MEAL Advisor for Humanitarian Programmes At People in Need

Description

Line managed by: Head of MEAL Unit

Expected field work outside the HQ: minimum 30%

Requested presence at HQ: 2-3 visits per year

Expected direct support to country programmes (in the field and/or remotely): at least 70%

Based in: HQ (Prague), or home-based in Europe, Middle East, Africa or Asia (proximity to PIN’s programmes).

People in Need (PIN) is one of the largest non-profit organizations in Central and Eastern Europe active in humanitarian and development aid, human rights and social inclusion. In 2020, more than 1600 employees worked in our Humanitarian and Development Aid Section in 23 countries (Asia, Africa, Middle East and Eastern Europe). Our growing team is looking for a new colleague to become a Humanitarian MEAL Advisor, who will update and promote the use of PIN’s MEAL standards and tools for Humanitarian programmes, also build the capacity of MEAL staff in Country Programmes (CPs) on Humanitarian-specific MEAL and provide on-demand support to CPs.

Main responsibilities:

Planning and Development of MEAL processes (20%)

• Supports formulation of PIN MEAL policies and guidelines for PIN globally (in coordination with the MEAL unit, the Humanitarian unit and the Knowledge and Learning Department).
• Supports formulation of policies and guidelines applicable specifically to Humanitarian programmes.
• Supports HQ Relief and Development Department (RDD) and CPs that implement Humanitarian programmes in identification of strategic priorities in MEAL and development of frameworks for procedures, processes and tools.

Technical assistance (50%)

• Provides technical and advisory support to CPs in application and implementation of MEAL practices: country-level and project-level MEAL planning, setting-up Results-based Monitoring, PDM, support in data collection and data analysis, planning and implementation of internal and external evaluations etc.
• Engages with project / programme teams to support implementation of findings from evaluations and other MEAL activities in projects.
• Provides technical input on MEAL to project proposals.
• Provides support to designing and/or revising procedures for ensuring Accountability to Affected Populations (Community Feedback and Response Mechanisms, participatory needs assessments etc.).
• Supports implementation of PIN’s Humansis (beneficiary management system) in selected CPs from the MEAL perspective

Technical capacity development (20%)

• Supports recruitment of key MEAL staff at country level.
• Builds capacity of MEAL and key program staff at country level.

Knowledge sharing and organisational learning (5%)

• Maps MEAL requirements of major humanitarian donors and shares them with relevant CPs.
• Promotes PIN key crosscutting priorities and use of PIN global indicators in RDD programming;
• Assists with mapping and collecting relevant MEAL resources, contributes to maintaining the MEAL section of PIN’s Knowledge and Learning Center and E-learning content
• Disseminates knowledge and lessons learned from Humanitarian MEAL processes across the organization.

Other tasks (5%)

• Occasionally represents PIN at relevant conferences, working groups etc.
• Coordinates with Communications and Advocacy Department (CAD) for success story content, communication tools, and with Compliance Department regarding accountability topics.

Qualifications:

Education

• BA/BS Degree in international development, social sciences or a related fields

Work Experience

• At least 7 years of experience within the international development / humanitarian sector;
• Minimum of 3 years of experience specifically in MEAL (Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning) of multi-sectoral programming in emergency, early recovery and/or development contexts.
• Experience designing and implementing MEAL systems for programmes funded by the main institutional donors (ECHO, USAID, UNCHR, UNICEF, GIZ, DFID, GAC, INTPA, DFID/FCDO, SDC etc.).
• Proven experience in designing and delivering capacity-building activities;
• Proven experience with remote capacity building and follow-up is an advantage.

Technical Skills

• Excellent technical understanding of contemporary MEAL methods and practices, with hands-on experience in qualitative and quantitative data collection, analysis and report writing;
• Strong written and oral communication skills;
• Comprehensive knowledge of humanitarian accountability principles and their translation into practice;
• Familiarity with methodological approaches such as barrier analysis for behaviour change (BA), knowledge, attitude & practices (KAP), coping strategies index (CSI), individual diet diversity score (IDDS), food consumption score (FCS), minimum acceptable diet for children aged 6-23 months (MAD), vulnerability and capacity assessment (VCA) etc. is an advantage

Languages

• Professional fluency in spoken and written English is required.
• Familiarity with other languages used in PIN’s Emergency Country Programmes (Arabic, Russian, French, etc) is an advantage.

IT skills

• Full professional competency in Microsoft Office Suite, especially Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint.
• Experience with KoBoToolbox or other ODK software
• Knowledge of and experience with any statistical and data management software (STATA, SPSS etc.) is an advantage.

PIN Offers:

• Work with inspiring people, in a pleasant environment of the largest Czech non-profit organization in the center of Prague
• Diverse work with an international dimension that makes sense and has visible results
• Salary range 2100 – 2300 EUR before taxation, plus per diems during business trips or cost-of-living adjustment for advisors based in countries with a higher cost of living than the Czech Republic (additional 20% – 50%).
• 25 days of annual leave and sick days
• Laptop for work (also for personal use)
• PIN covers costs related to traveling abroad such as flights, accommodation, medical check-ups, vaccinations, travel insurance, etc.
• Reimbursement of costs of visas and vaccinations; assistance with visa application procedure;
• HEAT Training
• Access to internal e-learning and webinars
• Personal and professional development
• For Prague-based employees: Child daycare for employee’s children (kindergarten in the building of our office in Prague), Multisport card for sports and recreation in the Czech Republic, Possibility to participate in interesting events we organize (e.g. One World international film festival)
• Language courses available
• International online induction for all the new staff (HQ + country programmes of RDD)
• Free medical helpdesk and psychological consultation available online;