Project MEAL Officer (No Child’s Business Project)

THE OPPORTUNITY - Project MEAL Officer

The MEAL Officer is responsible to monitor and measure the project’s outputs, outcomes, and impacts according to the agreed-upon indicators, to facilitate capturing lessons learned to ensure that the project’s activities are implemented to a high standard of quality, time, and within budget.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

1.     Monitoring & Evaluation:

• Develop Monitoring, Evaluation (M&E), and tools/approaches for project monitoring which comply with SCI Quality Frameworks on Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning (MEAL) in close consultation with country office MEAL Manager, Program Development Quality and Advocacy Director and Regional/International Technical Advisors.
• Develop beneficiary tracking database, data collection, and reporting tools to capture longitudinal baseline, intervention, and follow-up data on beneficiaries and program activities.
• Monthly compile and clean beneficiary database and ensure that the database is up to date with beneficiaries’ status.
• Ensure that monitoring and evaluation activities are undertaken as planned
• Provide technical support to Save the Children and implementing partners staff regarding MEAL activities to ensure quality data collection in a timely manner
• Provide regular analysis and recommendations of the project progress based on the database as required
• Lead implementation of assessments and surveys, including baseline, end-line, and assessment tools covering relevant project indicators as needed
• Undertake field visits to monitor progress and support monitoring and evaluation activities.
• Document case studies and best practices
• Provide support with donors’ reports as needed

2.     Accountability:

• Work closely with project/program team to ensure all staff in the country program, including partner staff, fully understand and promote accountability in general and to children and youth in particular, through training and coaching.
• Work with country office MEAL team to develop an effective system for complaints handling and response mechanisms are established and functioning at the program implementation levels.
• Lead and/or support for the investigation of the complaints and feedback as and when needed.
• Based on analysis of complaints, make appropriate recommendations to line management.

3.     Learning:

• Participate in the Project Management Board meeting every 3 months and facilitate the Learning component as one of the project outcomes.
• Promote learning throughout the organization, particularly on issues of program quality, policy analysis, and advocacy. Ensure new analysis and information is constantly available.
• Co-ordinate with program staff to ensure that lessons learned are properly documented and are incorporated into program implementation and design.
• Participate in designing and implementation of studies, assessments, research, and learning in coordination and cooperation with program staff.

Working Contacts:

• Internal:  The post holder will be expected to work with the project officer, MEAL coordinator under the supervision of the project manager.
• External:  The post holder will be expected to develop and maintain personal links and effective relationships with partners & counterparts in other agencies, the M&E point person(s), project beneficiaries.

QUALIFICATIONS 

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Economics, Business administration, International Development

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

• Minimum 2 years of experience in project M&E field, experience in training intervention and beneficiary follow up is an advantage.
• Proven experience in program monitoring, review, and evaluation, including the setting of indicators and collection, analysis, and presentation of data relating to program work (child labour is competitive);
• Good interpersonal communication skills, interview skills
• Quick learner with the ability to think strategically and creatively;
• Ability to work with MS Excel; experience in Stata or SPSS will be advantageous
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English

The Organisation

We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education, and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realize the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard. 

We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:

• No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday
• All children learn from quality basic education and that,
• Violence against children is no longer tolerated

We know that great people make a great organization and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children.  We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive workplace where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued.

Application Information

Please apply using a cover letter and up-to-date CV as a single document. Please also include details of your current remuneration and salary expectations. A copy of the full role profile and link to apply can be found at Job Description - Ho Chi Minh - NCB MEAL Officer - National only (2100094I) (taleo.net)

Closing Date for Application: 30^th December 2021

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We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.

We believe that gender equality is a basic right for all people

All employees are expected to carry out their duties in accordance with our global anti-harassment policy