MEAL Officer

Job Purpose

ALAMEEN is seeking for MEAL Officer who will establish and implement systems to promote evidence-based decision-making, and program and project performance. promote program accountability and learning; provide assistance on strategic objectives by supporting service delivery to beneficiaries through effective and innovative communications; ensure compliance with donor requirements and standards.

Responsibilities:

• Establish, roll out and manage the MEAL plan framework as per commitments of the Al Ameen programs;
• Track all projects outputs, outcomes, and objectives against targets/indicators;
• Write reports to document MEAL activities;
• Assistance in designing the MEAL log frame for projects, and following up with indicators to determine the progress;
• Working with the MEAL team in field locations to brief them on upcoming activities, methodologies, and research tools for MEAL activities;
• Coordinate with other departments especially with the programs team to ensure all potential data collection needs are addressed;
• Analyze weekly/monthly data submissions and/or oversee MEAL Assistant’s work, and monitor trends and highlighting concerns;
• Support planning, coordination, analysis, and preparation of findings for various assessments;
• Support MEAL team following review of weekly/monthly/quarterly data submissions, as well as project achievements against targets;
• collaboration with the MEAL team, provide recommendations for the implementing team as part of the Learning Process;
• Establish an internal excel database to support efficient, accurate data management, reporting, and data analysis;
• Ensure consistent use of data collection and reporting tools by key project team; monitor data quality and follow-up on issues identified;
• assist in reviewing databases and data tracking tools of diverse projects in order to maintain data quality for collating reliable and consistent data;
• help in preparing the satisfaction surveys, assessments, and field monitoring and evaluation exercises and impact assessments when needed;
• Respect and apply all the PSEA principles, and show high commitment to report any SEA action.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Ability to:

• work in a stressful setting and adapt quickly to changing environments
• conduct work in a professional and mature manner
• prioritise manage time effectively and work under pressure with deadlines.
• Apply principles and techniques to problems and issues
• Analyze and evaluate data and information, and make appropriate recommendations
• travel out of Turkey.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in monitoring and evaluation; social sciences; statistics, and/or other relevant fields with at least Three years of relevant professional work experience respectively.
• Demonstrated understanding of direct monitoring and evaluation experience, specifically in the humanitarian and development context.
• Demonstrated experience developing tools and systems for, and building capacity of others in skills related to, program tracking and documentation.
• Knowledge of monitoring and evolution methodologies, including logical models, conceptual frameworks, and assessment/evaluation.
• Demonstrated experience of implementing beneficiary complaint and feedback mechanisms.
• Strong reporting skills.
• Strong analytical skills, including knowledge of quantitative and qualitative methodologies and research design.
• Good proficiency in Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel, Power BI.
• Preferred knowledge of mobile data collection tools such as Kobo Collect or ODK.
• Familiarity with information management systems and analysis software is a plus.

Technical Skills and Personal qualities required

• Proactive, adaptable and capacity to take initiatives;
• Proactive approach to identifying solutions;
• Diplomatic and open-mindedness;
• Familiar with multicultural environment;
• Good analytical skills;
• Diplomacy and open-mindedness;
• Professionalism
• Team spirit

Languages:

• ·Effective, high-quality communication, writing in English and Arabic (writing –reading –speaking), and interpersonal skills are essential, and local language is a plus.

PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS:

ALAMEEN and ALAMEEN Staff must adhere to the values and principles outlined in  ALAMEEN Way – Standards for Professional Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, and Accountability. By these values,  ALAMEEN enforces policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Anti Workplace Harassment, Fiscal Integrity, and Anti-Retaliation and Combating Trafficking in Persons.

Compliance & Ethics

Promote and encourage a culture of compliance and ethics throughout ALAMEEN. As applicable to the position, maintains a clear understanding of ALAMEEN and donor compliance and ethics standards and adhere to those standards. Conducts work with the highest level of integrity. Communicate these values to staff and partners and require them to adhere to them.

Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse

Actively promote PSEA (Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse) standards within ALAMEEN, and amongst beneficiaries served by ALAMEEN

NB: considering the purpose and values of the organisation, ALAMEEN requests its complete employee flexibility in terms of duties and commitment, as their job description and title can be adjusted throughout the year according to needs and priorities.