MEAL Assistant At World Vision

World Vision International

Join and be part of a global relief, development and advocacy NGO, dedicated to work with children, families & communities to overcome poverty and injustice. World Vision International was established in 1950 & operates in nearly 100 countries worldwide.

World Vision is committed to the protection of children and we do not employ people whose background is not suitable for working with children. All employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of all applicable background checks, including criminal record checks where possible.

Position title: MEAL Assistant

Location: Syria- Rasulayin – Tel Abiad

Job Purpose

The Monitoring, Evaluation and Accountability Learning Assistant (MEAL) will be responsible for field level monitoring of the implementation of projects and supporting evaluation and learning processes. In addition, the position holder will ensure the effectiveness and functionality of Accountability Mechanisms. He/she will monitor projects’ MEAL activities and update the beneficiary database and data collection. He/she will lead other monitoring activities such as random checks of distributions or project locations, home visits to beneficiaries, and post-distribution monitoring (PDM) surveys and reports.

The MEAL Assistant will work closely with the MEAL officer to implement best-practice monitoring and evaluation tools and assessments. These include training of casual workers on best practice approaches to data collection, including ensuring the respect for confidentiality and rights of beneficiaries. The MEAL Assistant will support the analysis of results and help develop products to disseminate the findings of surveys and assessments, including drafting assessment reports.

Major Responsibilities

1. Monitoring and Evaluation

• Regularly visit the field and submit informative field monitoring reports that capture project outputs and provide regular summaries of key issues raised during field visits and make relevant recommendations
• Carry out random spot-check field monitoring visits to partner sites and produce monitoring and verification reports
• Conduct follow up monitoring visits for beneficiaries (via home visits, phone calls, etc.) for beneficiary satisfaction, to understand and respond to evolving vulnerabilities and needs within households and camps.
• Carry out regular compliance monitoring (including verification of contractor’s work, trainings, distribution, beneficiaries’ selection, and data) according to agreed systems, procedures and standards.
• Monitor project implementation and progress of programmes by use of qualitative, quantitative and participatory approaches in data collection from stakeholders
• Conduct qualitative data collection
• Enter data from FGDs, shop monitoring, observations and KIIs, participate in data analysis and draft reports
• Compile data from surveys using relevant and appropriate computer packages.
• Conduct data quality checks in the field and ensure accuracy and completeness of survey questionnaires
• Support the MEAL officer with drafting the Accountability action plans and ensure its implementation on time.
• Participate in data collection and process monitoring processes such as PDMs, FGDs, exit interviews etc.
• Provide supervision of enumerators during data collection
• Conduct data quality checks in the field and ensure accuracy and completeness of survey questionnaires
• Ensure the WV and IPs databases are updated on time.

2. Accountability to Beneficiaries

• Coordinate with the MEAL officer and Senior MEAL officer to ensure that CRM mechanisms are in place
• Plan and conduct the Accountability activities for the implemented projects in the area with the MEAL Officer

3. Research and Learning

• Support the MEAL officer and the Senior MEAL Officer with the implementation of Accountability activities.

4. Miscellaneous

• Plan with MEAL Officer and Senior MEAL Officer for data collection needs and activities
• Participate and attend local and international capacity building events as required
• Ensure that hard copies of data collected is kept at project sites
• Conduct data quality checks in the field and ensure accuracy and completeness of survey questionnaires
• Assist MEAL Officer and Senior MEAL Officer in MEAL documentation of information
• Ensure quality control of data collected from the field based on completeness, reliability, validity, timeliness and integrity
• Prepare informative field reports, identify shortcomings and make relevant recommendations regularly.

Knowledge/Qualifications for the Role

1. Required Professional Experience

• Minimum one to two years of experience in working in a relief or development NGO with a focus on MEAL processes

2. Required Education, Training, License, Registration, and Certification

• BS Degree in international development, international relations, public health, nutrition, statistics, community development, or other relevant discipline is required

3. Preferred Knowledge and Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s degree in; development work, statistics, social sciences, monitoring and evaluation, information technology or related field.
• Additional experience with refugees, emergency response and NGO experience preferred.
• Computer skills, in particular email, Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Excel. Working knowledge of SPSS an added advantage.
• Fluency in Arabic required, and ability to write and speak English.
• Good report writing skills.
• Detailed oriented and able to verify data quality.
• Strong communication skills (Strong interpersonal skills.).
• Good contextual knowledge of the local community and social/cultural constraints, realities and organizational relationships.
• Inspires trust within/outside of the organization.
• Develops high levels of credibility and accountability.
• Stays open to internal and external feedback.
• Agrees with the mission, vision and core values of World Vision.
• Finds fulfilment in work through creativity, risk-taking, initiative, and innovation, and encourages the same in colleagues.

