Burkina Faso: Responsible Monitoring and Evaluation ( MEAAL ) – Ouagadougou At ACTED

CDD | 12 months | October 2023

Acted

For thirty years, the international NGO Acted has been working on the last kilometer of humanitarian action to save lives. Acted currently supports 20 million people in 43 countries to meet their needs in hard-to-reach areas, and pursues a triple humanitarian, environmental and development role. Acted relies on a detailed knowledge of local territories and contexts to develop and implement long-term actions, with a wide range of local and international partners, in order to build together a world “ 3ZERO ”: Zero Exclusion, Zero Carbon, Zero Poverty

Acted Burkina Faso

The northern regions of Burkina Faso currently present a fragile political and security context, marked in particular by a complex multidimensional crisis. There were just over a million displaced people in the country in early 2021.

Acted’s mission to Burkina Faso began in 2019 in order to provide support to the populations affected by the security and humanitarian crisis, provide expertise in rapid response and emergency situations, while strengthening response capacities and coordination between humanitarian and development actors.

Acted Burkina Faso’s interventions are multisectoral, flexible and inclusive, the objective of which is to meet the urgent needs of the populations. From its first interventions, Acted Burkina Faso focuses on the most necessary humanitarian aid: meeting food security, water, hygiene and sanitation needs ( EHA ), in essential shelters and household items and finally in coordination and integration of protection. In parallel, and following the evolution of the humanitarian crisis, Acted supports the government on the management of temporary reception sites and informal sites. The REACH initiative enables the entire humanitarian community to strengthen the analysis of humanitarian needs, in particular through a project to monitor the humanitarian situation in 4 regions,the establishment of a multisectoral country assessment to support the HNO / HRP 2021 process and territorial assessments.

In the North region, Acted provides assistance in food safety and livelihoods, water, hygiene and sanitation, shelter and essential household items. Acted supports the government in the management of the Ouahigouya and Seguenega displacement sites. The organization is planning very soon to support the logistics cluster in the management of a humanitarian warehouse and the sharing of information to partners.

Main roles and responsibilities

The country manager Investigations, Monitoring, Control and Evaluation is responsible for developing the development and implementation of a system of surveys, monitoring, appropriate and viable control and evaluation in line with the MEAL procedures ( Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning ) of Acted’s overall strategy and ensures that Acted projects and programs are carried out as planned.

Main Responsibilities :

Coordination of MEAL activities

• Develop and regularly update the MEAL country strategy ;
• Develop and regularly update a MEAL work plan bringing together all the projects in progress and the planned MEAL activities ;
• Develop and supervise the implementation of an appropriate data collection and analysis tools, ( study questionnaires methodologies, discussion groups, interviews with key informants, etc.) and data / information dissemination / use plans ;
• Supervise the development, current modifications, strengthening and functioning of data management at the country level ;
• Supervise data analysis and production of MEAAL reports ;
• Supervise the provision of data to Project Development teams so that they use them in the preparation of reports to donors and other key players, if necessary ;
• With the collaboration of the Coordination, initiate the necessary surveys on needs in order to ensure the relevance of project proposals ;
• Contribute to donor project proposals and funding efforts ( particularly to the design of the logical framework and to the formulation of SMART ) indicators and to reports, by analyzing and interpreting the conclusions ;
• Provide, if relevant, to the partners involved and to the other institutions supported by Acted awareness and competence in matters of MEAAL ;

Management of the department and the MEAL team

• Guarantee that the staff of the department understands and is capable of assuming their role and responsibilities ;
• Guarantee a positive working environment and good team dynamics ;
• Set up regular staff assessments and monitor career developments.

Skills building and training

• Identify training needs for the MEAL team, discuss plans with coordination and HR for internal and external training, and implement them in accordance with the MEAL strategy and operational priorities ;
• Coacher, train and guide the MEAL officers with the objective of strengthening their technical capacities, exchanging their knowledge within the MEAL team and providing them with advice on professional progress.

Development of procedures

• Identify and design innovative practices to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of MEAL procedures and project management, and integrate them into the MEAL country strategy ;
• Put in place MEAL policies and procedures as described in the Acted MEAL procedure and ensure that the tools are used and applicable to the intervention context ;

Capitalization

• Contribute to the proactive dissemination and use of knowledge acquired through the activities of surveys, monitoring and evaluation ( MIAL ) among Project Managers, Technical Coordinators and Project Development Managers and Responsible ;
• Organize and facilitate training sessions in order to appropriate best practices and lessons when closing a project or when necessary ;
• Document and share lessons learned and best practices and ensure that the knowledge acquired contributes to the improvement of projects and influences the strategic development of future projects and activities.

Implement the beneficiary complaint response mechanism

• Establish, evaluate and monitor the functioning of the ( MGP ) complaint management mechanism for beneficiaries in line with the standard MGP procedures of Acted ;
• Ensure that beneficiaries’ complaints / returns are correctly entered, analyzed, addressed and dealt with in a timely manner and used by the Program and Coordination teams ;
• Supervise appropriate management of the central MGP database ;
• Work on the understanding and aptitude of the staff Acted, partners and contractors of the procedures of the MGP.

Others

• Provide supervisors and other team members with timely regular updates on project progress and challenges ;
• Represent Acted at high-level forums at the national level, as in the technical working groups MEAL ;
• Participate where possible in conferences and workshops concerning the MEAL and be up to date with best practices and new knowledge in the MEAL sector.
• Carry out any other associated activity entrusted by the direct manager.

Qualifications and skills required

• Higher Diploma in Political Science, International Relations, International Development, Economy or equivalent ( anthropology, sociology, statistics ) ;
• At least 2 to 5 years of experience in monitoring and evaluation of projects in humanitarian aid and / or development ;
• Experience in participatory assessments and project cycle management ;
• Excellent level of communication in writing as well as in oral in French and English ;
• Good organizational and communication skills with international and national staff and rural communities ;
• Ability to coordinate and manage a team ;
• Teamwork, ability to create a team spirit and build skills ;
• Flexibility, adaptability, organizational capacity, initiative.

Conditions

• Salary defined by the salary scale Acted according to the level of education, expertise, level of security and level of experience : between 3100 and 3300 € monthly net ( before income taxes )
• Monthly cost of living allowance 300 $
• Guesthouse accommodation and food supported by Acted
• Social security, mutual ( MSH ) and repatriation assistance ( SOS International ) supported by Acted
• Transport to the mission and return ticket fully supported every 6 months ( to the address specified on the employment contract )
• Visa fees covered by Acted
• R&R every 3 months ( plane ticket supported up to 500 $ + additional compensation of 200 $ )
• A week of departure preparation including 4 days of safety training in immersion
• Possibility of having a 30-minute call with a consultant in taxation
• Psychological support ( date with a professional.the )