Job Description

Position      

Senior Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning (MEAL) Officer

Reports to:

NAGAAD Network Programme Coordinator

Location:

Hargeisa, Somaliland           

Start Date

Immediately

Job Summary

Position Overview:

The Senior MEAL Officer will work full-time with the Program staff to support a culture and practice of reliable planning, monitoring, evaluation, accountability, Knowledge Management, and reporting in the NAGAAD Network Head Quarter office. This includes developing, updating, and coordinating MEAL activities and events, capacity building of NAGAAD Network staff, network members, and partners in MEAL, and promoting MEAL knowledge transfer internally and externally.

Specific job responsibilities.

MEAL Tool Development and Data Management.

• Develop and implement a robust monitoring and evaluation system that will ensure tracking of project/program results at different levels (outputs, outcomes, and impact).
• Develop/adopt an integrated database of all country projects/programs and ensure accountability through regular data updates, data integrity, and working in collaboration with the data processors.
• Work with project officers and managers to ensure the collection of relevant and appropriate data needed for an effective MEAL system which will be utilized in monitoring strengths, weaknesses, and gaps in existing projects/programs and services and for reporting on donor commitments.
• Review existing data collection tools for the current programs and projects.

Monitoring and Reporting

• Maintain and update the overall indicator results frameworks for the current projects and programs.
• Develop Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) plans for all projects and proposals and ensure the same is followed up during implementation.
• Provide alerts to the respective staff on corrective actions required to avoid delays in implementation, including flagging operational issues and risks requiring timely actions.
• Review monthly progress reports from the program team and ensure they have evidence to back up and provide feedback to the respective staff.
• Prepare reports related to internal reporting such as the quarterly and annual reports.
• Ensure that cross-cutting issues such as participation, gender, age, and disability are effectively addressed/ mainstreamed in all project/program implementations as part of ensuring accountability according to the NAGAAD Network (Sex, Age, Disability Disaggregated Data) framework

Assessments, Surveys, research, and Evaluation

• Adhere to accountability requirements by initiating baseline surveys for new projects/programs and conducting relevant evaluations for ongoing projects to meet NAGAAD Network standards.
• Ensure that NAGAAD Network offices learn from all final evaluations of completed projects for decision-making and improvement of project designs.
• Lead and coordinate all country assessments, evaluations, research, and performance evaluation tasks including planning and reporting on the same.
• Assist in the development of Terms of Reference (TOR) for external surveys and consultant recruitment and selection.
• Coordinate the review of all survey reports prepared to ensure quality and accurate reporting.

Learning, Accountability, and Capacity Building

• Conduct country monitoring of all implementation monitoring that meets laid down standards regularly.
• Provide relevant evidence for learning from projects.
• Share learning and provide constructive comments to colleagues to ensure program quality.
• Ensure Accountability and Gender standards are consistently adhered to in program delivery.
• Build the capacity of staff through training to ensure the adoption of new data monitoring tools and the quality of data collected.
• Keep well-informed of new approaches and tools on MEAL and provide training to NAGAAD Network staff as requested. Enable staff to monitor and evaluate their efforts, gather relevant data, and produce required progress reports.

Safeguarding

• NAGAAD Network is committed to safeguarding the communities with which we work, our partners, staff, and any others whom we come into contact with.
• Therefore, you will also be responsible for:
• Preventing harm and abuse from our people, operations, and programs to anyone who encounters our work.
• Reporting all safeguarding incidents, you see, hear, hear about, or suspect, using our internal reporting mechanism.
• Complying with all safeguarding framework policies and practices.
• Completing mandatory training courses relating to our safeguarding policy framework and complying with HR vetting procedures

Experiences and Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree in Social Science, Statistics, Economics, Monitoring & Evaluation, Development Studies, life/health sciences or related field.

• A master’s degree will be an added advantage
• Minimum of Five (5) years’ MEAL experience in population aging, development, or humanitarian programs.
• Demonstrated experience in data processing and management of large-scale surveys.
• Demonstrated experience with statistical packages and/ or data analysis software (e.g. SPSS, SAS, Epi Info, Stata, etc) and advanced computer skills (word-processing, spreadsheets, and databases).
• Strong experience in conducting research studies including the entire evaluation cycle, from design and formulation to implementation, analysis, and presentation of results and recommendations.
• Must be results-focused and able to work under pressure and tight deadlines.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work well within a multi-cultural team environment.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Technical knowledge and experience in the implementation of gender and disability-sensitive approaches is a plus.

 Knowledge and experience in implementing social protection programs is an added advantage

Skills Required

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