4. Travel and/or Work Environment Requirement

• The position requires 90% of the time to be field-based and 10% at office level
• Position requires willingness and ability to continue to function during a crisis, including during a World Vision response to a manmade or natural disaster.
• The position requires availability and willingness to work outside regular office hours occasionally.

5. Language Requirements

• Excellent written English, with fluency in speaking Arabic and English.
• Ability to write very good quality reports in English is required.

This Advertisement is strictly for World Vision International use, and it should not be copied and used in other websites without WVI written consent.

WORLD VISION INTERNATIONAL ÇALIŞANI ADAYI AYDINLATMA METNİ

Bu aydınlatma metni, 6698 sayılı Kişisel Verilerin Korunması Kanununun (“Kanun”) 10’uncu maddesi ile Aydınlatma Yükümlülüğünün Yerine Getirilmesinde Uyulacak Usul ve Esaslar Hakkında Tebliğ kapsamında veri sorumlusu sıfatıyla Kanberiye Mah. 875. Sokak Boss Plaza Kat:2 No :22 Haliliye/Şanlıurfa adresinde mukim World Vision International (“WVI”) tarafından hazırlanmıştır. WVI tarafından, ad-soyad, e-posta adresi, cep telefonu no, referanslar ve özgeçmiş kişisel verileriniz, WVI iş ilanlarına özel istihdam büroları üzerinden veya WVI’ye doğrudan yaptığınız başvurunuz çerçevesinde, çalışan adayı seçme ve yerleştirme süreçlerinin yürütülmesi amacıyla, Kanunun 5. maddesinde belirtilen “işleme faaliyetinin bir hakkın tesisi, kullanılması veya korunması için veri işlemenin zorunlu olması” ve “bir sözleşmenin kurulması için kişisel verilerin işlenmesinin gerekli olması” hukuki sebeplerine dayanılarak, tamamen veya kısmen otomatik yolla işlenecek ve aynı amaçların gerçekleştirilebilmesi için tedarikçilerimize aktarılacaktır. Ek olarak, referans gösterdiğiniz kişilere ait kişisel verilerin WVI ile paylaşılması hakkın da gerekli bilgilendirme ve izinlerin tarafınızca alındığı varsayılarak irtibata geçilecektedir. Bu konu hakkında Kanun’un “ilgili kişinin haklarını düzenleyen” 11’inci maddesi kapsamındaki taleplerinizi, Veri Sorumlusuna Başvuru Usul ve Esasları Hakkında Tebliğe göre yazılı olarak WVI resmi adresine posta yoluyla veya (turkey_recruitment@wvi.org) e-posta adresinden WVI’ye iletebilirsiniz.

Aydınlatma metnini okudum, anladım ☐

WORLD VISION INTERNATIONAL JOB CANDIDATE PRIVACY NOTICE

This information notice was drafted by World Vision International (“WVI”) which resident at Kanberiye Mah. 875. Sokak Boss Plaza Kat:2 No :22 Haliliye/Şanlıurfa as data controller in accordance with Article 10 of the Turkish Law No. 6698 on the Protection of Personal Data (“Law”) and the Communiqué on the Procedures and Principles of Fulfilling the Obligation to Inform. On the legal bases referred to in Article 5, “the processing activity is necessary for establishment, use or protection of a right” and “the processing is necessary for the conclusion or fulfilment of a contract”, WVI shall process your name-surname, e-mail address, mobile phone no, references and CV/résumé personal data for carrying out selection and placement processes for job candidates, and transfer them to third party suppliers through your applications to published WVI job ads via employment agencies or sending your CV/résumé to WVI directly by wholly or partly automatic means. Additionally, WVI Turkey is going to get in touch with your references assuming that all obligatory information is given, and consents are obtained by your side about sharing their personal data with WVI. You , as the data subject, may submit your request to WVI by post to WVI official address in writing or WVI e-mail address (turkey_recruitment@wvi.org) to perform your rights under the Article 11 of the Law to WVI in accordance with the Communiqué on the Procedures and Principles of Application to the Data Controller.

I have read and understood this Privacy Notice ☐