MEAL Officer

Base Location: Kohat

Number of Positions: 01

Gender: Male/Female

Reports to: Senior Project Officer

Job Purpose: The position holder will be responsible for regular monitoring all activities under WASH, Agriculture, protection, FSL, DRR, Social Cohesion and seasonal program and emergency response.

• The candidate will be responsible for ensuring the activities are aligned with LFA, proposal, and business process / DIP.
• Responsible for the beneficiary/right holders' community-related complaints are registered and handled according to the given policy.
• Responsible for conducting evaluations, Baseline, Endline surveys and post-distribution monitoring and reporting in coordination with MEAL Coordinator and Project lead.
• Responsible for capturing learnings and dissemination
• Collection of data and record maintenance according to the organization’s and Donor requirements and updating in organizational on-line offline databases

 Key Accountabilities:

• The job holder is accountable for fulfilling his / her roles and responsibilities in line with the organization’s values and principles of fairness, humanity, honesty, respect and fair treatment of his/her colleagues and team members.
• The following are the main responsibilities that the role holder will be accountable for:
• Support in conducting annual and mid-term program reviews, participatory impact assessments, process monitoring, operations monitoring, integrating accountability principles, and lessons-learned workshops.
• Designing project-specific MEAL frameworks that integrate all the MEAL-related activities and information-gathering mechanisms.
• Providing quality input to program in steering the process for designing the appropriate reporting formats for monthly, quarterly, and annual progress reports
• Guiding the process for identifying the key performance questions and parameters for monitoring project performance and comparing it to targets.
• Clarifying the core information needs of the MEAL unit and country program, funding agencies and other key stakeholders.
• Setting out the framework and procedures for the evaluation of project activities in consultation with program/project stakeholders.
• Conducting baselines, area-specific contexts, and assessments by designing appropriate methods of collecting, updating, and reviewing the data.
• Undertaking periodic monitoring visits to take stock of how the MEAL framework is being practiced and suggest critical recommendations for improvement and course correction.
• Ensuring a follow-up mechanism is in place with respect to key recommendations, observations, and findings coming from MEAL staff, thematic leads, and reviews.
• Designing project-specific templates and ensuring timely reports of MEAL activities from the field.
• Data management and archiving to produce analytical reports as and when required.
• Steering the process for designing the appropriate reporting formats for monthly, quarterly and annual progress reports.
• Design appropriate formats for Project performance reports, analytical reports and qualitative reports.
• Designing TORs for baselines, evaluations, impact studies or assessments.
• Conduct project inception work and develop TORs for inception workshop.
• Develop and consolidate project business process, submit monthly project tracker, monthly, quarterly, and annual reports etc to AO Peshawar & Country office.
• Develop success stories/ case studies and incorporate in multiple reports.
• Integrating Accountability Mechanism in accordance with MEAL framework and standard humanitarian standards by implementing complaints handling mechanism at field level.
• Conduct regular field visits with 70% time in the field and 30% for reporting.
• Submission on basis weekly basis & monthly consolidated reports to DC/SPO/PC & MEAL department to track project activities with valid & fruitful suggestions.

Public Relations / Media

• Support the organization’s Media and Communication team in the identification, recording and sharing of case studies, and videography as and when required

Organizational

• Demonstration of the organization’s Values while working with teams/stakeholders.
• Empowering others to ensure procedural accountability.
• Knowledge of the organization’s strategic priorities.
• Collaboration & networking with others for continuous improvement.
• Adaptation of environment-friendly & cost-effective approaches in your domain
• Respect & promote workplace diversity with a special focus on inclusion
• Exposure at the field level to internalize the implementation philosophy

Person Specification: 

It is essential that the post holder shows a good understanding and sympathy with the organizational values & principles, vision and mission as well as commitment to its SEAH (sexual exploitation abuse and harassment) protocols. We have a zero-tolerance policy towards SEAH and don’t support any action that promotes or encourages SEAH.

Qualification: 

• Masters/Bachelor's degree preferably in social sciences.

Experience: The candidate must have 03-years’ experience with a Master's or Bachelor's with 5 years of experience in the relevant field (MEAL).

Language: 

• Spoken/ Understanding of the Pashto language is mandatory.
• Urdu, the English dialect will be an additional asset

Value Added Skills

• Responsible
• Punctual
• Trustworthy
• Conflict handler
• He or She must have experience of working for a Humanitarian Organization specifically in Emergency Preparedness in developing democracies. 

Computer/Other Skills:

• MS Office, Outlook, SPSS, ODK/KOBO familiarity of working with online databases

Please note, that we are only able to accept applications from candidates who are eligible to live and work in Pakistan. We are unable to progress applications that would require sponsorship. 

Our values and commitment to safeguarding

The organization is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behavior at work including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity and financial misconduct; and committed to promoting the welfare of children, young people, adults and beneficiaries with whom the organization engages. The organization expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment through our code of conduct. We place a high priority on ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate our values are recruited to work for us.

The post holder will undertake the appropriate level of training and is responsible for ensuring that they understand and work within the safeguarding policies of the organization.

All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks, which can include criminal records checks. The organization also participates in the Inter-Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme.

In line with this Scheme, we will request information from job applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment.

By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms his/her understanding of these recruitment procedures.

Pre-employment Checks:

Any employment with the organization will be subject to the following checks:

• Screening clearance
• Receipt of satisfactory references

We are an equal opportunities employer.

DECLARATION:

By applying for this position with the organization;

I confirm that the above information in the CV/Application is complete, correct, and updated and that any untrue or misleading information will give my employer the right to terminate any employment contract offered.

I agree that information contained within this application and supporting documents (including "sensitive information) may be accessed, stored and used and by the organisation in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998