MEAL Officer, Beledweyne, Somalia

Save the Children

Job Type

Full Time

Location

Beled weyn, Somalia

Description :

MEAL Officer, Beledweyne – Somali Nationals Only

Save the Children is the world’s leading independent organisation for children. We work in 120 countries. We save children’s lives; we fight for their rights; we help them fulfil their potential.

We work together, with our partners, to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives.

We have over two million supporters worldwide and raised 1.9 billion dollars last year to reach more children than ever before, through programmes in health, nutrition, education, protection and child rights, also in times of humanitarian crises.

Following a major transition, our international programmes are now delivered through a merged operation with 15,000 staff, managed through seven regional hubs and reporting to a relatively small, central office. We’re changing to become more efficient, more aligned, a better partner, a stronger advocate, a magnet for world-class people and relevant for the 21st century.

SCOPE OF ROLE:

Reports to: Area REALM Manager

Staff directly reporting to this post: None

Budget Responsibilities: N/A

Country Dimensions: Save the Children has been working in Somalia for more than 60 years. The Country Office has over 500 staff across 14 field offices (Boroma, Burao and Hargeisa in Somaliland; Bosasso, Garowe, Galkayo and Gardo in Puntland; Beletweyne, Adaado, Abudwak, Baidoa, Kismayo, Dhobley and Mogadishu in Central South Somalia). Our Country Office coordination and administration base is in Nairobi, Kenya. In 2017, as a result of significant scale up for the countrywide drought response, our annual spend FY2017 was US$117 million and we reached more than 2 million people through our humanitarian and longer term development work in Health, Nutrition, Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH), Education, Food Security and Livelihoods (FSL), Child Protection and Child Rights Governance. The Country Office manages 61 active awards totalling US$165 million from a range of governmental/institutional donors, including DFID, ECHO, EU, FFP, OFDA, and DANIDA being some of our largest.

ROLE PURPOSE:

To support the delivery of Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability & Learning (MEAL) strategy, policy and practice by helping design programme monitoring systems, build the capacity of staff in their analysis and dissemination of data, manage the complaints database and coordinate information management and reporting systems. You will also support the Area MEAL Manager in implementing the MEAL strategy in Mogadishu and other assigned field offices.

Your support in the delivery of an effective MEAL function will play a key role in the expansion of Save the Children programmes in your assigned area to increase impact and enable positive change for children.

SCOPE OF ROLE:

Reports to: Area MEAL Manager – CSS

Staff directly reporting to this post: None

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY: 

Support the delivery of effective Programmes, in both development and humanitarian contexts, by:

Program Quality Monitoring

• Support project team design a monitoring framework/plans to report activities according to appropriate framework(s)
• Develop Indicator Performance Tracking Tables (IPTTs) for specific projects in coordination with Area Monitoring, Evaluation and Accountability Manager and program staff
• Compile the output tracker report
• Systemically check the IPTT data for quality, accuracy, and consistency and undertake data quality checks field visits and provide feedback to project staffs as necessary
• Maintain a tracking spreadsheet/schedule for field monitoring and undertake monthly field visits accordingly to monitor whether activities are implemented in line with the quality benchmarks
• Produce quality field monitoring reports on quality of service provision
• Assist in designing and implementing qualitative and quantitative assessments as appropriate
• Conduct quarterly program data assessment

Evaluations and Studies

• Participate the development of tools and guidelines for data collection, collation analysis and reporting for internally-conducted studies and needs assessment
• Provide support to internal/external reviews, evaluations, and lessons learned exercises
• Manage the specialised data management and analysis platforms
• Build the capacity of the fieldworkers and other project staffs on digital data collection and management
• Support CHASP program research in Kismayo and Afmadow

Accountability and Learning

• Ensure that accountability to beneficiaries and transparency become integral part of all program interventions
• Receive and register complaints and their responses in complaint database in the assigned area and make sure that complaints are logged in a professional and timely manner
• Respond and communicate with the beneficiaries in a dignified manner regarding their complaints/feedback
• Keep regular follow up of complaints, update complaint database on daily basis, handle them as per the accountability guidelines and shares the information with the relevant staff members
• Provide support in ensuring that all SC interventions have accountability panaflexes/banners
• Ensure display of program standards (panaflexes) at each of program delivery site
• Maintain an action plan tracker and keep a regular follow up on actions and resolutions agreed, and undertake verification visits

Other Duties

• Representing the principles and work of Save the Children to donors, United Nations, NGOs and INGOs, government, media and other stakeholders when required

·       Complying with and promoting all Save the Children Global policies such as Child Safeguarding, Whistle blowing, Fraud, and Health and Safety

·       Any other tasks of an equivalent nature as assigned by the line manager

COMPETENCIES AND BEHAVIOURS (our Values in Practice)

Delivering Results (Skilled)

•       Delivers timely and appropriate results using available resources

•       Takes responsibility for their work and its impact on others

•       Plans, prioritises and performs tasks well without needing direct supervision

•       Understands the link between their work and the organization’s objectives 

Applying Professional and Technical Expertise (Skilled)

•       Ask to work on new pieces of work or take on additional responsibilities that develop your skills

•       Make a habit of sending copies of relevant and interesting articles to your colleagues and peers throughout the organisation

•       Review any listing of standards relating to your current position and use this to identify how to further develop your technical competence

•       Take on increased responsibilities which will enable you to learn within current role

•       Buddy up with well qualified colleagues to understand the challenges they may have faced in equipping themselves and how they overcame them

Working Effectively With Others (Skilled)

•       Actively listens to new and different perspectives and experiences of those they work with

•       Proactively supports team members and trusts their capabilities

•       Demonstrates understanding of their skills and how they complement those of others within diverse teams and groups

•       Clarifies their role and responsibilities within the team to maximize impact

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

·    First degree in development studies or any other relevant areas

·    Minimum two years practical experience in M&E system coordination/implementation in an international non-governmental organisation or other international relief/development body; or Master’s degree with humanitarian program experience

·    Background of implementing effective M&E systems and/or accountability mechanisms in emergency responses.

·    Demonstrable track-record in data tracking and evaluation, with the ability to support staff and partners on M&E methodology and analyse and disseminate information to a range of stakeholder audiences;

·    Computer literacy, particularly in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint;

·   Working knowledge of data/statistical programmes e.g. SPSS

·    Excellent planning, coordination, and reporting skills, with the ability to organise a substantial workload comprised of complex, diverse tasks and responsibilities;

·   Strong communication and interpersonal skills in English, with experience working in multicultural, multi-location, values driven teams;

·    Willingness to work and travel in often difficult and insecure environments;

·   Commitment to Save the Children values

CHILD SAFEGUARDING POLICY:

Any employee, consultant, contractor or the supplier undertaking an activity on behalf of SCI must sign the Child Safeguarding – Declaration of Acceptance Form] and comply with the SCI’s Child Safeguarding Policy which is a statement of SCI’s commitment to preventing abuse and protecting children with whom it comes into contact.

This extends not only to children with whom SCI and its partners work directly, but also includes children whom staffs are responsible for. SCI believes that the situation of children must be improved through the promotion of their rights supported and demonstrated by all members of staff. Save the Children International’s Code of Conduct sets out the standards which all staff members must adhere to.

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