MEAL Assistant

JOB OVERVIEW

• JOB TITLE

MEAL Assistant

• DEPARTMENT

MEAL

• LOCATION

Sana’a

• REPORTS TO

MEAL Snr. Officer / MEAL Manager

GENERAL JOB DESCRIPTION

The Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning assistant supports the MEAL unit in the development and implementation of monitoring, evaluation (M&E), accountability and learning systems. This includes the design of participatory data collection methods, rigid analysis and internal as well as external reporting systems to donors and local authorities. The MEAL Assistant also carries out all M&E activities related to their specific project and follow up with all feedbacks coming from the field.

•  Day to day follow-up of projects activities according to the projects’ plans.
•  Design daily/monthly tracking sheets for the projects’ activities.
•  Develop MEAL tools, records and forms to capture and report project activities in accordance to logical framework, indicators, outputs, outcomes and goals
•  Support monitoring of the project in liaison with management, partners, Project Managers and Technical Advisors
•  Ensure timely and accurate reporting against the monthly indicator performance tracking sheet.
•  Ensure timely and accurate reporting to the respective clusters’ data portals.
•  Design success stories after communicating with the officers of the project and the field coordinators
•  Supporting the field team meetings and compile/ follow up on action providing positive and timely feedback.
•  Develop complaints, feedback mechanism to ensure that all stakeholders have equal opportunities to give feedback on the project.
•  Follow up using different complaint channels and ensure the correct use of complaints mechanism.
•  Undertake regular visits to field sites to support on monitoring the activities implementation.
•  As requested, build capacity of field staff in reporting, monitoring and application of humanitarian standards;
•  Suggest ways to facilitate data collection and the flow of data within Program field teams.
•  Using quality checklists conduct monthly monitoring visits to monitor the quality of implementation and update projects database with relevant information and data.
•  Ensure that all project staff understand and adhere to the project logical frame work, indicators and goals.
•  Promote accountability to beneficiaries though accountability assessments and supporting field staff to develop information sharing materials.
•  Design M&E plans for the projects and timelines to conduct and follow up M&E assessments,         surveys, and baselines for programs.
•  Record lessons learned and good practice case studies from reviews and evaluations and  communicate them to field team.
•  Ensure continuous follow up of project’s activities and keep regular contact with project supervisors  for updates and to provide support.
•  Be available and willing to support staff on aspect of MEAL, specifically on baselines, evaluations, monitoring quality and outcome, and overall assessment of progress against targets.
•  Weekly & Monthly reports about the achievements & challenges to the project manager.
•  Any other tasks as requested by the project Manager.

Requirements and Qualifications

•     Bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences, Statistics, IT or any relevant field
•    1-2 years of M&E or data management experience related to development and humanitarian aid
•    Excellent report writing skills
•    Strong knowledge of project cycle management and M&E
•    Excellent computer skills, including Microsoft Office
•    Excellent English language skills
•    Demonstrable commitment to gender-sensitive practices
•    Comply with all relevant BFD policies and procedures with respect to child protection, workplace environment, employee code of conduct and all other related subjects.