INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT

Senior MEAL Officer

Country Office: Ethiopia

Work Base: Somali

Availability: As Soon As Possible

Salary Scale: EMS07

Insurance - (Life, Group Personal Accident and Medical Insurances are covered upon the organization policies).

Seniority Allowance – paid depending up the years of service.

Contract Duration: Six months with high possibility of extension

About Action Against Hunger

Action Against Hunger-USA is a global humanitarian organization that takes decisive action against the causes and effects of hunger. We save the lives of malnourished children and we enable entire communities to be free from hunger. With more than 8,000 staff in over 50 countries, our programs reached 17 million people in 2019.

About the Country Program in Ethiopia

Action Against Hunger has been operational in Ethiopia since 1984 responding to both chronic and acute needs through a multi-sectoral strategy where Nutrition, Food Security and Livelihoods, WASH, and Mental Health and Psychosocial Support activities are integrated to have a meaningful impact on people’s resilience.

Action Against Hunger currently operates in 5 different regions (Oromia, Somali, Amhara, Benishangul Gumuz and Gambella) with a portfolio of 20m USD/year of emergency, resilience building, research and innovation programs. We have a country team of around 600 staff in 17 regional and satellite offices. Our main donors in Ethiopia in 2020/2021 are: BHA, ECHO, Europaid, UNHCR, UNICEF, GFFO, BPRM, SIDA, EHF, WFP, CIAA and others.

General Assignments / Scope of the Role:

Purpose:

The Senior MEAL Officer is responsible for the overall day-to-day management of the MEAL activities at the base. He/She will ensure proper implementation of the monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning activities, monitor day to day activities in the field, and oversee proper delivery of activity progress reports, donor and partner reports. Furthermore, they will support the MEAL TA in the rolling out of MEAL tools, and will assist regarding any data analysis and quality checking needs for data entry that may arise. Finally, the Senior MEAL Officer will provide support in drafting any monitoring and assessment reports that may be required.

Engagement:

The Senior MEAL Officer will represent Action Against Hunger Ethiopia Somali Office within the region both

Internal           

• Filed Coordinator: hierarchical relationship + exchange of information
• MEAL Technical Advisor: exchange of information + technical support

External

• Local governmental and non-governmental partners
• Exchange of information, coordination, training, supervision
• Influence on choice of technical options
• Local authorities: exchange of information, participation in regular M&E activities
• Local representatives of international aid organizations

Delivery:

The Senior MEAL Officer will Implement the monitoring and evaluation activities at the field level as well as Effectively implement the accountability system.

Essential job duties

•  Monitoring and evaluation activities at the field
• The identification of needs and demands for MEAL roles & activities from field PMs;
• The development and implementation of MEAL framework of programs;
• Ensure that MEAL standards of the program and the mission are being implemented and respected;
• Ensure that program targets and objectives are being met per proposal guidelines;
• Ensure the proper follow-up and consistency of Activity Progress Reports;
• Undertake baseline, midline and endline survey’s ensuring quality in data collection, analysis and reporting;
• Ensure timely undertakings in surveys like PDMs, KAP etc.;
• Undertake continuous field monitoring visits and draft reports on the visits, including actions taken and recommendations;
• Review field level donor and government reports for consistency with the MEAL standards;
• Effectively implement the accountability system:\
• Follow-up and recommend workable operation in the FCB system;
• Ensure feedbacks are collected & review and compile the monthly accountability reports;
• Continuously engage with program team on the effective implementation of FCM;
• Effectively and efficiently, utilize communication, coordination and partnerships:
• Reporting
• Take active role in ensuring timely and proper program reporting of the base;
• Summarize program and donor reports, internal and external evaluation reports, learning documents and case studies, ad-hoc reports, and provide inputs where necessary.
• Take active role in the analysis of program achievements during donor and other reporting, together with the Program Managers and Field Coordinator
• Facilitate experience shared and review meetings at the field level between sectors;
• Establish a system for gathering, organizing, documenting and sharing of learnings and best practices;
• Document and share best practices and learnings through publications, web sharing and other means within the mission;

Supervisory Responsibilities

• N/A

Gender Equality Commitments  

• Foster an environment that supports values of women and men, and equal access to information.
• Provide a work environment where women and men must be evaluated and promoted based on their skills and performance.
• Respect beneficiaries’ women, men, children (boys and girls) regardless of gender, sex orientation, disability, religion. race, color, ancestry, national origin, age, or marital status. 
• Value and respect all cultures. 

Fiscal Responsibility

• N/A

Physical Demands

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to sit for long periods and to concentrate on work, including typing, and turn out heavy volumes of work accurately, within short time frames under stressful situations in the context of a moderately noisy office with many interruptions. Must be able to proofread own work accurately so that only minor corrections are needed on an infrequent basis.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Working Conditions, Travel and Environment

The duties of the job require regular job attendance at least five days per week. Must be available to work outside normal office hours or on the weekends as required and in line with Labor Law.

Must be able to travel as required for standard domestic and international business purposes. While performing the duties of this job in the field, the employee may be exposed to precarious settings under high security risks and/or very basic living conditions and outside weather conditions, as well as to infectious diseases. 

Job Requirements

Required Qualifications and Professional Experience

• Bachelors degree in humanitarian affairs, international development, public health, epidemiology, economics, or other social / developmental sciences
• Minimum 3 years of proven experience in the Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning and Accountability of humanitarian or development programs
• Demonstrated knowledge of M&E concepts and international humanitarian quality standards
• Experience with mobile data collection (preferred)
• Experience with GIS (preferred)
• Fluency in English (both written and spoken skills)
• Local Language is Mandatory
• knowledge of these statistical applications (SPSS, SPHINX, STATA, EPI Info, ENA for SMART, GIS, e) is an advantageous

Required Skills & Competencies

• Professional, motivated, open, creative, mature, responsible, flexible and culturally sensitive
• Excellent communication, writing and analytical skills
• Proven ability to translate evaluated results into learning strategies
• Microsoft Office Skills (Outlook, Excel, Power Point, Word)
• Experience in humanitarian M&E
• Experience in designing and leading internal and external evaluation
• Experience designing and leading capacity building and training for national teams
• Familiarity with Management Information Systems (Databases) and GIS
• Knowledge of project cycle management
• Commitment to Action Against Hunger mission, values and policy

How to Apply

If you are interested, please send your application composed of none returnable CV, Covering Letter with “ Senior MEAL Officer” written in the subject line, and three references, applicants to the following addresses:

Through www.ethiojobs.net OR directly In Person to Action Against Hunger Addis Ababa office after Washington DC square to Mayor Muriel Bowser Street, Wollega – Gimbi, Gambella, Waghimra – Sekota, Harergue

- Harar, Borena – Yabello and Somali Gode offices,

Deadline: Sunday, 06 December 2020 before 5:00 pm

NB: Only short listed applicants will be, communicated on and selection process includes technical test and an interview.