Country MEAL Manager

Mission

Founded in 1994, Acted is a non-governmental organization with headquarters in Paris, France. Independent, private and not-for-profit, Acted respects principles of strict neutrality and impartiality in its decisions, and operates according to non-discrimination and transparency principles. Acted endeavors to respond to humanitarian crises and build resilience; promote inclusive and sustainable growth; construct effective governance and support the building of civil society worldwide by investing in people and their potential.

In Pakistan, Acted has been active since 1993 and has provided assistance across all provinces to an estimated 6.9 million people. The assistance has included emergency response to meet the immediate and live-saving needs of natural disaster and complex emergency affected households, as well as recovery and development support in the form of education and livelihoods promotion and assistance.

Assignment

The Country MEAL manager is responsible for:

Management and coordination of MEAL team and departments.

Developing tools for appraisal, monitoring, and evaluation in-country for all current and potential ACTED programmes, as well as for ACTED partners where relevant.

Regular communication, management, and technical support to MIS teams countrywide.

Facilitation of coordination and information sharing between other departments, particularly project development, and coordination.

He/she works under the direct supervision of the Country Director for Project Development and Information Management and is responsible for all matters related to the MEAL & MIS work, both in the Islamabad office and in field offices.

Responsibilities

A.     Tracking and oversight of all MEAL and MIS requirements related to Project Cycle Management

• Ensure the development of MEAL frameworks for all ACTED projects, in close coordination with program teams and coordination to ensure that these frameworks are integrated in the project cycle management.
• Oversee and support the development of necessary tools for monitoring and evaluation of all ongoing ACTED activities, in coordination with technical teams and coordination.
• Ensure the timely and effective implementation of all MEAL exercises, in coordination with MEAL field teams.
• Provide adequate reports to coordination and program teams on the findings of these MEAL exercises, both to improve the quality of ACTED programming and to ensure that its contractual obligations are met.
• Provide adapted and flexible information gathering support to meet the needs of program teams and coordination regarding ACTED’s activities.
• For consortium and consortium projects, as well as all relevant partnerships, liaise with counterparts within ACTED’s partner organizations to ensure the harmonization and quality of MEAL frameworks implemented.
• Ensure that sensitive or key issues related to transparency and accountability revealed through M&E exercises are treated confidentially and referred to coordination in an appropriate and timely manner.
• Preparation, conception, and production of maps, including the supervision and monitoring of mapping related data collection and ensuring dynamic linkage.
• Supporting the development of ACTED’s MIS Department externally in close consultation with the Deputy Country Director for Project Development and Information Management, notably by co-developing MIS components in proposals to support ACTED field activities, supervising the implementation of these components in approved projects, and supporting the establishment new partnerships with relevant institutions in Pakistan.
• Liaising closely with other ACTED Departments, and particularly field project teams, to ensure dynamic linkages with the MIS Department, so that the technical support provided effectively contributed to increasing the effectiveness of ACTED’s and its partners’ projects.
• Management and supervision of all MIS teams in country, through the use of standard ACTED management tools, ensuring that all department outputs are of high-quality standards, and delivered in a timely manner.
• Maintain the strictest confidentiality and protection of data and data collection processes, actively taking measures to prevent the unauthorized sharing of information and data.

B. Support the strengthening and development of ACTED internal practices and processes

• Develop, implement, and draw regular lessons from an effective accountability and complaints management mechanism to support coordination on ensuring transparency and accountability.
• Draw lessons learnt and recommendations from MEAL exercises in the field to ensure and improve the quality and relevance of ACTED programming.
• Liaise closely with MIS and project development/reporting teams to ensure the capitalization of data collected by MEAL, as well as to support the analysis of this data.
• Strengthen and implement internal processes and guidelines to ensure the effective implementation of and capitalization on MEAL work in Pakistan, in close contact with coordination.
• Ensure the timely submission of all internal reporting documents regarding MEAL work.

C. Support ACTED’s institutional positioning and project development

• Conduct fact-finding missions and field assessments in line with the priorities identified jointly with project development teams and coordination.
• Produce high quality reports on the information collected through these assessments and MEAL exercises, for external dissemination purposes.
• Contribute to the development of ACTED’s understanding of the local context for project implementation, through data collection and analysis, as well as participatory and desk research.
• Provide recommendations and guidance on the development of innovative MEAL tools relevant to ACTED’s work in Pakistan, notably through self-learning and follow up of best practices in country.

D. Coordination and management of MEAL and MIS country teams and department follow-up.

• Management and oversight of the work of all MEAL and MIS staff in country in cooperation with field-level coordination and HR/Admin department.
• Follow up on work plans, activities, and output quality.
• Ensure that administrative procedures are respected and implemented throughout the Department.
• Solve problems and provide professional guidance to staff.
• Provide technical support, training, and backstopping to MEAL and MIS country teams to ensure the provision of quality and timely outputs.

PSEAH Obligation:

Acted has zero tolerance approach on PSEAH matters and as an Acted employee It is my utmost duty to ensure full compliance of PSEAH policies in Acted and outside Acted as well. I will not engage in any PSEAH violations and will ensure team working under my supervision will also follow the same protocols. I shall not be involved in any sexual exploitation or abuse. I shall ensure to comply with the highest standards of moral and ethical conduct. Any incident of SEA shall be reported to Acted. Any failure by myside to take preventive measures against sexual exploitation or abuse, or to investigate allegations or take corrective action, shall constitute grounds for termination of the Agreement.

For the purposes hereof, the following definitions shall be used.

Sexual exploitation means any actual or attempted abuse of a position of vulnerability, differential power, or trust, for sexual purposes, including, but not limited to, profiting monetarily, socially or politically from the sexual exploitation of another.

Sexual abuse means the actual or threatened physical intrusion of a sexual nature, whether by force or under unequal or coercive conditions.

Note: “Acted is committed to protecting beneficiaries and staff within our programs from sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA). Acted has a Code of Conduct and organizational policies, which outline the expected behavior of all staff, consultants and other stakeholders and reminds Acted’s zero-tolerance approach. Any candidate offered a job with Acted will sign those documents as part of their work contract and is expected to abide by them.” “Acted is commitment to zero tolerance to all forms of violence against children, beneficiaries and staff. Acted is equal opportunity employers. Females and minorities are encouraged to apply. Candidates with disabilities are encouraged to apply. Final selection will be based on security clearance of the candidate.”