting
- Participate in the design, implementation, and analysis of final evaluation surveys in collaboration with project staff and/or external consultants.
- Support visual results and impact reporting of projects with graphics, photos, videos, and maps. Follow project policy and best practices on the use of images and video of beneficiaries.
- Compile and provide required data for reporting project requirements
- Undertake field visits to monitor project quality, discuss results with relevant staff, and prepare reports to be shared with the project coordinator and relevant colleagues
- Work with the project team to develop data collection tools and to regularly collect quality data
- Support the project team to set up a Feedback Process to respond to complaints/ concerns/ feedback from beneficiaries
- Maintain the Feedback Process database; ensure participation from men and women, boys and girls
- Compile and analyze accountability data from the field on a monthly basis and share reports with the project coordinator
- Orient new staff to MEAL essentials
- Lead MEAL capacity building activities
- Help Project staff implement MEAL plans
- Aggregate and share information for the webpage, Facebook etc.
- Manage communications-related consultants, such as photographers
- Help project coordinator a write meaningful stories for external communication about project successes for individuals, communities, partnerships, etc.
- Bachelor’s degree in development, statistics, or related studies
- At least 2 years of professional experience leading MEAL systems.
- Demonstrated skills in MEAL projects in development or emergency response
- 3+ years’ experience with an I/NGO and with evidence-based M&E
- Knowledge of evidence-based development project
- Experience designing and carrying out qualitative and quantitative research and using research results in project design
- Demonstrated experience in info-data management and familiar with technologies in social research
- Excellent analytical skills
- Strong written and spoken English
- Proven ability to work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary and multicultural team, to work successfully in the field, and to manage and move groups of people toward completion of activities.
- Ability to design and develop, or adapt from existing resources;
- Info-data collections tools for monitoring based on matriks results framework.
- Questionnaires for quantitative surveys and interview guides for qualitative studies.
- Tools for processing and storing info-data: create and manage databases using Excel, Access or other similar data management platforms, and create and effectively structure survey data files.
- Know advanced techniques for random sampling, including the estimation of sample size, the calculation of weights, the calculation of the estimation errors, and confidence intervals; advanced descriptive statistics and statistical inference so as to select samples and perform appropriate statistical tests to remove the evidence of differences between results or between groups (experimental and control); and at least one statistical software such as SPSS, SAS, STATA or equivalent, preferred.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted
