Purpose of the position:

The purpose of this position is to provide essential support to Tigray, East Amhara and Afar Region GAC MEAL activity implementation through setting up quality assurance system, build capacity project staff to deliver as per the agreed targets and quality as accountable to beneficiaries and donors. He/ She will set up strong monitoring and evaluation systems and ensure that the GAC Nutrition focused Hunger Crisis response and GAC response and Nexus recovery projects program quality, effectiveness and appropriateness to the need and situational context. This includes, establishing evidence-based knowledge to inform the program direction and effective monitoring system across all sectors of the development and humanitarian program, to ensure the quality of intervention. The MEAL Coordinators will regularly monitor the two GAC and other assigned projects in the three regions and ensure the quality reporting based on the agreed result framework and indicators.

Major Responsibilities:

Quality Program Support and MEAL Systems Management

• Lead coordination of baseline assessments, ensuring assessment findings are documented, analyzed and reporting.
• Provide trainings and capacity building for project field-level staff and partners as required on MEAL.
• Ensure and support the Project Manager and NECR MEAL Manager to ensure the design and development evidence-based project achievements and impact reporting.
• Regularly update the indicator tracking tools and database to ensure all project outputs and results are accurately recorded and coordinated to inform project staff of both GAC projects.
• Provide strategic technical MEAL guidance and leadership to effectively and timely track program progress, effectiveness and impact for donors reporting requirements and for use in new project design.
• Lead to conduct multi-sector need assessments, PDMs, onsite monitoring and evaluation.
• Ensure and work with program and technical team to identify and proactively analyze available project data and/or gather additional external primary data, conduct secondary data reviews to ultimately identify trends to design innovative interventions to improve the implementation of future programs.
• Organize the planning for project data quality audits and monitor and coordinate routine data quality audits conducted in different sites, compile results at the level of a project and develop actions plans to implement corrective measures. Grants and Donor Management

Implementation & Reporting

• Ensure the compilation of gender and inclusive data disaggregated achievement information for both projects.
• Implement accountability mechanisms at field level, e.g. complaints and feedback response mechanisms –assessment, design, implementation, and review. Implement activities to raise awareness of prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse and handling of serious complaints in line with child safeguarding policy.
• Work closely with field project staff to ensure that they implement as per the expected quality standards and checklists of each technical approaches.
• Lead the regular monitoring and accountability (CFRM database) reporting and communicate effectively to Humanitarian Accountability Coordinator and MEAL Manager.
• Support MEAL Manager to conduct internal evaluations when appropriate based on Search Evaluation Guidelines and Policies.

Documenting Learning

• Lead and ensure the documentation of learning for GAC projects and share with the program and technical team for considering in the new designs and adjustment of ongoing implementation.
• Promote learning in the project, particularly on issues of programme quality and contribute to quality assurance of projects. Regularly produced and report on best practices and case studies; ensure new analysis and information is available
• Support evaluation and other research activities, including engaging in ToR preparation, selection of consultants, review of evaluation design and data collection methodology, data quality assurance, data analysis, involvement of stakeholders and dissemination plan.
• Set up or roll out a system to document lessons learned and best practices of the project

Knowledge and Information Management

• Proactively gather information from relevant cluster partners, UN agencies and other organizations which may be of use world vision for informing decisions.
• Stay up to date with country-specific response plans by the U.N., donors active in the relevant clusters, and other key actors
• Ensure the development and improvement of internal business processes for effective grant acquisition & management & contribute to knowledge management to promote learning.
• Compile and analyses relevant information to inform proposal design and promote learning.
• Map and compile program information for sharing as required with internal and external stakeholders.
• Ensure the updating of the grant acquisition and management tracking matrix tools.

Other Responsibilities

• Disaster Management (DM)
• Be aware of the emergency procedures in a response and ensure that necessary preparedness measures have been implemented

Security Measures

• Be familiar with WV security plan
• Follow security policies, rules, procedures and instructions
• Follow WVI policies for project security management
• Represent WV in an appropriate and professional manner
• Contribute to a healthy team spirit and team work
• Adhere to WV Child Protection policy and standards and stay committed to WV vision statement and core values;

Job Requirements

Qualifications: Education/Knowledge/Technical Skills and Experience

Qualification required:

• University degree in a relevant subject area (statistics, monitoring & data management, social science, public health, economic development, or a related field) –Master’s Degree in the aforementioned fields is (Desirable) 

Required Professional Experience:

• Minimum (2) years of MEAL experience within the development / humanitarian sector, including experience working with GAC, BHA, ECHO, USG, UN agencies and EU proposal funding process including experience working with USG, UN agencies and EU proposal funding process.
• Experience in project concept/proposal writing to a high standard.
• Proficiency and experience with mobile data collection such as Kobo, CommCare, and ODK Collect are crucial as well as proficiency with Microsoft Excel, SPSS, SATA or other similar software.
• Very high attention to detail, with experience refining and editing professional-level content.
• Advanced writing skills in English.
• Experience in large scale humanitarian emergencies 
• Effective in written and verbal communication in English
• Good understanding of working with und the donor regulations of GAC, USAID/BHA, EU, UNOCHA, other UN agencies etc 
• Good understanding of World Vision and Sphere relief standards, as well as the Red Cross and NGO Code of Conduct.
• Strong capacity building and facilitation skills 
• Experience of working in humanitarian and development programmes
• Experience developing project proposals and log frames
• Experience of, and commitment to working through systems of community participation and accountability
• Demonstrated strong monitoring and evaluation skills, including planning/participating in evaluations
• Experience of training and capacity building; strong presentation skills
• Experience developing and improving monitoring and data collection systems
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills including influencing, negotiation and coaching
• Strong results orientation, with the ability to challenge existing mind sets, attention to details
• Experience of solving complex issues through analysis, definition of a clear way forward and ensuring buy in
• Experience of representation and ability to represent WVE effectively in external forums.
• Ability to write clear and well-argued assessment and project reports
• Hostile Environmental Awareness Training or other recognized personal security course. (Preferred)
• Further complementary professional qualifications in MEAL, IM, is an asset

Preferred Knowledge and Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability to transfer knowledge to diverse audiences through training, mentoring, and other formal and non-formal methods together with strong presentation and reporting skills.
• Proven knowledge and experience of designing and delivering digitized and automated MEAL data flows using CommCare and Power Bi, or similar software, and experience of GIS mapping is preferred.
• Self-motivated with excellent organization, planning, and analytical skills - able to work without close supervision, including prioritizing work and multi-tasking.
• Very high attention to detail, with experience refining and editing professional-level content.
• Advanced writing skills in English.
• Experience in large scale humanitarian emergencies 

 Working Environment / Conditions:

Field base with frequent travel to project implementation woredas 

How to Apply

Interested applicants are required to Write Position Title on the subject line and attach Current CV with three references & fill employment application form which can be found HERE ) and email before the closing date of this announcement to Recruitment_ethiopia@wvi.org or through CLICK HERE

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