With 75 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith.

Come join our 33,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories!

Key Responsibilities:

The MEAL Officer shall support electronic tagging of the cookstoves, data file creation, registration of every deployed stove, collection and tracking of the stove usage. The Registry and Reporting Associate(s) shall be responsible for mobilization and registration of users as well as communities participating in cookstove deployment and other antecedent programmes as well as monitoring and reporting the benefit of the deployed cookstoves and ancillary activities.

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES

 DM&E System Implementation
Participate in the development of Work Plans and Budgets.
Develop a database for the project ensuring that every cookstove user is registered and can be tracked easily. 
Support regular data collection and ensure data integrity 
Support the project team at the district level in the design and implementation of project related assessments, analyses, and other project data collection tasks.
Implement project MEAL system ensuring the availability of up-to-date and high-quality data collection tools, data flow maps and analysis plans.

Programme/Project Effectiveness

Collaborate with stakeholders to develop feasible and effective discussion events where M&E data are analyzed, and corrective actions can be agreed upon.

Ensure transparent high-quality accountability mechanisms, including beneficiary feedback and response mechanisms, are in place and are regularly documented.

Participate and contribute to the process for identifying and designing the key indicators for each project component, to record and report physical progress against the work plans

Coordinate the planning and implementation of baseline and evaluation surveys and support community reviews.
  

 Documentation and Reporting

Support the project officer with progress reporting through Collection, compilation and analysis of the report 
Conduct field monitoring and develop reports to assess interim impacts and identify causes of potential bottlenecks in implementation.
Leverage lessons learned, best practices, program data, evaluations and other information to generate donor reports, success stories, case studies and other high-quality, results-based documentation.
Project progress reports are reviewed and analyzed for quality control 
Timely submission of quality reports.
Lessons learned and best practices are documented and shared with donor and stakeholders.

 DME Capacity Building

Conduct field monitoring visits frequently with project teams.
Conduct periodic data quality audits and provide technical assistance to address any issues identified.
Build capacity of staff and stakeholders in community-based monitoring systems
Identify the MEAL training needs of the project team.
Develop and implement a capacity training plan related to project goals

 Programme/Project Transition Leadership

•    Facilitate planning and implementation of project transition
•    Build capacity of staff and stakeholders in project transition
•    Closely work with Community structures and District M & E personnel for government.
•    Share project Data with Project Team (District and NO)
    
Humanitarian Accountability

•    Actively track individuals with disabilities in project.
•    Ensure all cross-cutting themes are tracked and reported 
    
 

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES
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Minimum education, training and experience requirements to qualify for the position:
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1.    Bachelor’s degree in social science, or related discipline.
2.    Minimum of three years of professional experience in implementing/managing integrated development programming, with knowledge of practices in monitoring and evaluation
3.    Knowledge and experience in GIS software like Arch GIS is a plus
4.    Knowledge and experience in On-line data collection platforms such as Commcare, ODK, Survey Solutions, Field Maps
5.    Candidates with an ICT and GIS background will have an added advantage.

Additional work experience required as a minimum qualification for this position.
•    Demonstrated skills in M&E design with previous experience in application of quantitative and qualitative research methodologies.
•    Experience in implementing/managing M&E for programs related to Livestock Management, climate smart agriculture, food and nutrition security, value chain development.
•    Excellent oral and written analytical communication skills, ability to work well with diverse group of people.
•    Ability to meet strict deadlines under pressure.
•    Leadership skills with the ability to work independently and take initiative.
•    Ability to meet strict deadlines under pressure.
•    Fluency in English and at least one locally spoken language.
•    Willingness to travel approximately 50% of time to the field to interact with field project stakeholders (farmers and others).

Applicant Types Accepted: